The NBEF Mission

To provide practice-centered instruction in the Noble Eightfold Path.

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Dhamma Notes

“When the worldwide meditation community embraces insight into greed, hatred, and delusion as a common practice, NBEF will have fulfilled its most important purpose.”

— Nancy Acord, Founder of NBEF

 

Objectives

  • To guide sincere practitioners in developing ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom.

  • To support practitioners through individual instruction, meditation programs, Dhamma study, and retreats.

  • To develop qualified lay Dhamma teachers who uphold the Five Precepts, follow the Noble Eightfold Path, and teach without compensation.

  • To preserve and share the teachings of Early Buddhism through education, translation, publication, and gifts of Dhamma books.