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CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 22 MAR 2016
AMENDED ON 15 SEP 2016
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHISM; AND
2. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF BUDDHISM PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;
IN EACH CASE BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE LINJI AND CAODONG TRADITIONS OF CHAN BUDDHISM, AS TRANSMITTED THROUGH MASTER SHENG YEN, AND DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS ABOUT BUDDHISM IN WRITTEN AND OTHER MEDIA TO INFORM OTHERS ABOUT BUDDHISM, AND, AS A SUPPLEMENT TO SUCH ADVANCEMENT, TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHAN PRACTICE, CHAN THEORY AND OTHER MEDITATIVE PRACTICES AND UNDERSTANDING.
