Organizations Engaged Buddhism Buddhism
Organizations Engaged Buddhism Buddhism
Organizations/Projects that could be considered to be involved with socially engaged or environmentally aware Buddhism.
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Metta Welfare Association - Singaporean organization working for welfare of the poor, the elderly, the disabled and the terminally ill.
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Multicultural Buddhists for Peace - Buddhist people of color multicultural interfaith message board and speakers bureau sponsoring diversity in the heart of Americans to achieve peace, religious tolerance, heal racism, end violence, and alleviate poverty.
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Rokpa USA - Works in the areas of basic and further education, health care, relief of hunger, preservation of culture, self-help and ecology.
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The Karuna Trust - UK based Buddhist organization that has education, health and cultural projects for poor people in India of any religion. Also helps fund Buddhist activities.
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UWTC - Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, Collegiate Association, Seattle Chapter
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Dharma Access Project - Brailled Buddhist prayers are provide for free upon request - bound Brailled copies of The Four Immeasurables and the Prayer of Shantideva to any Dharma center or member who would like one for a family member or friend who is blind.
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Earth Sangha - Buddhist environmental nonprofit organization founded on the premise that the Buddhist way of looking at life can play a major role in healing the planet's environmental crisis. Formal mission to practice Buddhism in ways that help people become better s
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Buddhist Relief Mission - Buddhist Relief Mission is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization supporting Buddhist projects worldwide, particularly in remote areas.
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Zaltho Foundation - Promotes peace and nonviolence in and among individuals, families, societies and countries. It supports all efforts to attain this goal through whatever peaceful and non-violent means are available.
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship - The Buddhist Peace Fellowship, founded in 1978, brings together Buddhist teachings with progressive social action. Programs include peace and justice work, prison work, Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement, and the magazine Turning Wheel.
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Tzu-Chi Foundation: Northern California Chapter - The Buddhist Compassion Relief, Tzu-Chi Foundation is a non-profit organization whose objective is to provide charity, medical treatment, educational development, and cultural promotion to the needy and the society worldwide
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Rokpa UK - Non-sectarian non political approach to raising money to build schools and clinics in some of the poorest areas of the world. RokpaUK Charity is based at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in the boorders of Scotland.
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Amida Trust - Features group gathering a corps of people seriously interested in developing humanitarian projects on Buddhist principles to help overcome suffering in the world.
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Jamyang Choling - An innovative education project for Himalayan women with buddhist orientation.
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The Anand Society (Steuncomité Anand) - This group of enthusiasts invites visitors to the Buddhist holy sites, and to Bodhgaya in particular, to really practice the concepts of metta and karuna by supporting the Jeevan Deep network of education projects for Bodhgaya's communities of "untou
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Himalayan Kingdom Foundation Trust - A private non-profit organization based in Nepal, sponsoring projects marketing Nepali goods to benefit the educational, social, medical, artistic and spiritual needs of the Nepalese people.
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Dharma Gaia Trust - Project with a mission to nurture awareness of the complementarity of Buddhism and ecology.
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Rokpa - An international family of charities helping the hungry, sick, orphaned and poor.
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