International Interfaith Peace Corps

Richard Reoch in Lion’s Roar — “Meditating on the Buddha in the midst of Buddhist Terror”

Richard Reoch, former president of Shambhala, has written an article for Lion’s Roar about his trip to the Rohingya refugee camps outside of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.  In the article, Richard grapples with how Buddhists in Myanmar could condone, even encourage, violence against the Rohingya people. “The Buddha was no stranger Read more…

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Richard Reoch’s Eye-Witness Report in Refugee Camps

In March 2018, the International Interfaith Peace Corps organized a high-level delegation to the Rohingya refugee camps on the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. They invited Hozan Alan Senauke, initiator of the Buddhist Humanitarian Project, as well as Richard Reoch, former president of Shambhala’s global community, to represent the Buddhist world. The Shambhala Times published a Read more…

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