Welcome

This is the website of the Dutch Buddhist Broadcast Foundation. The BOS/BBF is the first independent Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation in the west to produce and broadcast buddhist programs within a country’s Public Broadcasting System.

Looking for the Dutch version?
Dutch-speaking visitors are advised to visit our Dutch website, boeddhistischeomroep.nl.

Watching programs online
Most of our tv programmes can be watched online. 
Requirements:
Windows users need Windows Media Player, mac users need the Flip4mac plugin. Content from before september 2006 is also available in real format.

Radio programmes are only available in Dutch.

 

Sa  27  Jun 0:16 - 1:41	THE BOW On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard...
Fr  5  Jun 17:30 - 18:30	THE DALAI LAMA IN THE NETHERLANDS The Dalai Lama will visit the Netherlands on June 4 and 5, 2009. He will give buddhist teachings and a public lecture on June 4th in the RAI Conference centre in Amsterdam. The BOS will broadcast a summary and an impression of this lecture.

News: Stephen Batchelor - the Art of Imagining
On the annual public meeting of the Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation in Amsterdam on october 4, 2008, renowned writer, teacher and artist Stephen Batchelor gave a lecture on how buddhist values can be brought to life by artisitic imagination.
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