World Fellowship of Buddhists
- World Fellowship of Buddhists
World Fellowship of Buddhists
['wəːld'feləʊʃɪp əv 'bʊdɪsts, englisch], Abkürzung
WFB, Weltvereinigung der Buddhịsten, internationale buddhistische
Organisation mit Sitz in
Bangkok; 1950 in
Colombo zur
Förderung der internationalen Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Buddhisten gegründet.
Initiator und erster
Präsident der WFB war der ceylonesische buddhistische Gelehrte Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekara (* 1899, ✝ 1973). Die WFB stellt eine Art »Dachverband« buddhistischer Orden und Laienvereinigungen dar, bildet ein Forum des Dialogs und fördert die Zusammenarbeit auf gesamtbuddhistischer Ebene. Heute (1998) gehören der WFB Buddhisten aller Schulrichtungen (Theravada,
Mahayana,
Vajrayana [Lamaismus]) aus über 35 Ländern an.
Universal-Lexikon.
2012.
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