Italian Buddhist Union

{{short description|Association representing Buddhism in Italy}} [[File:Unione Buddhista Italiana - logo (Italy, 2020-).svg|alt=|thumb|Italian Buddhist Union Logo]] The '''Italian Buddhist Union''' ({{langx|it|Unione Buddhista Italiana}}, '''UBI''') is an association representing [[Buddhism]] in [[Italy]]. [[File:Sangha Italy Vesak 2006.jpg|thumb|Buddhist [[sangha]] observing [[Vesak]] in [[Padua]], 2006.]] The UBI was founded in 1985 in [[Milan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhismo.it/ente.htm |title=Unione Buddhista Italiana: l’Ente |accessdate=2007-04-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404034319/http://www.buddhismo.it/ente.htm |archivedate=2007-04-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cesnur.com/il-buddhismo-in-italia/organismi-di-cooperazione-inter-buddhista/|title=Organismi di cooperazione inter-buddhista|date=April 10, 2014|website=cesnur.com|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> and functions as the Italian member of the [[European Buddhist Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://europeanbuddhism.org/|title=A Buddhist voice for Europe|website=European Buddhist Union |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

In 2007 the association, which represents a large chunk of Italy's 160,000 Buddhists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.db.caritas.glauco.it/caritastest/informiamoci/Riviste_e_pubblicazioni/Sussidi2007/Libri/dossierimmigrazione2007/materiale/panorama_multireligioso.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129184319/http://www.db.caritas.glauco.it/caritastest/informiamoci/Riviste_e_pubblicazioni/Sussidi2007/Libri/dossierimmigrazione2007/materiale/panorama_multireligioso.pdf |title=Il panorama multireligioso in Italia|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 2007|date=November 29, 2007}}</ref> signed an agreement with the [[Council of Ministers (Italy)|Italian government]], in accordance with article 8 of the [[Constitution of Italy|Italian Constitution]] (which regulates the relations with religious minorities), and the agreement became law in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://presidenza.governo.it/USRI/confessioni/intese_indice.html|title=Governo Italiano - Le intese con le confessioni religiose|website=presidenza.governo.it|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:2012;245|title=*** NORMATTIVA ***|website=www.normattiva.it|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Buddhism in Italy]] *[[Ensoji il Cerchio]] *[[Santacittarama]]

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==External links== *[http://www.buddhismo.it/ Official website]

[[Category:Buddhist organisations based in Italy]] [[Category:1985 establishments in Italy]] [[Category:Religious organizations established in 1985]]