COVID-19 in Uganda: What it teaches us?
Uganda has so far found 89 positive cases and no death of COVID-19Â so far registered, and 52 have been reported to have fully recovered. People are encouraged to stay home. Public transportation as well as private means of transportation have been stopped. Churches, bars, night clubs and other congregational places have been closed down. […]
Construction of Monks Accommodation Project
UBC envisions a world of peace, true happiness and ultimate freedom inspired by the teachings of the Lord Buddha. The Centre now, stands as a major initiative in Entebbe, providing a stable source for Buddhist studies in Uganda. In the past years, we have fully ordained three monks from Egypt, Rwanda and Uganda. Presently, we […]
Bhante Spends Time Teaching Novice monks
Following Buddha’s missionary injunction, Bhante Buddharakkhita spends most of his time teaching worldwide. However, during COVID-19 lockdown, Bhante is now spending more time teaching the two novice monks in Uganda. When COVID-19 embarked on its world tour, Bhante decided to return back to Uganda from USA On march 17. By this time, he was co-teaching […]
Uganda Buddhist Centre Receives Donation from Insight World Aid, USA
The Uganda Buddhist Centre (UBC) received a donation of US $2,200 from Insight World Aid (IWA), a US based non-profit organisation. This was to support the Centre during Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) country lockdown and curfew. The donation was used to purchase a motorbike, refrigerator and food items for our community. The motorbike is used to […]
UBC Constructs a Computer Laboratory, Dining Room and Garage
The new building is comprising a dining room, a computer laboratory and a garage. Lately, rains have always been interrupting monks during their meals, and other guests that we have always had at the Temple. Somewhere to have meals has been always challenging. Those who have been at the temple, you can attest this fact. […]
Peace School Constructs Its permanent Toilets
When we started, we repaired a pit latrine of the neighboring lady. Since then, we have been using that pit latrine. We experienced many inconveniences since the neighbor had tenants who were very slow and reluctant of cleaning the latrines after use. However, due to the limited resources we had then, we had to be […]
Local People Practice Alms-Giving
The almsgiving or Pindapata (in Pali language) ceremony is a very deep and meaningful practice for Buddhists. This ceremony has been practiced for the last 26 centuries. Pindapata is a sacred practice for both laities and monastics who depend on these offerings for their sustenance. Monks collect alms from devout Buddhist followers along the streets […]
Construction of Monks’ Accommodation
Preparations are underway to construct a five-storey building to house 60 resident monks at the Uganda Buddhist Centre. The structure is 50m long and 15m wide. Each floor of the building will carry 12 rooms with each self-contained so that monks don’t queue for a shower or toilet in the current shared bathrooms—they will now […]
Land for More Dhamma Activities
The Uganda Buddhist Centre is in process of finalising the purchase of one acre of land along the newly constructed Entebbe-Kampala Express Highway. There is a balance of USD 2,800 remaining for us to be able to finalise the purchase. Luckily, Mr. Htin Win a Burmese devout based in the US visited the Uganda Buddhist […]