An organization founded at Kandy, Ceylon, in 1950 by Dr G.P.Malalasekera. It promoted the first World Bst. Conference at Colombo in 1951, the second in Tokyo in September 1952, the third at Rangoon in 1954, and others every few years since....

The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) is arguably the largest and most influential international Buddhist organization. It was founded in 1950 in Colombo, Sri Lanka by representatives from 27 nations. Although Theravada Buddhists are most influential...