Buddhism in the Czech Republic

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Czech Buddhists

With a rough estimate of 6100 Buddhists, Buddhism is practiced by around 0.05% of the Czech population.[1] The World Buddhist Directory lists 70 Buddhist places in the Czech Republic.[2]

The

Vajrayana Buddhism) and the smaller communities of overseas Chinese and Koreans
.

Buddhism is found mainly where the Vietnamese-speaking people reside, notably in the cities of Prague and Cheb. Thien An Buddhist Pagoda in the northern province of Varnsdorf was the first Vietnamese style temple to be consecrated in the Czech Republic, in January 2008. The pagoda was completed in September 2007 and now serves as a center of Vietnamese culture and teaching Vietnamese language.[4] There are also ten Korean Buddhist temples in the Czech Republic, with three each in Prague and Brno.[5]

The Vajrayana practitioners are mainly centered on the

Diamond Way tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism, founded and directed by Ole Nydahl is active in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia
.

History

2011 Population Census, Karma Kagyu Lineage Diamond Way Buddhism, Age Structure

Buddhism came to the Czech Republic around 1920. At this time, the West Mongolian nation of the Kalmyks arrived in Czechoslovakia . They were soon forced to leave the republic, because the government was not inclined to such religious practices. With this act, Czechoslovakia delayed the spread of the Buddhist faith by 40 years compared to Western countries.Leopold Procházka, Fráňa Drtikol , Eduard and Míla Tomášová, and Květoslav Minařík can be considered the leading popularizers of Buddhism in Czechoslovakia in the 20th century . After the fall of communismin 1989, people felt the loss of spiritual values, because until then they lived mainly in a materialistic way. This too could have been the reason for the increased interest in Buddhism after the Velvet Revolution.[6]

Culture

In mid-January 2022, the Buddha close-up exhibition was opened in the National Gallery in Prague.[7] Using medallions of individual practitioners in the form of videos, individual schools operating in the Czech Republic are presented.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Buddhismus Diamantové cesty [Hospodářská a kulturní studia]". www.hks.re. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  2. ^ "World Buddhist Directory, Czech Republic (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  3. ^ "Cizinci podle typu pobytu, pohlaví a státního občanství - k 31. 5. 2010" [Foreigners: by type of residence, sex and citizenship; 31 May 2010] (PDF). Český statistický úřad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  4. ^ http://www.thanhniennews.com/overseas/?catid=12&newsid=35384
  5. ^ Korean Buddhist congregations in the Czech Republic, Buddha Dharma Education Association, 2006, retrieved 2010-05-01
  6. ^ "Láskyplný svět - Buddhismus v Česku teorií i praxí". laskyplnysvet.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  7. ^ Rufr, Martin (2022-01-18). "Expozice Buddha zblízka". Náboženský infoservis (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  8. ^ Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (2022-05-02). "„Souhvězdí Buddhy" poskytuje dobrý obrázek o buddhismu v české společnosti". Náboženský infoservis (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-01-03.

Further reading

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buddhism in the Czech Republic.
  1. https://www.denik.cz/z_domova/v-praze-vzniklo-nejvetsi-buddhisticke-centrum-v-cesku-20140520.html
  2. http://www.buddhismusvcesku.cz/clanky/korespondence-kvetoslava-minarika.html
  3. http://www.tibinfo.cz/clanek.php?id=221
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