Buddhism in Croatia

Buddhism in Croatia goes back to the time of the independence of Croatia (1991). In 1992, the first Buddhist group was founded in Zagreb, a handful of people was just interested in Buddhism and literature practically available only in foreign languages. The 2001 census has not the Buddhists especially, but their number was in the hundreds. The estimates for 2005 range from about 1000 Buddhists in the Republic of Croatia from.

The Buddhist community Dharmaloka in Zagreb is currently the only federally registered religious society in the field of Buddhism. Dharmaloka is in the tradition of Mahayana, especially the Chinese Chan tradition in the lineage of Master Sheng Yen (New York, Taiwan) is practiced. In addition, introductions are generally offered in Buddhism. In recent years, affiliates of Dharmaloka have arisen in several cities in Croatia. Dharmaloka Budisticki Centar is a member of the European Buddhist Union since 1993.

The Mandala Society in Rijeka is a community of Japanese Shingon Buddhism with the main teacher Acarya Jomyo Tanaka. In addition to a group in the tradition of Japanese Zen ( Deshimaru ), there is still a group of Korean Zen, a Rime group of Tibetan Buddhism ( Padmasana ) and several groups of Diamond Way Buddhism teacher Lama Ole Nydahl.

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