CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Every person needs to eat, but not every person can afford to.
That’s why the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society started the End the Hunger in P.E.I. campaign – to help put food in the bellies of people in need on P.E.I…
P.E.I.’s monks want to help alleviate hunger across the province, which is why they started the End Hunger in P.E.I. food box initiative.
In a message to The Guardian, a spokesperson for the monks said that one in six people in P.E.I. live on lower-than-average income, and that those at a higher risk of living in poverty include women, youth, single-parent families, seniors and people with disabilities…
Montague, population 6,000, is the kind place where, even if you’ve lived there since you were a baby, folks will still call you a “come from away.” That is, until hundreds of Taiwanese Buddhist monks moved to town, and the new neighbors realized they had more in common than they expected…
Having a yard sale can be a great way to declutter your home — but what if, like P.E.I.’s Buddhist monks, you have no clutter? You ask for someone else’s.
The annual 70-Mile Coastal Yard Sale is taking place next weekend, September 22 and 23 — the monks will have tables set up at their monastery in Little Sands and they’re looking for donations of items to sell…
LITTLE SANDS, P.E.I. – Before the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) built its P.E.I. monastery, all Venerable Eli knew about the religion was what he’d picked up in movies and on the news…
With hundreds of millions of followers worldwide, Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions.
Buddhism can be traced back 2,500 years, spreading slowly from India and throughout Asia, but one group of monks calls Prince Edward Island home…
A field of tulips in Montague, P.E.I., is hard to miss — it’s eye catching, vibrant colours almost demand to be photographed.
The monks with the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) planted more than 70,000 bulbs by machine last fall…
Close to 50 businesses are a bit brighter on P.E.I. this week, all thanks to the monks at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society.
They’ve given more than 5,000 sunflowers from their field to local businesses to pass out for free. It’s part of their ongoing effort to do good in the community, said monk Venerable Dan…
When monks at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society heard about donations falling short at a Montague food bank, they took the opportunity to help out and give back to the community…
P.E.I.’s Buddhist monks are opening the doors wide for their biggest-ever open house this weekend at their monastery complex in Little Sands.
