THE WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF BUDDHISTS
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THE WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF BUDDHISTS

The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) is an international Buddhist organization established since B.E. 2493 (1950) in Sri Lanka by the initiation of Dr. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, a famous Sri Lankan Pali scholar, who inspired a Buddhist meeting leading to the founding of a world organization. His brilliant thoughts were responded to beyond expectation. Buddhist delegates from Asia, Europe and North America (including Hawaii) agreed to participate in a conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Apart from Sri Lankan participants, there were 129 Buddhist delegates from 27 countries. At this historic meeting, the World Fellowship of Buddhists was founded. It marked the first event in Buddhist history when Buddhists (laity and sangha) of nearly all sects in the world represented and gathering for the same purpose for the progress of Buddhism.

GENERALCONFERENCE
Date:
18-21 October B.E. 2565 (2022)
Venue:
Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Theme:
Buddhism in the Time of Crisis
The WFB Headquarters hosted the 30th General Conference concurrently with the 21st General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY), and the 12th Council Meeting of the World Buddhist University (WBU).