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The Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) is a nonsectarian international network of engaged Buddhists participating in various forms of non-violent social activism and environmentalism. The non-profit BPF is an affiliate of the international Fellowship of Reconciliation working toward global disarmament and peace, helping individuals suffering under governmental tyranny in places such as Burma, Bangladesh, Tibet and Vietnam. Currently headquartered in Oakland, California, BPF was incorporated in 1978 in Hawaii by Robert Baker Aitken, his wife Anne Hopkins Aitken, Nelson Foster, Ryo Imamura and others. Shortly after other notable individuals joined, including Gary Snyder, Alfred Bloom, Joanna Macy, and Jack Kornfield. Generally speaking, the BPF has a tendency to approach social issues from a le

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  • Buddhist Peace Fellowship (en)
  • Association bouddhiste pour la paix (fr)
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  • L'Association bouddhiste pour la paix (Buddhist Peace Fellowship, BPF) est fondé en 1978 par (en) et Gary Snyder. Initialement limitée à Hawaii, lieu de résidence d'Aitken, son audience s'élargie à la Californie puis aux pays anglophones. Comptant 4000 membres dans les années 2010, elle est l'une des associations bouddhistes américaines les plus engagés pour le désarmement, l'écologie et les droits de l'homme. Elle publie un magazine, Turning Wheel, publiant des articles exprimant une nouvelle pensée bouddhiste militante. (fr)
  • The Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) is a nonsectarian international network of engaged Buddhists participating in various forms of non-violent social activism and environmentalism. The non-profit BPF is an affiliate of the international Fellowship of Reconciliation working toward global disarmament and peace, helping individuals suffering under governmental tyranny in places such as Burma, Bangladesh, Tibet and Vietnam. Currently headquartered in Oakland, California, BPF was incorporated in 1978 in Hawaii by Robert Baker Aitken, his wife Anne Hopkins Aitken, Nelson Foster, Ryo Imamura and others. Shortly after other notable individuals joined, including Gary Snyder, Alfred Bloom, Joanna Macy, and Jack Kornfield. Generally speaking, the BPF has a tendency to approach social issues from a le (en)
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