• Saturday, 4. December 2021

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

  • Wednesday, 20. October 2021

    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.

  • Tuesday, 31. August 2021

    Leader of the society, Jon Endre Mørk, made a small video as a gift for Ajahn Brahms's 70th birthday.

  • Sunday, 18. July 2021

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

  • Sunday, 18. July 2021

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

  • Saturday, 5. June 2021

    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.

  • Wednesday, 26. May 2021

    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 The Norwegian Federation of Buddhism could use at Vesak 2021.

  • Wednesday, 24. February 2021

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