Organizations (Engaged Buddhism)

Organizations Sites:

Amida Trust 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. (Organizations) http://www.amidatrust.com/ Dharma Access Project 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. (Organizations) http://www.dharmaaccessproject.org Buddhist Peace Fellowship 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. (Organizations) http://www.bpf.org Jamyang Choling Jamyang Choling: An innovative education project for Himalayan women with buddhist orientation. (Organizations) http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tsomo/jamyang.html Tzu Chi Foundation Tzu Chi Foundation: Taiwanese compassionate relief organization. (Organizations) http://www.tzuchi.org/global/ Buddhist Relief Mission Buddhist Relief Mission: Buddhist Relief Mission is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization supporting Buddhist projects worldwide, particularly in remote areas. (Organizations) http://www.brelief.org/ Zen Peacemaker Community Zen Peacemaker Community: A network of people and organizations practicing a vision of peace through study, spiritual practice, and social action. (Organizations) http://www.zpc-usa.org/ The Karuna Trust 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. (Organizations) http://www.karuna.org/ Zen Environmental Studies Center Zen Environmental Studies Center: Formed in 1992 to coordinate Zen Mountain Monastery's activities in the areas of environmental education, recreation, research, and protection. Information on activities and philosophy. (Organizations) http://www.zen-mtn.org/zesi/ Strawberry Dragon Zendo Strawberry Dragon Zendo: A Buddhist outreach program supporting peaceful social action in places such as prisons, hospitals and with our Native American people. (Organizations) http://www.strawberrydragon.org/ Network of Engaged Buddhists UK Network of Engaged Buddhists UK: Politically and socially engaged Buddhists in the UK. (Organizations) http://www.peckham.demon.co.uk/neb.htm The Anand Society (Steuncomité Anand) 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 (Organizations) http://users.telenet.be/anand/engversie/index.htm Rokpa UK 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. (Organizations) http://www.rokpauk.org Rokpa Rokpa: An international family of charities helping the hungry, sick, orphaned and poor. (Organizations) http://www.rokpa.org/ Himalayan Kingdom Foundation Trust Himalayan Kingdom Foundation Trust: A private non-profit organization based in Nepal, sponsoring projects in Ghandruk including a Buddhist Monastery Peace Project in Ghandruk and the construction of the Himalayan Primary Health Care Centre. (Organizations) http://www.hkft.org/ Tzu-Chi Foundation: Northern California Chapter 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 (Organizations) http://sanjose.tzuchi.org/ Multicultural Buddhists for Peace 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. (Organizations) http://www.rainbowdharma.com/ UWTC UWTC: Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, Collegiate Association, Seattle Chapter (Organizations) http://students.washington.edu/uwtc/ Dharma Gaia Trust Dharma Gaia Trust: Project with a mission to nurture awareness of the complementarity of Buddhism and ecology. (Organizations) http://teknozen.igc.org/dgt/ Rokpa USA Rokpa USA: Works in the areas of basic and further education, health care, relief of hunger, preservation of culture, self-help and ecology. (Organizations) http://www.rokpausa.org/ Metta Welfare Association Metta Welfare Association: Singaporean organization working for welfare of the poor, the elderly, the disabled and the terminally ill. (Organizations) http://www.metta.org.sg/ Zaltho Foundation 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. (Organizations) http://www.zaltho.org Earth Sangha 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 (Organizations) http://www.earthsangha.org/