October 2018 - Uganda Buddhist Centre

Education, Newsroom Oct 30

Supporting Children in their Schools

At the Uganda Buddhist Centre, we understand that education is the key to sustainable communities. This is why at the core of our programs, we place focus and passion to opening doors to education for children in the neighboring communities. Our goal here is to promote child education. As schools move towards the end of […]

Bhante International Engagements, Newsroom Oct 29

Bhante’s International Engagements

In the last two months, Bhante has taught in various places including the Yale University, Howard University School of Divinity and Newark Center for Meditative Culture in the USA. Bhante was also interviewed by Tricycle Magazine. The interview was about what inspired him to become a Buddhist monk and his experiences introducing Buddhism in his […]

Newsroom, Volunteer Experience Oct 29

Volunteers Experience

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Uganda Buddhist Center for allowing me to come volunteer for 10 weeks. The experience was absolutely wonderful! I was able to assist with various projects such as the creation of a cataloged library and the Men’s Empowerment Project. I would like to also thank UBC […]

Articles, Newsroom Oct 6

Meeting Difficult Emotions with Mindfulness

Meeting Difficult Emotions with Mindfulness Talk given by Bhante Buddharakkhita on August 26, 2018 at the Uganda Buddhist Centre Mindfulness is a quality of the mind that pays attention to what is going in the present moment. It has to be connected with understanding, ethics, and thoughts. Another word we have here is emotions. […]