Shijie fojiao lianhe hui 世界佛教聯合會

World Buddhist Federation: Shìjiè Fójiào liánhé huì 世界佛教聯合會

• First session: July 23 - August 11, 1923; Second Session: July 13 - 15, 1924
• Location: Dàlín Temple 大林寺 on Lúshān 廬山

Two summer lecture series, spearheaded by Tàixū 太虛 and including international participants. The first session was organized as a lecture series by Yán Shǎofú 嚴少孚 and Tàixū. According to Holmes Welch, the title of this organization was a spontaneous decision on Yán's part, and the audience was about 100 people. The success of the two meetings led, in 1925, to the first East Asian Buddhist Conference 東亞佛教大會, which took place in Japan.

These meetings are covered extensively in Shì Dōngchū's 釋東初 Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism).

Erik Hammerstrom

Participants: First Session

• Edo Sentaro 江戶千太郎
• Inada Ensai 稻田圓成
• Karl Ludvig Reichelt 艾香德
• Zhīfēng 芝峰

Participants: Second Session

• Chángxǐng 常惺
• Dàxǐng 大醒
• Huìjué 會覺
• Kimura Taiken 木村泰賢
• Mǎnzhì 滿智
• Saeki Teiin 佐伯定胤

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. 1.277-295.
• Welch, Holmes. The Buddhist Revival in China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Pp. 55-56.