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Map showing the three major Buddhist divisions in Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, East and Southeast Asia. Theravāda Buddhism is practiced in the following countries and by people worldwide: East Asia: China (mainly by the Shan, Tai, Dai, Hani, Wa, Achang, Blang ethnic groups mainly in Yunnan) South Asia:
This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, [1] [2] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories. Buddhism is the State religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri ...
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.
Southern Buddhism, Eastern Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism are geographical terms sometimes used to describe the three main schools of Buddhism (Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna) as it spread from the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent throughout Central Asia, East Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Maritime Southeast Asia.
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 ]
Some scholars, [8] particularly François Bizot, [18] have used the term Tantric Theravada to refer to certain practices found particularly in Cambodia. Theravāda the Buddhism of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and parts of Vietnam, China, India, and Malaysia.
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.
The Republic of Kalmykia, where the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume is located, is one of Russia's hottest places and is holding the countrywide heat record of 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) on July 12, 2010. [16] Desertification is the main environmental problem of the republic and affects 80% of its territory. The Buddhist clergy of the khurul is involved ...