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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In '''[[Senegal]]''', [[Mahayana Buddhism]] is followed by a very tiny portion of the [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese community]],<ref>[http://ca.cand.com.vn/News/PrintView.aspx?ID=69111 Tết của người Việt ở Sénégal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222044849/http://ca.cand.com.vn/News/PrintView.aspx?ID=69111 |date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> but it is informal Buddhism because they only worship their ancestors by burning the incenses on a small altar and in the end of all prayers are: '''"Nam mô A Di Đà Phật"''' (Mean:'''"Glory to [[Amitābha|Buddha Amitabha]]"''') as traditional of Vietnamese faith<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2007-07-09-voa19/401032.html Vietnamese Continue Traditions in Senegal]</ref> that is '''[[Bodhisattvas]]''' as [[Ksitigarbha|Địa Tạng Vương Bồ tát]] and [[Guan Yin|Quan Thế Âm Bồ tát]] will bless and teach the spirits of dead people how to take a better life in next incarnations or go to Nirvana forever.{{cn|date=September 2020}}<br />
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Total Buddhists in Senegal is around 0.01% as maximum and 99% of all Buddhists there is Vietnamese descents.<br />
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Vietnamese people maybe the only one East Asian community in Senegal. With communities of European and Lebanese made-up about 1% of total population in Senegal.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Vietnamese community in Senegal]]<br />
*[[Demographics of Senegal]]<br />
*[[Senegal|Other religions in Senegal]]<br />
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