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Ajahn Nitho was invited to give a speech at the national Vesak 2022 celebration at Karma Tashi Ling, in Bjørndalen outside Oslo. The theme of the speech was equal opportunities for men and women.

SiSA invited Ajahn Nitho to Hjartland in Nordland to arrange a weekend retreat on The 7th and of May 2022. It was a small retreat with 9 participants, a colder spring weekend by the coast.

On the weekend of April 30 and May 1, the society carried out a pilot project - our first weekend course in meditation and Buddhism. 26 people signed up, and we rented premises at Pranahuset in Sandvika, Bærum.

We are planning many weekend retreats in the future - here are the dates!

The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, organized by the students at Volda University College, invited Ajahn Nitho to a short gathering with meditation, guidance and questions/answers.

On Friday 11th of March 2022, OVBF held its first [...]

From 20th to 27th of February 2022, OVBF conducted a seven-day silent meditation retreat for 15 people, in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Vegaøyene, on the island Skogsholmen, Helgelandskysten, Nordland, Norway.

DNBF annual report for 2021 - activities, future, chairman's report, spiritual leader's report and accounts.

The holidays are approaching, and we choose to send out [...]

We have the pleasure of announcing a meditation retreat in [...]

The first retreat the society organized was at Krøderen in autumn 2021, outside Hønefoss. We rented a large cabin, with a large lavo for teaching. Both retreat leader and instructor were a little nervous.

OVBF has finished its first season of activities and teachings. [...]

Ajahn Nitho has been allowed to live with the Thai monks at Wat Thai Norway, while he works on developing the society full time.

Håpets katedral (The Cathedral of Hope) is also an innovative project, a showcase of how marine plastic can be used as a raw material in new products. The Cathedral of Hope focuses on one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, namely pollution of the world's oceans.

During the Covid pandemic, it was not possible to arrange public meetings, so teaching had to take place over the internet. Ajahn Nitho was asked to make a video speech that the Federation of Buddhism in Norway could use at Vesak 2021.

On 24th of February 2021, Oslo and Viken Buddhist Society (later DNBF) was founded by Jon Endre Mørk and Ajahn Nitho in Oslo.