Buddhafield UK is a charity, events organiser and community of Buddhists involved with the Triratna Buddhist Community. They run a variety of events including retreats focused around the teaching and practice of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation. They run the alcohol and drug free[1] [2] [3]Buddhafield Festival[4]and have the Buddhafield Cafe[5][6], which goes to festivals like Glastonbury, Sunrise and The Green Gathering. They also hold meditation retreat camps across the South of England [7] and also the Green Earth Awakening Camp[8] and care for their own land.
Buddhafield UK is a totally different and unrelated organisation to Buddhafield(cult) in the USA.
History
editThe seeds of Buddhafield were originally planted by a group of friends in the early 1990's at Glastonbury Festival when they attended with a Buddhist meditation marquee and The Green Buddha Cafe. [9]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/festival-ready/2016/jul/22/no-drink-no-drugs-whats-drawing-young-people-to-teetotal-festivals
- ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/the-irish-free-spirits-running-britain-s-alcohol-free-festival-1.3564001
- ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-drugs-please-were-buddhist-b8ps3cvkx
- ^ https://festivalcalendar.uk/buddhafield/
- ^ https://www.veggiecatering.org.uk/buddhafield-cafe
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=715441129749750
- ^ https://www.goingonretreat.com/retreats?centre=Buddhafield
- ^ https://theecologist.org/2016/sep/08/buddhafield-riot-courageous-compassion
- ^ https://thebuddhistcentre.com/tags/buddhafield?page=10