Interesting News and Buddhist tidbits from late 2021 / early 2022
- Burmese Buddhism Under Siege
There are few means available to send very badly needed donations to support families, communities, monasteries, and nunneries in Burma (Myanmar).
https://www.buddhistglobalrelief.org/burmese-buddhism-under-siege/?
- Covid Crisis: Donate to help monasteries in India through the Tibet Fund
The pandemic has brought Covid-19 to the Tibetan monasteries in India -- please donate to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, who often have no major financial support other than Western donors like us. The Tibet Fund is one reputable option:
https://tibetfund.org/
- Dharma Realm Buddhist University now enrolling for 2022
In person classes for Bachelor's and Master's degrees in northern California at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas!
http://www.drbu.edu
- Atlanta college students stepping up during the pandemic
Members of Atlanta Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth help tutor the community virtually this past year:
https://tzuchi.us/blog/atlantas-tzu-chi-collegiate-youth-association-launches-free-online-tutoring-amid-remote-learning
- May We Gather honors lives cut short due to violence
Today, on the 100th day memorial of the Atlanta-area shootings, join us in honoring lives cut short due to anti-Asian violence and racial/religious animus. Please watch and share this short highlights video from May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors. Released one hundred days after the tragedy in Atlanta and marking an important memorial period in many Buddhist traditions, this video can be a resource for classrooms, sanghas, and other communities. After watching the video, you may wish to make a ritual offering of light, incense, or flowers; to recite a chant; or to simply observe a moment of respectful silence.
https://www.maywegather.org/
- Congresswoman Lucy McBath introduces gun safety legislation and universal background checks
AtlantaBuddhism.org was invited as an interfaith representative on a panel with US House of Representatives Congresswoman Lucy McBath (Georgia's 6th Congressional District representative, which includes Atlanta suburb areas like Chamblee and Alpharetta) as she described her efforts to reduce violence and deaths by eliminating loopholes that allow guns to be sold without background checks.
https://mcbath.house.gov/gun-safety
- Burmese Buddhism Under Siege
There are few means available to send very badly needed donations to support families, communities, monasteries, and nunneries in Burma (Myanmar).
https://www.buddhistglobalrelief.org/burmese-buddhism-under-siege/?
- Covid Crisis: Donate to help monasteries in India through the Tibet Fund
The pandemic has brought Covid-19 to the Tibetan monasteries in India -- please donate to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, who often have no major financial support other than Western donors like us. The Tibet Fund is one reputable option:
https://tibetfund.org/
- Dharma Realm Buddhist University now enrolling for 2022
In person classes for Bachelor's and Master's degrees in northern California at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas!
http://www.drbu.edu
- Atlanta college students stepping up during the pandemic
Members of Atlanta Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth help tutor the community virtually this past year:
https://tzuchi.us/blog/atlantas-tzu-chi-collegiate-youth-association-launches-free-online-tutoring-amid-remote-learning
- May We Gather honors lives cut short due to violence
Today, on the 100th day memorial of the Atlanta-area shootings, join us in honoring lives cut short due to anti-Asian violence and racial/religious animus. Please watch and share this short highlights video from May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors. Released one hundred days after the tragedy in Atlanta and marking an important memorial period in many Buddhist traditions, this video can be a resource for classrooms, sanghas, and other communities. After watching the video, you may wish to make a ritual offering of light, incense, or flowers; to recite a chant; or to simply observe a moment of respectful silence.
https://www.maywegather.org/
- Congresswoman Lucy McBath introduces gun safety legislation and universal background checks
AtlantaBuddhism.org was invited as an interfaith representative on a panel with US House of Representatives Congresswoman Lucy McBath (Georgia's 6th Congressional District representative, which includes Atlanta suburb areas like Chamblee and Alpharetta) as she described her efforts to reduce violence and deaths by eliminating loopholes that allow guns to be sold without background checks.
https://mcbath.house.gov/gun-safety
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