Uganda Buddhist Centre Kicks off its Building Project
The Uganda Buddhist Centre has embarked on the Building Project. The project is to see that proper accommodation is built for both resident and visiting monks at the Temple. In the past, we have had challenges with accommodation at the temple. This has always pushed us to resort to nearby hotels and resorts to house,
Read More
UBC Computer Literacy Program
This program is aimed at enhancing computer skills for our staff, Peace School children, novice monks and youths from the neighbouring communities. We would like to thank our Dhamma sisters and brothers from Buddhist Fellowship of Singapore (BFS), for donating 12 computers to the Uganda Buddhist Center. Our computer laboratory is almost ready and we
Read More
COVID-19 in Uganda: What it teaches us?
Uganda has so far found 89 positive cases and no death of COVID-19 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.
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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.
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More