The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2681 page)

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, elaborate hierarchies of awliy
’ (pl.) were produced, along with levels or stages, in the progress towards wilayat, becoming a wal
.
Wali Allah
or Waliullah
(Indian Islamic reformer):
Walking object indices
(apparent people providing cross-reference to the world):
WALUBI
.
Acronym for Per-
WAL
-ian
U
mat
B
uddha
I
ndonesia, or All-Indonesia Federation of Buddhist Organizations. It was founded in Jogyakarta in 1978 to promote union among Indonesia's 3 million Buddhists. The Federation includes both
Therav
da
and
Mah
y
na
Buddhist groups (the former having strong links with Dhammayutika temples in Thailand via the Phra Dhamma-D
ta missionary programme) and Buddhayana, a syncretistic combination of both these branches of Buddhism plus Kasogatan, a local type of Javanese Buddhism. Monks and lay Buddhists are strongly represented in most branches of WALUBI. See also
TRIDHARMA
.

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