Buddhist Federation of Norway
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
A very big thank you and blessings to Dmytro Rudiy (rudiy.nl) for his great work in upgrading the server, website and all of the infrastructure and helping make TBE fast and reliable again for everyone!
We kindly ask our readers to help us cover the cost of this important upgrade and also help with the ongoing costs of keeping the Encyclopedia alive and freely available.
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The Buddhist Federation of Norway (Norwegian: Buddhistforbundet) is an umbrella organization for the different Buddhist groups in Norway.
It was founded in 1979 by two Buddhist groups (Rinzai Zen Center and Karma Tashi Ling buddhistsamfunn) with the aim of creating an organization to deal with issues of common interest for all Norwegian Buddhists, and which could represent all the separate groups to the government.
The main goal of Buddhistforbundet today is to foster communication and good relations between Buddhists of all traditions and groups, in order to promote Buddhist principles and practice in Norway.
Organizations within Buddhistforbundet
- Buddhasasana - Organization for those with an interest in the Theravada tradition
- Den thailandske buddhistforening - Organization building a Thai buddhist temple in Frogner
- Oslo buddhistsenter - In Oslo
- Det vietnamesiske buddhistsamfunn - A nationwide Vietnamese Buddhist community
- Dharmagruppen - Organization practicing meditation as taught by Nhat Hanh
- Hridaya-gruppen - A Zen group in Oslo
- Karma Tashi Ling buddhistsamfunn - A community practicing Tibetan Buddhism
- Rinzai Zen Senter - A Japanese Zen centre in Oslo
- Stavanger buddhistiske forening - A meditation group in Stavanger, established April 29, 1998
- Tisarana - The Sri Lankan Buddhist association in Norway