BANGKOK (RNS) A network of socially conscious Buddhists is challenging conceptions of personal devotion to tackle pressing problems in the faith and even beyond their country's borders.
By Craig Lewis
From inebnetwork.org
The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) and the Clear View Project on Tuesday launched an international appeal, calling for urgent humanitarian relief for Buddhist monks and nuns living in Myanmar in the shadow of the military junta, which seized control of the nation in February.
“The International Network of Engaged Buddhists and the US-based Clear View Project are coordinating an urgent appeal to raise funds to support the humanitarian emergency in Myanmar that focuses on Buddhist monks and nuns,” INEB said in a message shared with Buddhistdoor Global. “Nearly three months ago, on 1 February, the Myanmar military staged what they considered would be a ‘quick coup’ in which democratically elected members of government, including President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained. Since that time, the country has been in turmoil with the people responding by taking a civil disobedience mo
By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-04-23 |
The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has published the final report for its Mindful Action: COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, which ran from April 2020 through March 2021. The relief fund was aimed at providing a grassroots emergency response in support for the most vulnerable groups in countries within the INEB network, specifically in South and Southeast Asia.
INEB has initiated a wide range of educational projects and social outreach programs across the region. Early last year, in response to the unfolding SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the organization launched the Mindful Action: COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, aiming to bring urgently needed relief to vulnerable and underprivileged communities during the growing global coronavirus crisis.
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By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-01-22 | JTS Korea volunteers pose with the shipment of COVID-19 relief supplies ready to be shipped to Myanmar. Image courtesy of JTS Korea
The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the renowned Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, working in cooperation with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) and the Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation (KMF), has donated US$130,000 in COVID-19 medical relief supplies to Myanmar.
“JTS Korea has donated protective materials worth US$130,000 to support health workers and medical professionals working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar,” the Seoul-based relief organization told Buddhistdoor Global “KMF coordinated the multistep process of receiving the materials at the international seaport and distributing them, and also the vital work of securing the various necessary government permits and