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<blockquote data-quote="Windows2k" data-source="post: 7540100" data-attributes="member: 281720"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg/220px-Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; First born German monk Nyanatiloka Maha Thera&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism in Germany looks back to a history of over 150 years.&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" target="_blank">Arthur&nbsp; &nbsp; Schopenhauer</a> was one of the&nbsp; earliest Germans who were influenced&nbsp; by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank">Buddhism</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Schopenhauer got his knowledge of Buddhism from authors like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Jacob_Schmidt" target="_blank">Isaac&nbsp; &nbsp; Jacob Schmidt</a> (1779-1847). German Buddhists or&nbsp; Orientalists like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Eugen_Neumann" target="_blank">Karl&nbsp; &nbsp; Eugen Neumann</a>, Paul Dahlke, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georg_Grimm&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" target="_blank">Georg Grimm</a>,&nbsp; Friedrich Zimmermann (Subhadra&nbsp; Bhikschu) and the first German Buddhist&nbsp; monk <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanatiloka" target="_blank">Nyanatiloka</a>&nbsp; were also influenced by Schopenhauer&nbsp; and his understanding of&nbsp; Buddhism. But also German Indologists like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Oldenberg" target="_blank">Hermann&nbsp; &nbsp; Oldenberg</a> and his work „Buddha, sein Leben, seine&nbsp; Lehre, seine&nbsp; Gemeinde“ had an important influence on German Buddhism.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Finland&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jump to:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Finland#head" target="_blank">navigation</a>,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Finland#p-search" target="_blank">search</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism&nbsp; &nbsp; in Finland represents a very small percentage of&nbsp; that nation's&nbsp; religious practices. Out of the 5,238,460 people living in&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" target="_blank">Finland</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; only 0.1% (5,000) of the population is identified as being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist" target="_blank">Buddhist</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are currently 12 Finnish cities that have Buddhist temples: in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki" target="_blank">Helsinki</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyvink%C3%A4%C3%A4" target="_blank">Hyvinkää</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna" target="_blank">Hämeenlinna</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" target="_blank">Jyväskylä</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouvola" target="_blank">Kouvola</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuopio" target="_blank">Kuopio</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti" target="_blank">Lahti</a>,&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lappeenranta" target="_blank">Lappeenranta</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pori" target="_blank">Pori</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo" target="_blank">Salo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampere" target="_blank">Tampere</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku" target="_blank">Turku</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Denmark&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jump to:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#head" target="_blank">navigation</a>,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#p-search" target="_blank">search</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism&nbsp; is the 4th largest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions_in_Denmark" target="_blank">religion&nbsp; &nbsp; in Denmark</a>&nbsp; with approximately 20,000 - 25,000 members.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#cite_note-Borup-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in the Czech&nbsp; Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jump to:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Czech_Republic#head" target="_blank">navigation</a>,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Czech_Republic#p-search" target="_blank">search</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp; mixture of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestor_Worship" target="_blank">Ancestor Worship</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism" target="_blank">Confucianism</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism" target="_blank">Taoism</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and foremost <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhism" target="_blank">Mahayana&nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism</a> is the&nbsp; predominant religion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people" target="_blank">Vietnamese&nbsp; &nbsp; people</a> (about 2/3 to 3/4 of total Buddhist&nbsp; numbers in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" target="_blank">Czech&nbsp; Republic</a>) and they are also the&nbsp; biggest Asian community in the&nbsp; Czech Republic (estimate over 45,000 <a href="http://www.czech.cz/en/news/domestic-news/czech-vietnamese-community-flourishing/" target="_blank">[1]</a>, 2007's estimate)&nbsp; Vietnamese people live&nbsp; mostly in cities as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague" target="_blank">Prague</a> and&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb" target="_blank">Cheb</a>. The&nbsp;&nbsp; Czech Republic’s first Vietnamese style temple, Thien An Buddhist&nbsp;&nbsp; pagoda, opened in January 2008 in the northern Czech province of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnsdorf" target="_blank">Varnsdorf</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; The pagoda, which was completed in September 2007, will also serve as a&nbsp;&nbsp; Vietnamese culture and language teaching centre for the Czech&nbsp;&nbsp; Vietnamese community <a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?catid=12&amp;newsid=35384" target="_blank">[2]</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remains of Buddhists including a small number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese" target="_blank">Chinese&nbsp;&nbsp; people</a> and a significant moderate number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechs" target="_blank">Czechs</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; have converted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" target="_blank">Tibetan&nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana" target="_blank">Vajrayana</a>)&nbsp; or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism" target="_blank">Theravada&nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism</a>&nbsp; mostly. The growing number of Vajrayana practitioners&nbsp; centered mainly in&nbsp; Nyingma and Kagyu schools, Karma Kagyu having about&nbsp; 50 centers and&nbsp; meditation groups.&nbsp;&nbsp; The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Way" target="_blank">Diamond&nbsp; &nbsp; Way</a> sect founded and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Nydahl" target="_blank">Ole&nbsp;&nbsp; Nydahl</a> is also active in Slovakia.&nbsp;&nbsp; And it could make at least 0.5% Czech Republic's population is&nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhists or over 50 thousand Buddhists.&nbsp;&nbsp; See more details in articles of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_the_Czech_Republic" target="_blank">Vietnamese people in&nbsp; the Czech Republic</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Czech_Republic" target="_blank">Demographics of the Czech&nbsp; Republic</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; The World Buddhist Directory lists 70 Buddhist places in the Czech&nbsp;&nbsp; Republic <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/wbd/country.php?country_id=58" target="_blank">[3]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Croatia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jump to:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Croatia#head" target="_blank">navigation</a>,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Croatia#p-search" target="_blank">search</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp; first Croatian Buddhist group was founded in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb" target="_blank">Zagreb</a> in&nbsp;&nbsp; the 80's. Several groups have formed since, affiliated with different&nbsp;&nbsp; traditions. Estimates of the number of Buddhists in Croatia vary from&nbsp;&nbsp; 500 to 1000, depending on the definition. At present, active Buddhist&nbsp;&nbsp; groups are working to establish foundational practices and communities&nbsp;&nbsp; in major cities. Traditions represented presently are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyingma" target="_blank">Nyingma</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and Rime (nonsectarian) of Tibetan Buddhism, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon" target="_blank">Shingon</a>&nbsp; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen" target="_blank">Zen</a>&nbsp; of Japanese&nbsp; Buddhism, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%27an" target="_blank">Ch'an</a> of&nbsp; Chinese Buddhism.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Bulgaria&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (July 2009)&nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism is a small minority <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Bulgaria" target="_blank">religion</a>&nbsp; in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria" target="_blank">Bulgaria</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp; with about a thousand practicioners.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Bulgaria" target="_blank">Vietnamese community</a> in&nbsp; Bulgaria traditionally&nbsp; practices <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhism" target="_blank">Mahayana Buddhism</a> alongside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestor_Worship" target="_blank">Ancestor&nbsp; &nbsp; Worship</a>, but the population of&nbsp; this community, which mostly hails&nbsp; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" target="_blank">North&nbsp; Vietnam</a> has declined from tens of thousands&nbsp; before 1990 to around&nbsp; 1,000 now.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] Some&nbsp; Buddhist believers in&nbsp; Bulgaria are of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese" target="_blank">Chinese&nbsp; descent</a>. A small number of native&nbsp; Bulgarians are converts to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" target="_blank">Theravada</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" target="_blank">Tibetan Buddhism</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Shechen has a mountain retreat center not far away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia" target="_blank">Sofia</a>;&nbsp;&nbsp; access is granted to members and it is not generally open to the public.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Belgium&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jump to:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#head" target="_blank">navigation</a>,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#p-search" target="_blank">search</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG/250px-Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; Meeting of Belgian Buddhist representatives at Yeunten Ling Tibetan&nbsp;&nbsp; Institute, Huy on 3 September 1997&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism is a small religion in Belgium but despite&nbsp; lack&nbsp; of official recognition by the Belgian government has grown rapidly&nbsp; in&nbsp; recent years. As of the 1997 estimate, 29,497 Belgian people&nbsp;&nbsp; identified their religion as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank">Buddhist</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (about 0.29% of the total population)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism in Austria&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank">Buddhism</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; is a legally recognized religion in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" target="_blank">Austria</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; and it is followed by more than 10,000 Austrians. Although still small&nbsp;&nbsp; in absolute numbers (10,402 at the 2001 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census" target="_blank">census</a>),&nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism in Austria enjoys widespread acceptance. A majority of&nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhists in the country are Austrian nationals (some of them&nbsp;&nbsp; naturalized after immigration from Asia, predominantly from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">People's Republic of China</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" target="_blank">Vietnam</a>),&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; while a considerable number of them are foreign nationals.&nbsp;&nbsp; As in most <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank">European</a> countries, different branches and schools&nbsp; of&nbsp; Buddhism are represented by groups of varying sizes. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna" target="_blank">Vienna</a>&nbsp; not&nbsp; only has the largest number of foreign residents, but is also the&nbsp; place&nbsp; with the longest tradition of Buddhism in the country. Most of&nbsp;&nbsp; Austria's Buddhist temples and centres of practice can be found there;&nbsp;&nbsp; some with a specific Chinese, Vietnamese, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet" target="_blank">Tibetan</a> or&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japanese</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; appearance. The latest development has been the establishment of a&nbsp;&nbsp; “Buddhist Cemetery” around a stupa-like building for funeral ceremonies&nbsp;&nbsp; at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralfriedhof" target="_blank">Vienna Central Cemetery</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Buddhism was officially recognized under Austrian law in 1983.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Austria#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>&nbsp; is the only other &quot;European&quot; country to&nbsp; forwardly recognize <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank">Buddhism</a>&nbsp; as &quot;native&quot; to its own soil, giving it&nbsp; official status, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" target="_blank">Orthodox&nbsp; Christianity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" target="_blank">Islam</a>, and&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" target="_blank">Judaism</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Windows2k, post: 7540100, member: 281720"] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg/220px-Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nyanatiloka_Maha_Thera.jpg"][IMG]http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png[/IMG][/URL] First born German monk Nyanatiloka Maha Thera [B]Buddhism in Germany[/B] looks back to a history of over 150 years. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer"]Arthur Schopenhauer[/URL] was one of the earliest Germans who were influenced by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"]Buddhism[/URL]. Schopenhauer got his knowledge of Buddhism from authors like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Jacob_Schmidt"]Isaac Jacob Schmidt[/URL] (1779-1847). German Buddhists or Orientalists like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Eugen_Neumann"]Karl Eugen Neumann[/URL], Paul Dahlke, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georg_Grimm&action=edit&redlink=1"]Georg Grimm[/URL], Friedrich Zimmermann (Subhadra Bhikschu) and the first German Buddhist monk [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanatiloka"]Nyanatiloka[/URL] were also influenced by Schopenhauer and his understanding of Buddhism. But also German Indologists like [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Oldenberg"]Hermann Oldenberg[/URL] and his work „Buddha, sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde“ had an important influence on German Buddhism. [B]Buddhism in Finland[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Finland#head"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Finland#p-search"]search[/URL] [B]Buddhism in Finland[/B] represents a very small percentage of that nation's religious practices. Out of the 5,238,460 people living in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland"]Finland[/URL], only 0.1% (5,000) of the population is identified as being [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist"]Buddhist[/URL]. There are currently 12 Finnish cities that have Buddhist temples: in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki"]Helsinki[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyvink%C3%A4%C3%A4"]Hyvinkää[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna"]Hämeenlinna[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4"]Jyväskylä[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouvola"]Kouvola[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuopio"]Kuopio[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti"]Lahti[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lappeenranta"]Lappeenranta[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pori"]Pori[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo"]Salo[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampere"]Tampere[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku"]Turku[/URL] [B]Buddhism in Denmark[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#head"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#p-search"]search[/URL] [B]Buddhism[/B] is the 4th largest [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions_in_Denmark"]religion in Denmark[/URL] with approximately 20,000 - 25,000 members.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Denmark#cite_note-Borup-0"][1][/URL] [B]Buddhism in the Czech Republic[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Czech_Republic#head"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Czech_Republic#p-search"]search[/URL] The mixture of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestor_Worship"]Ancestor Worship[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism"]Confucianism[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism"]Taoism[/URL] and foremost [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhism"]Mahayana Buddhism[/URL][/B] is the predominant religion of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people"]Vietnamese people[/URL] (about 2/3 to 3/4 of total Buddhist numbers in the [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic"]Czech Republic[/URL][/B]) and they are also the biggest Asian community in the Czech Republic (estimate over 45,000 [URL="http://www.czech.cz/en/news/domestic-news/czech-vietnamese-community-flourishing/"][1][/URL], 2007's estimate) Vietnamese people live mostly in cities as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague"]Prague[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb"]Cheb[/URL]. The Czech Republic’s first Vietnamese style temple, Thien An Buddhist pagoda, opened in January 2008 in the northern Czech province of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnsdorf"]Varnsdorf[/URL]. The pagoda, which was completed in September 2007, will also serve as a Vietnamese culture and language teaching centre for the Czech Vietnamese community [URL="http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?catid=12&newsid=35384"][2][/URL]. Remains of Buddhists including a small number of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese"]Chinese people[/URL] and a significant moderate number of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechs"]Czechs[/URL] have converted to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism"]Tibetan Buddhism[/URL] ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana"]Vajrayana[/URL]) or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism"]Theravada Buddhism[/URL] mostly. The growing number of Vajrayana practitioners centered mainly in Nyingma and Kagyu schools, Karma Kagyu having about 50 centers and meditation groups. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Way"]Diamond Way[/URL] sect founded and directed by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Nydahl"]Ole Nydahl[/URL] is also active in Slovakia. And it could make at least 0.5% Czech Republic's population is Buddhists or over 50 thousand Buddhists. See more details in articles of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_the_Czech_Republic"]Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic[/URL] or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Czech_Republic"]Demographics of the Czech Republic[/URL] The World Buddhist Directory lists 70 Buddhist places in the Czech Republic [URL="http://www.buddhanet.net/wbd/country.php?country_id=58"][3][/URL] [B]Buddhism in Croatia[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Croatia#head"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Croatia#p-search"]search[/URL] The first [B]Croatian Buddhist[/B] group was founded in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb"]Zagreb[/URL] in the 80's. Several groups have formed since, affiliated with different traditions. Estimates of the number of Buddhists in Croatia vary from 500 to 1000, depending on the definition. At present, active Buddhist groups are working to establish foundational practices and communities in major cities. Traditions represented presently are [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyingma"]Nyingma[/URL] and Rime (nonsectarian) of Tibetan Buddhism, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon"]Shingon[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen"]Zen[/URL] of Japanese Buddhism, and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%27an"]Ch'an[/URL] of Chinese Buddhism. [B]Buddhism in Bulgaria[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] [I](July 2009)[/I] [B]Buddhism[/B] is a small minority [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Bulgaria"]religion[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria"]Bulgaria[/URL], with about a thousand practicioners.[[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]] The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Bulgaria"]Vietnamese community[/URL] in Bulgaria traditionally practices [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhism"]Mahayana Buddhism[/URL] alongside [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestor_Worship"]Ancestor Worship[/URL], but the population of this community, which mostly hails from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam"]North Vietnam[/URL] has declined from tens of thousands before 1990 to around 1,000 now.[[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]] Some Buddhist believers in Bulgaria are of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese"]Chinese descent[/URL]. A small number of native Bulgarians are converts to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada"]Theravada[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism"]Tibetan Buddhism[/URL]. Shechen has a mountain retreat center not far away from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia"]Sofia[/URL]; access is granted to members and it is not generally open to the public. [B]Buddhism in Belgium[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] Jump to:[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#head"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#p-search"]search[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG/250px-Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buddhism_in_Belgium.JPG"][IMG]http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png[/IMG][/URL] Meeting of Belgian Buddhist representatives at Yeunten Ling Tibetan Institute, Huy on 3 September 1997 [B]Buddhism[/B] is a small religion in [B]Belgium[/B] but despite lack of official recognition by the Belgian government has grown rapidly in recent years. As of the 1997 estimate, 29,497 Belgian people identified their religion as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"]Buddhist[/URL] (about 0.29% of the total population)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Belgium#cite_note-0"][1][/URL] [B]Buddhism in Austria[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"]Buddhism[/URL] is a legally recognized religion in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria"]Austria[/URL] and it is followed by more than 10,000 Austrians. Although still small in absolute numbers (10,402 at the 2001 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census"]census[/URL]), Buddhism in Austria enjoys widespread acceptance. A majority of Buddhists in the country are Austrian nationals (some of them naturalized after immigration from Asia, predominantly from the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China"]People's Republic of China[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam"]Vietnam[/URL]), while a considerable number of them are foreign nationals. As in most [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe"]European[/URL] countries, different branches and schools of Buddhism are represented by groups of varying sizes. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna"]Vienna[/URL] not only has the largest number of foreign residents, but is also the place with the longest tradition of Buddhism in the country. Most of Austria's Buddhist temples and centres of practice can be found there; some with a specific Chinese, Vietnamese, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet"]Tibetan[/URL] or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japanese[/URL] appearance. The latest development has been the establishment of a “Buddhist Cemetery” around a stupa-like building for funeral ceremonies at the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralfriedhof"]Vienna Central Cemetery[/URL]. Buddhism was officially recognized under Austrian law in 1983.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Austria#cite_note-0"][1][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"]Russia[/URL] is the only other "European" country to forwardly recognize [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"]Buddhism[/URL] as "native" to its own soil, giving it official status, along with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church"]Orthodox Christianity[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam"]Islam[/URL], and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism"]Judaism[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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