Shijie fojiao jushi lin 世界佛教居士林

The World Buddhist Lay Association (Shìjiè fójiào jūshì lín 世界佛教居士林) was the most influential Chinese lay Buddhist association of the early 20th century. Founded in 1922, it continued to operate in Shànghǎi until 1954, when it changed its name to the Shànghǎi Buddhist Lay Association 上海佛教居士林.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Members 3 Notes 4 References and Resources

History

This organization was formed during a reorganization of the Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association 上海世界佛教居士林 in 1922, in which one part was spun off as the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Association 上海佛教淨業社.

This Association published Shìjiè Fójiào jūshìlín línkān 世界佛教居士林林刊 (Magazine of the World Buddhist Lay Association) from 1926 to 1937. It also operated a library, a school, and a clinic.

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Notable Members

• Wáng Yītíng 王一亭
• Fàn Gǔnóng 范古農 (president, 1948 - 1951)

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Notes

1. ↑ See MFQB 72:40.

References and Resources

• Jessup, James Brooks. “The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956.” Ph.D. Diss. University of California, Berkeley, 2010.
• Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 P. 2.508.