Our Mission
Our mission is to advance the knowledge, study, and practice of Buddhism in Portugal, encompassing all its traditions and aspects, both traditional and contemporary. We achieve this through various means:
- Promoting courses, retreats, workshops, and regular practices.
- Organizing visits from masters of various Buddhist traditions to Portugal.
- Supporting and congregating the various schools and communities of authentic Buddhist traditions present in the country.
Additionally, at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his last visit to Portugal, we have taken on the mission of promoting inter-religious dialogue and encounter, as well as contributing to a culture of peace and non-violence in all dimensions of social life, extending to all living beings and the planet.
We also develop projects for society through the promotion of intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, meditation projects for children, and spiritual support to prisoners, the ill, and people in the terminal phase of life.
Budismo em Portugal
Palavras de Sabedoria e Compaixão
Citação diária coletadas das obras do Venerável Geshe-la
Nos Sutras, Buda diz:
Se tiveres somente esforço, terás todos os Dharmas,
Mas se tiveres somente preguiça, não terás nada.
Uma pessoa que não tenha grande conhecimento de Dharma, mas que, apesar disso, aplique esforço consistente, irá obter todas as qualidades virtuosas gradualmente; porém, uma pessoa que tenha um vasto conhecimento, mas que possua apenas uma falha - a preguiça - não será capaz de aumentar suas boas qualidades e de obter experiência do Dharma.
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