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It is considered to be the oldest and largest Theravada Buddhist center in Europe and has been declared a National Heritage site. The main building of Das Buddhistische Haus was designed by the architect Max Meyer for Dr. Paul Dahlke , a German physician who had undertaken a number of trips to Ceylon prior to World War I and became a Buddhist.
Buddhism in Italy is the third most spread religion, next to Christianity and Islam. In the country there are 358,000 Buddhists , that is to say the 0.6% of the total population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Buddharama Temple Fredrika (Thai: วัดพุทธาราม; RTGS: wat phuttharam) is a planned Theravada Buddhist temple (“Wat”) near Fredrika in Åsele Municipality, Sweden. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Construction began in 2004, [ 4 ] and at that point it was scheduled to become the largest Buddhist temple in Europe. [ 2 ]
This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, [4] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories. Buddhism is the official religion in four countries, Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri ...
5.1 Central Europe. 5.2 Eastern Europe. ... Map of prevailing religion by country Map of relative importance of religion by country, ... Theravada Buddhism
Cittaviveka (Pali: 'discerning mind'), commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is an English Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. It is situated in West Sussex , England in the hamlet of Chithurst between Midhurst and Petersfield .
Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition. It takes inspiration from the teachings of the community's founder, the late Ajahn Chah.
Das Buddhistische Haus (English: Berlin Buddhist Vihara, literally the Buddhist house) is a Theravada Buddhist temple complex in Frohnau, Berlin, Germany. It is considered to be the oldest and largest Theravada Buddhist center in Europe and has been declared a National Heritage site.