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Organising more Buddhist Chaplain's drop-ins at Castle Leazes Hall of Residence, NCL Uni, starting this Wednesday. emailing my contact lists about a drop-in today at Henderson Hall, Newcastle University,… Continue

Forwarded to me - "About the campaign:
The ‘tck tck tck’ campaign aims to organize mass public support for a fair and equitable outcome at the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen, December 2009.

The climate crisis is reaching its peak. Our actions will determine the future of our planet, and the ‘tck tck tck’ campaign is urging everyone to join the movement to prevent catastrophic impacts from global warming.

The ‘tck tck tck’ campaign brings together an u… Continue

I'm delighted to be able to confirm that:

1) on Tuesday 26th May, David Gardner took the 5 Refuges and the 10 Mahayana Prayers of Upasakas

and to tell you that:

2) on Wednesday 27th, Ixchel took the 3 Refuges.

On both occasions, Amida-shu member Rachel Abel was an excellent Bellmaster

I'm happy to say that there is likely to be another Refuge ceremony in a few weeks time!

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A Buddhist prison inmate in Texas has won a lawsuit over rules for religious practice ::link

The prison system requires religious services to be performed by a chaplain or approved religious volunteers. Muslims were allowed to hold religious meetings, but chaplains had declined to lead Buddhist services because of lack of knowledge or because it conflicts with their own beliefs, according to Kelly Shackleford, chief counsel of… Continue

It was delightful to have a visit yesterday afternoon from Dharmavidya and Prasada, who are taking a much needed short break to the Newcastle area, visiting two of Prasada's adult children. We sat and drank Pu Ehr tea in the morning room, I had a short tutorial on using Ustream, which can be used on a Mac (I'm an Apple fan) with a little fiddling....it's on my 'to do' list. I was able to run them into the city, to Northumbria University, where they met Gavin, the Anglican, co-ordinating,… Continue