Amida News

Groupwork Programme Launched & Buddhist Psychology Website Updated

We sare pleased to announce that David and Caroline Brazier will be running a new training programme in groupwork starting November 2011

We have also been updating the web site at www.buddhistpsychology.info. Please check out our new look site

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The Amida Buddhist Centre in France

2008 - 2009 Guide to Retreats and Events in Amida France

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Autumn Issue of The Running Tide

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Eileen is Citizen of the Year

Amida-kai member Eileen Conn has been awarded the Southwark Active Citizen of the Year Award. See full story

Sahishnu Returns from India

Rev. Sahishnu, Amida chaplain and project leader at Amida Delhi, has returned to UK after a very successful five month tour of duty in India.

Book Now for 5th Living Buddhism Conference

Book now to secure a place at the 5th Living Buddhism Conference using the pdf booking form

Amida Chaplain Chairs City of Sanctuary Event

Rev. Bhaktika facilited an evening event for Sheffield Faiths Forum & City of Sanctuary.

Amida Delhi: Visit and school admission ceremonies

Just got back from a week in Delhi visiting our project there. The project is in its fourth year and offers English classes to some of the poorer communities in the East of the city. This year Amida chaplain, Sahishnu has two volunteers with her. Kaspalita and I travelled out on Monday a week ago. We spent most of our time visiting the different classes, held in different Buddhist temples around the area. Some were for children, some for young women, and others for mixed adults. They tended to be very interactive with lots of word games and singing. On Sunday the visit culminated with a school admission ceremony for ten people in Shanti Nagar, a district just over the border in Uttar Pradesh. This group has been meeting with Sahishnu for a couple years to practice Buddhism and its members have become particularly interested in our form of Pureland and wanted to become part of our group. You can see photos of our visit on my facebook site

Among those joining the school was Shiv Kumar Gautam who has been a very active supporter of the project in his local community. At the ceremony he also received the Buddhist name Suvidya. The community from Shanti Nagar presented us with a lovely picture of the Buddha teaching the five ascetics. In this picture you see Kaspar and I seated with Suvidya in his home. 

Prasada and Kaspa return from India

Rev. Prasada, assisted by Rev. Kaspalita, has just returned from ten days in Delhi where she went to support the Amida Trust project which provides English teaching to children and young people from poor areas and also to conduct ceremonies to admit ten new members to the Amida-shu.