Dongya fojiao dahui 東亞佛教大會

The East Asian Buddhist Conference (Dōngyā fójiào dàhuì 東亞佛教大會) was an international Buddhist conference held in Tokyo on November 1-2, 1925.

History

It was decided at the second World Buddhist Federation meeting 世界佛教聯合會 held at Lúshān 廬山 in July of 1924 that the following year the Japanese would host a similar conference in Tokyo. The Chinese delegation, headed by Tàixū 太虛 and Dàojiē 道階 left China on October 17 and returned on November 30.^[1] The delegation was greeted by many representatives of Japanese Buddhism, and toured Kyoto before arriving in Tokyo for the conference itself.

Section Editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Chinese Delegation

30 persons, including:

• Dàojiē 道階 Co-vice chair
• Tàixū 太虛 Co-vice chair
• Chísōng 持松
• Hóngshǎn 弘傘
• Mànshūjiēdì 曼殊揭諦
• Wáng Yìtíng 王一亭
• Hú Zǐhù 胡子笏
• Hán Qīngjìng 韓清淨
• Xú Sēnyù 徐森玉
• Yáng Hèqìng 楊鶴慶
• Zhāng Zōngzài 張宗載
• Níng Yuǎnyùn 寧遠蘊
• Liú Rénháng 劉仁航
• Mǎnzhì 滿智 Recorder

Japanese Delegation

• Mizuno Baigyō 水野梅曉
• 大西良佩
• Saeki Jōin 佐伯定胤
• Kimura Kaiten 木村泰賢

Taiwanese Delegation

Korean Delegation

Notes

1. ↑ Shì Dōngchū, 1:394.

References

• 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 Pp. 1:294-299.
• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Pp. 166-168.