Interfaith

The Buddhist Society is participating in the COP26 in Glasgow as a faith advisor

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National Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen held at Westminster Abbey, June 2016

 

His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Dr Desmond Biddulph, President, The Buddhist Society, at the Interfaith reception, Lambeth palace, May 2016

 

Dr and Mrs Desmond Biddulph, President The Buddhist Society, His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, Ven. Geshe Tashi of Jamyang Buddhist Centre, and Ven. Amaro of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, at The Christian-Buddhist Dialogue on Shared Texts at The Buddhist Society, March 2012

 

 

His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Dr Desmond Biddulph, President, The Buddhist Society, with His Grace Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, at the Interfaith Dialogue hosted by The Buddhist Society, House of Lords, September 2015

 

 

Classical Sri Lankan Dancers Dilini Seneviratne and Tharushi Wanigaratne, performing at The Buddhist Society’s Interfaith Reception for Inter Faith Week, November 2018.

On the right: Dr Desmond Biddulph CBE (President, The Buddhist Society), Mr Sonam Tsering Frasi (Representative for Office of Tibet, London), Dr Sheila Gewolb (Deputy Lieutenant of London), Mr Shyang-Yun Cheng (Deputy Representative from the Taipei Representative Office in the UK).

On the left: Venerable members of the Sangha: Ven. Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso (Buddhapadipa Temple), Ven. Ashin U Kavisara (Thuwanna Thingi Mogok Vihara London), Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala, Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain (London Buddhist Vihara), Ven. Dr Ashin Kumuda (Thuwanna Thingi Mogok Vihara London), Ven. Kassapa Maha Thera, Ven. Bhante Pannavamsa (London Buddhist Vihara)

 

Classical Burmese dancer, Ma Lwin performing at The Buddhist Society’s Interfaith Reception for Inter Faith Week, November 2018.

Left to right: Mr Sonam Tsering Frasi (Representative for Office of Tibet, London), Dr Sheila Gewolb (Deputy Lieutenant of London), Mr Shyang-Yun Cheng (Deputy Representative from the Taipei Representative Office in the UK), Archbishop Kevin McDonald (Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark), Councillor Gerard Hargreaves (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea), Councillor Marie-Therese Rossi (Mayor of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea), Dr Alan Sidi (Buddhist Society Council)

Mr Ngawang Lodup performing traditional Tibetan songs at The Buddhist Society’s Interfaith Reception for Inter Faith Week, November 2018

 

Rev. Gyoro Nagase (Peace Pagoda Battersea Park, London) performing a blessing at The Buddhist Society’s Interfaith Reception for Inter Faith Week, November 2018

Renowned cricket player Wasim Khan MBE presented the Brisla Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr Desmond Biddulph CBE, President of The Buddhist Society, October 2018

 

His Grace Archbishop Athanasios (Iraqi Christian), The Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, and Lama Yeshe of Kagyu Samye Ling, at the Interfaith Dialogue on the Preservation of Religious Culture and the Cohesion of the Faiths hosted by the Buddhist Society House of Lords, September 2015

 

His Holiness The Dalai lama and Reverend Nadim Nassar, Syrian Anglican priest, at the Interfaith Dialogue hosted by The Buddhist Society at The House of Lords, September 2015

 

Desmond Biddulph CBE, Rev. Kemmyo Taira Sato, Rev. Hiroshi Kenshin Ishii, Mrs Hiroko Sato and Prof. John White CBE in the garden of Three Wheels Buddhist Temple. Annual Ceremony to pray for World Peace and Reconciliation, September 2017

Representatives of The Buddhist Society, the Burmese monastic Sangha, Nipponzan Myohoji, and Shobo-an Zen Centre at the Annual Ceremony to pray for World Peace and Reconciliation, Three Wheels Buddhist Temple, London, September 2017

Dr Desmond Biddulph, President, The Buddhist Society, Lord Sheikh, Mrs Ajantha Tennakoon and Dr Chris Nonis, former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka at the Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue, House of Lords, July 2014

NHS Blood and Organ Donation for the South Asian community

 

Reverend Prof. Kemmyo Taira Sato of Three Wheels Buddhist Temple with The Most Reverend Kevin McDonald, Emeritus Archbishop of Southwark, at The Buddhist Society Interfaith Screening, March 2016

 

London Buddhist Vihara, 90th Anniversary with Lord Bourne, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, Ven. Seelawimala and monks, and Dr Desmond Biddulph, President, The Buddhist Society, September 2016

 

His Grace Bishop Angaelosof the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK, with The Most Reverend Kevin McDonald, Emeritus Archbishop of Southwark, at The Interfaith Dialogue hosted by The Buddhist Society, House of Lords, September 2015

 

Baroness Cox and His Grace Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, at The Interfaith Dialogue, House of Lords, September 2015