
The committee convenes DNBF’s annual general meeting on Friday 7th of March 2025, at 17:00. The annual meeting is held in the premises of Wahl Larsen Advokatfirma at Fridtjof Nansens plass 5, 0160 Oslo – it’s right behind Oslo City Hall. It will also be possible to participate via Zoom, see this website on the day for connection. More information here.
Events

These events are open for registration:
Buddhy Bear

The mascot of DNBF has started to teach – find his first teaching here!

The XIII Global Conference on Buddhism
Saturday and Sunday 7-8th of November 2026 in Poland. More information.
Upcoming event

We are working on these events – more info and registration later:
Footpath

See all our footprints on this page. Here are the last five:
Samadhi and sauna
It seems like every center in Finland has a sauna, including retreat centers - and often combined with ice bathing. This was also the case at Friendship Inn.
The four inspiring places in India
Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kusinara are four places in India for inspiration and motivation, and in 2024 DNBF made its first trip to India.
First bhikkhuni in Thailand
Prior to the pilgrimage to India, we visited the first woman in Thailand to be fully ordained as a bhikkhuni in modern times.
DNBF’s podcast in second place in Norway
We received a happy announcement from Apple Podcast - the podcast 'dnbf enigma' has been ranked number 2 in its category in Norway!
Weekend retreat Stockholm
Johanneshov in Stockholm was the district, Kroppsverkstan was the center, and 30 people came to join a weekend retreat. Bhikkhuni Vimala also made the trip from Belgium.
Venabu autumn 2024
From the opposite side of the planet, the retreat's instructor Bhante Sujato came by plane to Oslo, and he was transported straight to the mountains to rest and overcome jet lag, before the retreat at Venabu started.
The way home
The first retreat of the fall was called The Way Home and was a weekend with a light atmosphere and 18 practitioners who got to know Jaran de los Santos Olsen's meditations on body, emotions and presence.
Articles

Silence, meditation and yoga. A number of experts are urging the authorities to include these subjects in school to counteract stress in many children. And in Sweden, they’re already at it.
Many of us avoid silence because we don’t want to be in touch with our own thoughts and feelings. But silence is more important than we might think.
The brain needs silence. It needs time without music, mobile, podcasts and YouTube. Time without meetings and people. The brain likes it when you’re bored. That you don’t do anything.

The Anukampa Project – England

Venerable Canda has established a new society in England, focusing on early Buddhism and equal opportunities for women and men. Find her on The Anukampa Project website, and listen to the BBC report on this website.
We try to find and connect the best resources available, and create an arena for development and wisdom.

Spiritual Advisor

Ajahn Brahm, Spiritual Director of BSWA in Australia, as well as mentor and friend of Ajahn Nitho, has now been given the role of Spiritual Adviser for our society. He has taken on this role in order to help the committee moving forward with projects we want to realize in Norway.
DNBF podcast

When the society produces high-quality teaching, we publish these on podcasts so that as many people as possible can benefit from the teaching. We have grouped the teaching into three different podcasts. These are bilingual podcasts, where some episodes are in Norwegian and some in English.

Buying Property for Retreat Centre

The society is looking for property around Oslo, which is suitable for a future retreat centre. We are looking for those who want to sell a property, and people who can give us a lead, advice or help. Read more about the property we are looking for on this info page.

Books

For more than 2,500 years, Buddhism has inspired people to develop profound wisdom about their own nature through a training of the mind. The goal is a mind that is light, free, energetic and present – free from heavy emotions and thoughts. So the focus is development of human qualities – not an all-powerful creator.
Such a quality of life is the result of a spiritual awakening taught by Buddha, with the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path at its core.
And those who pick up this training start corresponding development, gradually and over a longer period of time, and get results according to their own efforts and starting point.
But Buddhism is profound, complex, challenging and with a long time horizon.
Good and inspiring books are important for this training, and we have made a small overview that can help you along the way!