Vrienden van het Boeddhisme (VvB) or ‘Friends of Buddhism’, is a non-profit organisation, founded 1967. It is the oldest Buddhist organisation in the Netherlands. The goal of the organisation is to deepen the understanding and the knowledge of Buddhist principles, and to stimulate the practical application of these principles in Western society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The VvB strives to meet this goal in several ways, among other things by translating the Buddhist scriptures in Dutch and making them accesible for the public at large. Mostly, but not exclusively, the Pali-Canon as it is translated by Prof. Dr. R.H.C. Janssen (1931-2019) and Drs. J.A. de Breet (1959 -2021). Since 2019, the VvB has both the management and publishing rights of this series. Another way to reach the foundations’ goal is the promotion of inter-religious dialogue, both inside and outside Buddhist circles. The VvB publishes from time to time articles online in order to promote these goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our financial statements can be found here<\/a> (in Dutch). A summary of the board report can be found on the last page. The English translation of our roadmap and policy plan 2020-2023 can be found here<\/a>. If you have any questions about our policy plan or our financial statements, or if you have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact<\/a> us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stichting Vrienden van het boeddhisme – Friends of Buddhism is a non-profit organisation and has ANBI-status. Among other things, this means that the boardmembers are not paid for their services. Gifts<\/a> to our foundation are eligible for tax deductions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vrienden van het Boeddhisme (VvB) or ‘Friends of Buddhism’, is a non-profit organisation, founded 1967. It is the oldest Buddhist organisation in the Netherlands. The goal of the organisation is to deepen the understanding and the knowledge of Buddhist principles, and to stimulate the practical application of these principles in Western society. The VvB strives…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-organisation.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4913,"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3120\/revisions\/4913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vriendenvanboeddhisme.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}