Articles from the European Buddhist Magazine, republished as blog posts.
On 9 May 2026 the EBU’s annual assembly in Brussels put the religious rights of Buddhists in Europe at its centre — with testimonies from Ukraine, Poland, Greece and Hungary and a dialogue with European institutions.
In his keynote at the EBU Annual General Meeting 2026, Professor Marco Ventura outlines five features of the religious freedom Buddhists need in Europe – and that Europe needs Buddhists to stand for: legal, inclusive, diverse, European and Buddhist.
Nicola Censini, Coordinator for the Article 17 TFEU dialogue at the European Parliament, on why the dialogue with religious and non-confessional organisations matters – and what Buddhism brings to the European public debate.
On 9 May 2026 the EBU and the European Muslim Leaders Council (EULEMA) held the first structured Buddhist–Muslim dialogue in Brussels. EBU President Stefano Davide Bettera on why this encounter matters.
Imam Yahya Pallavicini reflects on the Brussels meeting between European Buddhists and Muslims, the example of the 17th-century scholar Liu Zhi, and what both traditions can contribute to Europe today.
Tamar Zekbach of Tovana describes the paradox of Buddhist practice in Israel today: legally free, yet under pressure from cumulative trauma, moral guilt, isolation and a nationalist turn – and why the Sangha asks for solidarity.
Alexandra and Denys lived through the occupations of Mariupol and Bucha. Their testimony at the EBU AGM 2026 tells what happens to Buddhist communities when cities are destroyed – and how practice continues under shelling.
Gábor Karsai, Rector of the Dharma Gate Buddhist College, shows how religious freedom for Buddhists in Hungary exists but is unevenly realised – and why education is one of its most important dimensions.
EBU President Stefano Davide Bettera argues that regulating digital environments is an ethical question, not just a technical one – and that religious traditions can help build a genuine digital ethical literacy.
In his welcome to our 50th-anniversary issue, EBU President Stefano Davide Bettera asks what kind of Buddhism Europe can imagine for the next fifty years.
