Buddhism in Venezuela

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Buddhism in Venezuela is practiced by very approximately 52,000 people (roughly 0.2% of the population) as of 2015.

Most identify with the Mahayana tradition, reflecting the religious heritage of their emigrant countries.

However, in the mid-1990s Keun-Tshen Goba (né Ezequiel Hernandez Urdaneta), together with Jigme Rinzen, and under the guidance of Chugai Keisho (German financier né Burkhard Brauch), also a former disciple of Chögyam Trungpa founded a meditation center using the Shambhala Training method.

There are Buddhist centers in

• Buddhism in Brazil
• Buddhism in Argentina
• Buddhism in Costa Rica
• Buddhism in Nicaragua
• Buddhism in Mexico
• Buddhism in Canada
• Buddhism in the United States
• Buddhism in Central America
• Buddhism by country

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