Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association
The Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association (also known as Vietnamese Buddhist Family (Vietnamese: Gia Đình Phật Tử Việt Nam (GĐPTVN)) is a lay Buddhist youth organisation that seeks to imbue its members with Buddhist ethics.
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| Founded | April 1951 |
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| Founder | Lê Đình Thám |
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| Origins | Vietnam |
Area served | International |
| Website | www.gdptvietnam.org (Vietnamese, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam's) www.giadinhphattu.net (Vietnamese, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's) |
| Motto: Bi - Trí - Dũng (Vietnamese: Compassion - Wisdom - Courage) | |
The organization was established in 1970 and has been in existence for over 50 years in Vietnam and in Overseas Vietnamese communities since the Fall of Saigon, and are usually associated with Buddhist temples.
External links
- GĐPT Hoa Nghiêm (Fort Belvoir, VA) Website
- Chanh Phap Buddhist Youth Association
- Ottawa Chapter
- GĐPT VIỆT NAM's website (in Vietnamese)
- GĐPT's website (in Vietnamese)
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