Aims:

• to encourage individuals and groups from disadvantaged and oppressed backgrounds to develop confident and sustainable approaches to social work based on local initiatives and responsibility;

• to investigate the needs of oppressed groups in times of calamities such as earthquakes and establish a national network of people who can respond at such times;

• to encourage the communication of Buddhist teachings in a manner that transcends social barriers and promotes harmony;

• to explore and cultivate the relationship between individual ethical and spiritual practice on the one hand and social transformation on the other.

“The very purpose of our doctrine is to serve others.” Dalai Lama