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A report from the EBU’s 50th-anniversary conference in Vienna, imagining what European Buddhism might become over the next fifty years.

EBU Council member Carlotta Segre reports from the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, where thousands gathered for world peace and sustainable development.

Ioana Spataru, Head of the Austrian Buddhist Youth, argues that European Buddhism is the latest chapter in a long process of cultural adaptation — and that modernisation must not mean hollowing out.

Philosopher Peter D. Hershock responds to the three framing questions of the Buddhism 2075 conference — on modernity, engagement, and the possibility of a European Sangha.

A snapshot of the EBU’s 50th-anniversary gathering in Vienna — 121 participants, 80 organizations, 13 national unions, 16 nations — and a look at where European Buddhism goes next.

Dr Michael Vermeulen traces the long history of encounters between Europe and Buddhism — from Alexander the Great and Greco-Buddhist Gandhara to the founding of the EBU in 1975.

Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui on inter-religious dialogue as a spiritual attitude: recognising the Other, drawing enrichment from difference, and the shared task of building peace.

Archbishop Nikitas, President of the Conference of European Churches, on the Orthodox contribution to interfaith dialogue – and what Orthodox and Buddhist contemplative practice may have in common.

Vincent Depaigne of the European Commission explains the history, features and themes of the EU’s dialogue with churches, religious and non-confessional organisations under Article 17 TFEU.

Carlo Luyckx, former deputy mayor of Saint-Gilles and former EBU president, on the Brussels roundtable of religions and the Emouna Belgium programme – and why confronting other faiths deepens one’s own.