Appreciating the enormous spontaneous manifestation of the Buddhist principles of four Brahma Viharas (the Four Most Noble Abodes of Living) in Buddhists of Sri Lanka and other parts of the world when the Tsunami killing nearly 150,000 men, women and children and attracting global attention, hit Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and some other South East Asian countries on the 26th day of December 2004, it was resolved by those who came from 22 countries, with firm determination, to establish an international organization of Buddhist national associations for humanitarian services in accordance with the noble exhortation of the Buddha to set about for the welfare of others (parattham patipajjatha), at the Global Conference on Buddhist Humanitarian Services in a Post Tsunami Context held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19th and 20th March 2005. Red Lotus is the outcome of this decision of the Global conference. All local participants to the above Conference were invited and in March 2006, the National Buddhist Organization for Humanitarian Services was formed with the name ‘Red Lotus Orgnisation. Its membership is open to any local organization that accepts its Mission as set out in its constitution. More...
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Handing over of the Donation of T-shirts Last Updated: 2011-07-06 12:20:27 [GMT +5.30]
The T-shirts donated to Red Lotus Organisation by Mr. Ananda
Wijesinghe of Canada for distribution among the flood victims were
handed over to the Ministry of Disaster Management. In the picture is
th More...
Solidarity to Victims of International Disasters Last Updated: 2011-06-06 01:32:01 [GMT +5.30]
As one of the most important countries that provides assistance to Sri
Lanka in times of need, Red Lotus organized in the aftermath of the
Japanese Tsunami, an island-wide programme of Bodhi pujas (bl More...
Disaster Relief Work Last Updated: 2011-06-06 12:50:17 [GMT +5.30]
A separate Emergency Relief Fund for immediate relief has been
established to provide assistance to the victims whenever a disaster
takes place. Members of the Red Lotus Volunteer Corp go to the spot
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Assistance to Child Victims of Disasters Last Updated: 2011-06-06 12:47:59 [GMT +5.30]
Red Lotus has set up a separate fund to cater for the educational
needs of child victims of disasters. A pack of educational material
costing Rs. 300 is available for those well-wishers who wish to
do More...
