Swiss Buddhist Union

Schweizerische Buddhistische Union
Union Suisse des Bouddhistes
Unione Buddhista Svizzera

Web: www.sbu.net

E-mail: info(at)sbu.net

Contact Person:

Colette Bodmer-Cachard
Hammerstrasse 7
CH-8008 Zurich

Tel. (00 41) (0)44 252 89 07

Private e-mail: cobodmer(at)dplanet.ch

The Swiss Buddhist Union (SBU/USB), founded in 1978, is an umbrella organisation of Buddhist Communities and Buddhists in Switzerland. It has been a long-term member of EBU.

At present SBU/USB comprises 37 member organisations from various Buddhist traditions and over 100 individual members.

The administrative council consists of 7 members and a guest.

The main activities of the union are: organisation of central Vesakh Celebrations in May, Annual General Meeting in November, information on Buddhist activiities in Switzerland, Europe and the Buddhist World at large. Information centre on rituals like birth, wedding, burial. Support for patients in hospitals, caring for the dying.