# Friends of Early Buddhist Teachings

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047650
- **Known as:** FoEBT, FOEBT
- **Status:** Active
- **Reporting:** Up to date. Last filed Aug. 21, 2026.
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Aug. 18, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047650


## Contact

- **Address:** Criston, Lanton, Jedburgh
- **Postcode:** TD86SX
- **Website:** www.friendsofebt.net



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education'

**What the charity does:** To inform, educate, and encourage people about the existence, content, and practice of Early Buddhist teachings, for their benefit and the benefit of all being. We do this through making online and in-person meetings available, making useful publications available, and maintaining a Facebook presence with a group of 2600 members.

**Beneficiaries:** 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** 4 The organisation's purposes are:  4.1 The advancement of education, specifically to promote the teachings of the Buddha as understood and practised in accordance with 'Early Buddhist Teachings'.  4.1.1 'Early Buddhist Teachings', for purposes of the organisation's activities, are those originating from the time from the Buddha until the Second Council, currently understood to be 334 BCE. This is currently understood to be the period of Pre-Sectarian Buddhism, before the period of formal splits. If current understandings change, these dates may change to align accordingly.  4.1.2 the organisation is not exclusively affiliated with any single modern-day Buddhist lineage.  4.2 The advancement of education by supporting people in their practice and/or teaching of meditation, ethical living, and any other activity in accordance with 'Early Buddhist Teachings'.  4.3 The advancement of education by supporting people in developing their skill in languages helpful in developing an understanding of 'Early Buddhist Teachings'.  4.4 The advancement of education by supporting research on, and teaching of, the content and practice of 'Early Buddhist Teachings', including the dissemination, promotion, and teaching of relevant content or materials.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Moray
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas







