OUR ACTION
Wisedāna Foundation was born as a concrete effort to improve the world by applying Buddhist values and principles to modern society. Our philanthropic organization thus pursues a systemic action in favor of all sentient beings and ecosystems.
Aiming at this, we select and promote specific projects within a structure that streamlines and amplifies the work done by us in collaboration with our strategic partners.
PROCESS
A systemic philanthropic action
SELECTION
SYNERGY
GUARANTEE
CULTURE
We rely on experienced ethical and technical advisors to select the appropriate projects to achieve systemic changes along specific directions. Thanks to them, we are able to remain true to our core values and principles while pursuing our mission.
We mean to create unprecedented connections between actors – individuals, organizations, businesses, institutions – that could benefit from planning a common strategy, allowing them to reach higher results than any of them would achieve on its own.
Thanks to the crucial support of the Italian Buddhist Union (UBI) we are able to guarantee that our selected projects will be fully carried out. Moreover, we guarantee a constant monitoring of the projects supported by us and the generated impact.
It is our intention to spread the practice of wise generosity as a means not only to improve the world but also to cultivate one’s own spiritual dimension and inner virtues. Our hope is for this practice and its related benefits to become part of the Western mainstream culture.
SELECTION
We rely on experienced ethical and technical advisors to select the appropriate projects to achieve systemic changes along specific directions. Thanks to them, we are able to remain true to our core values and principles while pursuing our mission.
SYNERGY
We mean to create unprecedented connections between actors – individuals, organizations, businesses, institutions – that could benefit from planning a common strategy, allowing them to reach higher results than any of them would achieve on its own.
GUARANTEE
Thanks to the crucial support of the Italian Buddhist Union (UBI) we are able to guarantee that our selected projects will be fully carried out. Moreover, we guarantee a constant monitoring of the projects supported by us and the generated impact.
CULTURE
It is our intention to spread the practice of wise generosity as a means not only to improve the world but also to cultivate one’s own spiritual dimension and inner virtues. Our hope is for this practice and its related benefits to become part of the Western mainstream culture.
INTERVENTION
Project areas
Ecology
COMPASSION CULTURE
education & RESEARCH
Care
Rather than reasoning in terms of “environment”, a word implying the protagonism of humans, we prefer speaking about “ecology”. We don’t see nature as a reservoir of resources to be consumed or exploited, but as a source of life to be respected and protected.
Culture is the foundation of all human behavior. That is why we encourage the flourishing and preservation of all cultures that are based on nonviolence and compassion, starting with Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan cultural identity.
We believe that pursuing sustainable development is fundamental when it comes to ecosystems but also to individuals. Our support goes to those teaching methods and study areas that recognize and investigate the role of the human inner dimension.
Accepting illness, aging and death as integral parts of life is no easy task. Becoming acquainted with those life challenges that we will all face, sooner or later, is crucial. However, we do struggle when it is the life of a loved one or our own to be at stake.
By embracing the Deep Ecology approach, we work in recognition of an ever more evident truth: we are not separate from nature, we are nature.
We sustain the development of crucial services in relation to the study and survival of such cultures as well as to the defense of those who live by them.
For a truly systemic change to happen we need to pair on-field actions with the development of a new culture through education.
We encourage the abandonment of the Western frenzy to be ever more high-performing, young, infallible in favor of a more peaceful, tolerant and contemplative attitude.
Ecology
Rather than reasoning in terms of “environment”, a word implying the protagonism of humans, we prefer speaking about “ecology”. We don’t see nature as a reservoir of resources to be consumed or exploited, but as a source of life to be respected and protected.
By embracing the Deep Ecology approach, we work in recognition of an ever more evident truth: we are not separate from nature, we are nature.
COMPASSION CULTURE
Culture is the foundation of all human behavior. That is why we encourage the flourishing and preservation of all cultures that are based on nonviolence and compassion, starting with Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan cultural identity.
We sustain the development of crucial services in relation to the study and survival of such cultures as well as to the defense of those who live by them.
EDUCATION & RESEARCH
We believe that pursuing sustainable development is fundamental when it comes to ecosystems but also to individuals. Our support goes to those teaching methods and study areas that recognize and investigate the role of the human inner dimension.
For a truly systemic change to happen we need to pair on-field actions with the development of a new culture through education.
Care
Accepting illness, aging and death as integral parts of life is no easy task. Becoming acquainted with those life challenges that we will all face, sooner or later, is crucial. However, we do struggle when it is the life of a loved one or our own to be at stake.
We encourage the abandonment of the Western frenzy to be ever more high-performing, young, infallible in favor of a more peaceful, tolerant and contemplative attitude.
