July 2019 - Uganda Buddhist Centre

Newsroom Jul 29

New Borehole: Sustainable Water for Schools

With the generous donations from VietCare.org (Vietnamese organization), the children of Lake Side Primary in Gerenge have a sustainable future of plentiful clean and safe water. We are drilling a borehole to provide the school with safe and clean water. The school has been relying on water from the lake and sometimes rain water catchment […]

Newsroom Jul 29

Defense Mechanisms: Projection

In our previous newsletter, we posted part of Bhante Buddharakkhita’s talk on Defense Mechanisms. We discussed repression and aggression. In this newsletter, we take you through Projection as the third defense mechanism. Read more here. “Again, when the bhikkhus are reproving a bhikkhu for an offence, he attributes an offence to the reprover himself, saying; […]

Newsroom Jul 29

UBC Buys 2 Acres of Land Neighboring the Temple: Celebrates to Mark this Great Achievement

On July 28, 2019 the UBC celebrated the purchase of 2 acres of land stretching from the east to the south of the Centre. The purchase was finalized on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. This newly purchased land sits just adjacent to the Temple’s perimeter walls in the east with a breathtaking view of Lake Victoria in […]

Newsroom Jul 3

Defense Mechanisms

The Buddha never used words such as defense mechanisms. However, the modern psychologists use these words in the exact manner as the Buddha explained these mental attitudes in the discourses. Defense mechanisms are unconscious protections against stressful situations and they play significant roles in keeping us with safe limits. They are not something that you […]