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 Senter 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. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...

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
• Dharma Sah - A group in Moss associated with the Lotus Sangha of World Social Buddhism
• 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
• Tisarana - The Sri Lankan Buddhist association in Norway

Theravada (Pāli: theravāda, Sanskrit: sthaviravāda → English: The Way of the Elders) is the oldest surviving Buddhist school, and for many centuries has been the predominant religion of Sri Lanka (about 70% of the population[1]) and continental Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and parts of southwest... Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. ... City Oslo Borough NO-030105 Area 8. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Buddhism in Vietnam is Buddhism that had been localized to Vietnam from India and later replaced with Buddhism from China. ... Thich Nhat Hanh (Press Release Photo) Courtesy of Plum Village Practice Center, France Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh; IPA: ; born in 1926, is an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, and prolific author in both Vietnamese and English. ... http://www. ... This article is about the religion Zen. ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2005) Leif Johan Sevland Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... The Buddha statue of Aukana in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Buddhism belongs to the Theravada tradition. ...

Links

Buddhistforbundet's web site (Norwegian only)