Buddhism in Croatia

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The Buddhism in Croatia goes independence to the time of Croatia (1991) back. When the first Buddhist group was founded in Zagreb in 1992 , just a handful of people were interested in Buddhism and literature was practically only available in foreign languages. The 2001 census does not specifically list the Buddhists, but the number was in the hundreds. The estimates for 2005 assume around 1000 Buddhists in the Republic of Croatia.

The Buddhist community Dharmaloka in Zagreb is currently the only state-registered religious society in the field of Buddhism. Dharmaloka stands in the Mahayana tradition , in particular the Chinese Chan tradition is practiced in the lineage of Master Sheng Yen (New York, Taiwan). In addition, introductions to Buddhism in general are offered. In recent years, branches of Dharmaloka have emerged in several cities in Croatia. Dharmaloka Budisticki Centar has been 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 also a group of Korean Zen, a Rime group of Tibetan Buddhism ( Padmasana ) and several groups of Diamond Way Buddhism from teacher Lama Ole Nydahl .