Shanghai shijie fojiao jushi lin 上海世界佛教居士林

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The Shànghǎi World Buddhist Lay Association 上海世界佛教居士林 was active from 1918 to 1922, when it split into two new organizations.

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History

The organization was formed by a group of prominent Shanghainese Buddhists and businessmen in 1918. Owing to a disagreement among its members over the proper purpose of the group, it split in 1922 into the World Lay Buddhist Association 世界佛教居士林 and the Shànghǎi Buddhist Pure Karma Society 上海佛教淨業社. Even after the split there continued to be a great deal of overlap in the membership of the two groups.

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Notable Members

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References

  • Jessup, James Brooks. “The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956.” Ph.D. Diss. University of California, Berkeley, 2010.
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