Welcome to FWBO-NYC
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
New York City
The FWBO is a worldwide Buddhist Movement devoted to teaching the essential truths of Buddhism in a format suited to the Western practitioner in the modern world. FWBO-NYC offers meditation classes and Buddhist study for all levels of experience in the heart of the New York City.
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order.
The FWBO was founded by an English Buddhist, Sangharakshita who spent
many years studying Buddhism in India, before returning to the West.
The FWBO is a network of communities, meditation centers and other institutions
dedicated to bringing the spirit of Buddhism to the West.
The forms
in which Buddhist truths are expressed always adapt according to circumstances.
But the essence of Buddhism transcends culture and conditions.
Now that Buddhism has come to the West, westerners are faced with the
task of creating new and viable Buddhist traditions for the modern
world. Over the last thirty years the FWBO has grown to be one of the largest
Buddhist movements in the West, with canter's and activities in many
cities around the world.
The FWBO is an international Buddhist Movement
with centers in Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. It was
founded in 1967 by the Venerable Sangharakshita, an Englishman with twenty
years of experience as a Buddhist monk and scholar in India.
The FWBO in New York City
holds regular introductory meetings as well as a weekly group that
meditate and study together.
FWBO & TBMSG News News from the
wolrd wide movement
You can only lead a simple
life if you remember what life is really for. The purpose
of simplicity is not to let the business of living get in
the way of the things that are of importance. |
UNMISTAKEN CHILD, a compelling new film that opens in New York City on June 3, at Film Forum. We are working with cultural organizations and yoga studios all over the country to generate support for the film.
UNMISTAKEN CHILD follows the 4-year search for the reincarnation of Lama Konchog, a world-renowned Tibetan master who passed away in 2001 at age 84. The Dalai Lama charges the deceased monk's devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa (who had been in his service since the age of seven), to search for his master’s reincarnation. Tenzin sets off on an unforgettable quest by foot, mule and even helicopter, through breathtaking landscapes to reach remote Tibetan villages. Along the way he meets special young children and performs rarely seen tests designed to determine the likelihood that he’s found his master’s reincarnation. Stunningly shot, UNMISTAKEN CHILD is a beguiling and touching window into this intricate process.
Play "The
Buddha - In His Own Words"
The life of the Buddha assembled from the original texts and performed as a one-man
show.
Movie The Dhamma
Brothers
An overcrowded maximum-security prison—the end of the line in Alabama’s
correctional system—is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient
meditation program.
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Phone: 212-749-0942
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