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The African countries and territories in the Indian Ocean also have significant Buddhist minorities. Mauritius has the highest Buddhist percentage (between 1.5 [3] to 2% [4] of the total population) among African countries due to a high number of Chinese people (nearly 40 thousand or 3% of the Mauritian population [5]).
Apart from various Buddhist groups brought to the Cape Colony from Southeast Asia during the 1680s, and the many indentured labourers brought to Natal from India during the latter part of the 19th century (some of whom were Buddhist, and some of whom were Hindu who later converted to Buddhism once in South Africa), most Buddhists in South Africa are converts, and not Asian.
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Algerian Buddhists (1 P) S. South African Buddhists (1 C, 3 P) Z. Zimbabwean Buddhists (1 P)
Fo Guang Shan Nan Hua Temple (佛光山南華寺, Fóguāngshān Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. [1] It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order, covering over 600 acres (2.4 km 2).
Rāhula is known in Buddhist texts for his eagerness for learning, [110] and was honored by novice monks and nuns throughout Buddhist history. [111] His accounts have led to a perspective in Buddhism of seeing children as hindrances to the spiritual life on the one hand, and as people with potential for enlightenment on the other hand. [112]
Pages in category "Buddhism in Africa" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.
Tanzania Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center is the oldest and first Buddhist temple in Africa. It was Sri Lankan people who, in the 20th century, established the Buddhist temple in Tanzania, after they came to work in Dar es Salaam around 1915. They worked together and formed the “Singhalese Buddhist Association” and then asked for a ...