Sunday, May 30, 2004

Ordinations

On Friday the 28th May there were two ordinations at Padmaloka in Norfolk, UK. Siri Goonasekara becomes Saddhavira (hero of faith). Mihal Balik becomes Nityabandhu. Saddhavira is the first Sri Lankan Dharmacari.

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FWBO/TBMSG

The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) was founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita. It is now an international movement with activities in more than 20 countries. In India the FWBO is known as the TBMSG. The FWBO/TBMSG is a non-sectarian Buddhist movement which seeks promote the practice of Buddhism in a form appropriate to the present.

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Wikablog entry

FWBO Around the World

Buddhism and ecology

Ecopractice: Buddhism and environmentalism

Meditation Resources

Wildmind Buddhist Meditation Online meditation resource.
Méditation: le guide en ligne de l'Esprit Indompté
Meditation Video and DVD from Meditation for Everyone.

FWBO in the Spanish speaking world

Aprende la meditación budista
Los Amigos de la Orden Budista Occidental (AOBO)
Libros sobre el budismo y la meditación
See also links for centers in Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela, below

Centres

Australia

FWBO Australasia Portal
Brisbane FWBO
Melbourne FWBO
Sydney Buddhist Centre
Toowoomba FWBO

Belgium

Antwerpen / Antwerp
Ghent / Gent

Canada

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Berlin
Essen
Hamburg
Minden
Rhein-Main
do evolution (Meditation and Yoga books and CDs)

Holland

Amsterdam
Arnhem
Den Haag
Rotterdam

India

Bodhgaya
TBMSG (Main Indian site)

Ireland

Dublin Buddhist Centre

Mexico

Mexico City FWBO

New Zealand

FWBO New Zealand Site
Auckland
Wellington

Norway

Poland

FWBO Poland site

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Birmingham Buddhist Centre (Including groups in Leamington Spa, Malvern, Shrewsbury, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, and Worcester).
Brighton Buddhist Centre
Bristol Buddhist Centre
South Bristol Buddhist Meditation
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Cardiff Buddhist Centre
Colchester Buddhist Center
Croydon Buddhist Centre
Edinburgh Buddhist Centre
FWBO Glasgow
FWBO Ipswich
Lancashire (Blackburn)
Leeds Buddhist Centre
Liverpool Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre (the FWBO's main London centre)
London (North)
London (West)
Manchester Buddhist Centre
Newcastle Buddhist Centre
Norwich Buddhist Centre
Nottingham Buddhist Centre
Sheffield
Southampton FWBO
Southend FWBO
FWBO Scotland site (includes outlying groups in Aberdeen, Ayr, Dingwall, Forres, Inverness, Stirling, Perth, and Shetland)

USA

Aryaloka FWBO Retreat Center, New Hampshire
FWBO Boston, Massachusetts
FWBO New York City
Quincy, Illinois FWBO
Richland FWBO, Washington
Missoula, Montana
San Francisco FWBO
Seattle Buddhist Center

Venezuela

Centro Budista de Merida

Retreat Centres

Aryaloka (New Hampshire)
BuddhaField Camping Retreats (UK)
BuddhaField North Buddhist retreats outdoors and under canvas (UK)
Dhanakosa (Highlands of Scotland)
Dharmavastu Study Center (Cumbria)Guhyaloka (Men's ordination retreat center in Spain)
Padmaloka (Men's retreat centre in Norfolk)
Rivendell (South East England)
Sudharshanaloka (New Zealand)
Taraloka Women's Retreat Centre (Shropshire)
Tiratanaloka Women's Retreat Center (Wales)
Touching Earth Retreats in nature.
Vajraloka Men's Meditation Retreat Centre (Wales)

Solitary Retreat Facility

Clocaenog Forest, Wales

Media, Education, and Interfaith

Buddhist Recovery (Buddhist resources on addiction recovery)
Clear Vision (Videos, images, in-service teacher training, and teaching materials for schools)
Dharmachakra (Buddhist tapes and CDs)
Dharma Life -- a print magazine devoted to the meeting of Buddhism and the modern world.
do evolution (German language Meditation and Yoga books and CDs)
FWBO Communications Office (Press and media contact point)
FWBO News website
The Jambudvipa Trust envisages an India society free of caste and other social barriers.
Lights in the Sky (Film production)
Transcriptions of Buddhist seminars and talks
Urthona arts magazine
Western Buddhist Review (academic journal)
Wolf at the Door (writing workshops)

FWBO Right Livelihood Businesses, etc.

Aranya Women and Buddhism
Berlin English Teaching English in Berlin, Germany
Birmingham Yoga Studio (UK)
Blue Sky, Dublin - Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction and Pain Management
Bodywise Natural Health Centre (Manchester, UK)
Bodywise Natural Health Centre (London, UK)
Breathworks - Mindfulness-based strategies for living well (Manchester, UK)
Buddhist Labour Team (Cleaning, maintenance, etc in Leeds, UK)
Cambridge Stress Reduction: courses in mindfulness-based stress reduction taught in Cambridge.
Crucible Research Finding new ways of enhancing the experience of work.
Earth Cafe (in Manchester, UK)
Evolution Arts and Health Centre (Brighton, UK)
Friends Organic Organic foods in East London.
Gallery Cafe (London)
Gratitude Unlimited (A site for expressing thanks)
Karuna Trust (A charity working mainly in India)
Oasis Yoga and Health in Croydon is a complementary health centre twinned with the Croydon Buddhist Centre.
Sahaja (Buddhist sculpture)
Shopping for Buddhas (an online shop selling fine quality statues and paintings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas)
Team-Building, Stress Management, and Meditation (Birmingham, UK)
Tipu's Tiger Restaurant (Missoula, Montana)
Triodos Bank Dana Partnership Savings Account
Wildmind Meditation Supplies
Windhorse Publications, the FWBO publishing house
Windhorse Books (Australia)
Windhorse:Evolution (Gift import/export and retail)
Yoga in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Yoga Meditation Retreats