Digital Ethics and Sustainability – the Role of Youth
I recently spoke at a forum in the Center for Universiti Malaya’s Civilizational Dialogue entitled “Ethics and Sustainability - the Role of Youths.” I was really happy to meet again with Prof Dr Azizan Baharuddin (now Director of the Center). She is an inspiration. I...
INEB Newsletter – May 2022
INEB Newsletter – April 2022
A Socially Engaged Spiritual Response to the Climate Crisis
10 January, 2022 Bobo Lwin How personal awakening can help societal transformation. I recently contributed to a Buddhist dialogue at one of the fringe activities in COP26 in Glasgow, I want to explain why I did so, based on my personal experiences,...
Female Buddhas: A Revolution for Nuns in the Plum Village Tradition
Inauguration of the Network and GESI Analysis Presentation
The Regional Network for Peacebuilders Project (Sangha for Peace) recently organized “The Inauguration of the Network and GESI Analysis Presentation” via an online platform on Monday 7th, 2022. The main objectives of the meeting were to promote engagement among the...
INEB Newsletter – March 2022
INEB Newsletter – February 2022
Jungto Dharma School Announce Pilot Online English Course Commencing in March 2022
In Memoriam – Thich Nhat Hanh
On January 22nd, 2022, beloved Vietnamese Zen Master and path-blazing pioneer of Engaged Buddhism Ven. Thich Naht Hahn passed away peacefully at Tui Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam.
Since their first meeting in 1975, Thich Naht Hanh’s inspirational synthesis of Buddhist pratice and social action has exercised a profound influence on Sulak Sivaraksa’s vision of a Socially Engaged Buddhism – ultimately leading to INEB’s founding in 1989 and Thay’s continually supportive patronage.
INEB Newsletter – January 2022
New Developments in Eco-Monk Phra Sangkom’s Kok Nong Na Model Kok Nong Na Sustainable Development
Over the past year Thai monk Phra Sangkom Thanapanyo Khunsiri has made unprecedented progress in his holistic sustainable development initiative. For over 20 years now, he has been dedicating his time to social development and innovative management. It has been his...
Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival
The Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival presents a curated program of over 30 films from or about Myanmar (Burma), plus daily live talks featuring prominent activists and observers. Net proceeds from this festival will go to grassroots humanitarian...
27th Sem Pringpuangkeo Public Lecture, Saturday 13 February 2021 COME ON, LET’S COMMON
East – West perspectives on Earth Trusteeship.Hans and Wallapa van Willenswaard – Right Livelihood College Bangkok “Professor Sem is involved in both the birth of children and the birth of a new society” – This is how Prof. Sem Pringpuangkaew, former Minister of...
Buddhist Heritage of Gandhara, Pakistan
Prof. Dr. M. Ashraf Khan Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan ashrafarchaelogist@hotmail.com Pakistan is an important region in South Asia since ancient time. It served as a pivotal point of Buddhism from centuries that’s...
The 27th SEM Lecture
Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea, INEB Distribute US$50,000 in COVID-19 Crisis Relief
Providing meals at PDO, a Buddhist monastic school in Myanmar. Image courtesy of JTS Korea The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the renowned Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, working in...
Buddhist Monks, Volunteers Offer Relief Amid Floods, Pandemic Risk in Cambodia
By Craig Lewis | Buddhistdoor Global | 2020-10-23 | Venerable Vy Sovechea, president of Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University,Battambang Branch. From sbubb.edu.kh As the worst flooding in about a decade inundates large areas of...