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By the late 1990s, there were more than 140 Tibetan Buddhist meditation centers in France. The first Tibetan Buddhist communities were established in the early 1970s. Phendé Khenchen of the Sakya school (Ngor lineage) established his temple, E Wam Phendé Ling, in 1973. The Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, visited in 1975.
The Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism (formerly known as the Unified Buddhist Church) is the legally recognized governing body for Plum Village (Làng Mai) in France. The Four Dhagpo in France: Since its simple beginnings at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in 1976, the mandala of the Karma Kagyu lineage in Europe has expanded in accordance with ...
This list shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, [1] [2] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories. Buddhism is the State religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. [3]
The Plum Village Tradition is a school of Buddhism named after the Plum Village Monastery in France, the first monastic practice center founded by Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chân Không, and other members of the Order of Interbeing.
France guarantees freedom of religion as a constitutional right, and the government generally respects this right in practice. Because of a long history of anticlericalism, the state cut its institutional ties with the Catholic Church in 1905 and made a strong promise to keep the public sector free of religion.
Pre-sectarian Buddhism may refer to the earliest Buddhism, the ideas and practices of Gautama Buddha himself. It may also refer to early Buddhism as existing until the first documented split in the sangha. [12] According to Lambert Schmithausen, it is "the canonical period prior to the development of different schools with their different ...
The first Buddhist council is traditionally said to have been held just after Buddha's Parinirvana, and presided over by Mahākāśyapa, one of his most senior disciples, at Rājagṛha (today's Rajgir) with the support of king Ajātasattu. According to Charles Prebish, almost all scholars have questioned the historicity of this first council.
Liu Ying's sponsorship of Buddhism is the first documented case of Buddhist practices in China. 67: Buddhism comes to China with the two monks Kasyapa and Dharmaraksha. [12] 68: Buddhism is officially established in China with the founding of the White Horse Temple. [13] [14] [15] 78: Ban Chao, a Chinese General, subdues the Buddhist Kingdom of ...