DNBF's first meeting with Finland was in Kreivila, and the retreat was - just like the society's first retreat in Norway - a smaller but open retreat where the participants got to know each other well.

On the weekend of 11th and 12th of May 2024, DNBF was in Stockholm for the first time to teach basic meditation and mindfulness. We had found Hälsans Hus by the old town - close to the city center and with fantastic views.

49 participants from 9 countries met at Venabu for meditation and inspiration for 8 days - nice weather, lots of meditation, inspiration, smiles and joy, as well as good opportunities for skiing or walking for fresh air.

In this guided meditation, given deep into a longer retreat, the focus is on programming your mindfulness, which is not so much a doing, but a seeing.

This is a guided meditation that first focuses on our sensory impressions and allows them to calm down.

Often the meditation object, for example the breath, is too subtle to focus on, maybe because your life is bussy with work, responsibilities and being social.

A guided meditation with a focus on establishing a good foundation for further meditation.

A doctor who wants to freeze his body when he dies, in the hope of a longer or eternal life. A bhikkhu who claims that we already have eternal life - only that we change bodies at the end of the life cycle, and that there is something better. A priest who hopes and believes in eternal life through Christian faith.

On the weekend of 13th and 14th of April 2024, Kindfulness was the topic at Pranahuset in Sandvika. Ajahn Nitho attracted a full house of meditators, and the focus was Buddha's instructions "sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati" - the mind of a happy person gets deep meditation.

What could be better than having a retreat in a place called Sorgenfri (free of sorrow), south of Trondheim?

We were greeted with blue skies, sun and snow in Tromsø on Friday 15th of March - and found a city teeming with tourists from all over the world - in the middle of winter. But some also came to explore their minds.

DNBF annual report for 2023 - activities, future, chairman's report, spiritual leader's report and accounts.

We invited Ajahn Ajito from Vingrom, Lillehammer to Oslo to teach a weekend retreat for just before Christmas 2023.

Our first 9-day retreat in Trøndelag was at Troset, a new retreat center just outside Trondheim. It was a great retreat, in nice new premises!

DNBF's spiritual director did his annual three-month retreat in the mountains of Western Norway, a period with a focus on study, meditation and health.

Out in nature, peace of mind, exercise for the body on Hardangervidda - simple lifestyle and plenty of time for your own practice!

The society's first visit and course in Bergen was fully booked, and despite the competition from sun and summer, we had a lot of teachings, discussions and testing of different meditation methods.

The Norwegian monk Ajahn Brahmali came to Norway to teach the method Buddha used to achieve awakening - meditation on the breath. Despite a cold, so that Ajahn Nitho had to be the warming-up monk on Friday, we got a nice presentation and many questions answered.

One of the members of the society's was interested in running a weekend course in Arendal, so in June Ajahn Nitho took the train to Arendal

999 followers on Facebook - and follower number 1000 ended up being one of the committee member - so it was time for a small celebration!

In April 2023, DNBF conducted its first big 7-day retreat at Venabu Fjellhotell. The 47 retreatants impressed with their efforts and results!

At Vingrom, south of Lillehammer, beautifully situated on the mountainside, we find an energetic monk - who will soon be finished with three cabins for guests and monks.

Jaran DeLos Santos Olsen having a background as a psychologist and 6 years as a monk in Thailand, was invited to teach mindfulness and meditation.

We have collected key and recommended books about Buddhism - in English and Norwegian, as well as the forest tradition to which the society belongs.

An introduction to the basic principles of Buddhism - the four noble truths, the eightfold path, our own responsibility, our actions, democracy and equality.

DNBF annual report for 2022 - activities, future, chairman's report, spiritual leader's report and accounts.

On a large property in the Khao Jai National Park lives Ajahn Ganha - the nephew of Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Nitho was visiting for inspiration and meditation.

The weekend 20th to 22nd of January, the society organized a weekend retreat at Trondheim Taiji Senter, on the outskirts of Trondheim city centre, with Ajahn Nitho as instructor. We had over 30 retreatants, and a long waiting list.

What did the Buddha look like? We have some indications in the old texts, and here is a proposal from modern AI technology.

The committee decided at a meeting on 7th of December 2022, to change the society's name from Oslo and Viken Buddhist Society, to "The Buddhist Society of Norway".