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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Unreferenced|date=October 2010}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Buddhism in Venezuela&#039;&#039;&#039; is practiced by over 52,000 people (roughly 0.2% of the population). The Buddhist community is made up mainly of [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]], [[Japanese Venezuelan|Japanese]], and [[Korean people|Koreans]].<br /> <br /> Most identify with the [[Mahayana]] tradition, reflecting the religious heritage of their emigrant countries.<br /> <br /> However, in the mid-1990s [[Keun-Tshen Goba]] (&#039;&#039;né&#039;&#039; Ezequiel Hernandez Urdaneta), together with Jigme Rinzen, founded a meditation center using the [[Shambhala Training]] method.<br /> There are Buddhist centers in [[Caracas]], [[Maracay]], [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], [[Puerto Ordáz]], [[San Felipe, Venezuela|San Felipe]], and [[Valencia, Venezuela|Valencia]].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Buddhism in Brazil]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Argentina]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Costa Rica]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Nicaragua]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Mexico]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Canada]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in the United States]]<br /> * [[Buddhism in Central America]]<br /> * [[Buddhism by country]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721032704/http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/default.asp?col=04&amp;t=centerlist.htm&amp;CountryID=253 Buddhist centers of Venezuela]<br /> <br /> {{Buddhism topics}}<br /> {{South America in topic|Buddhism in}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Buddhism in Venezuela| ]]<br /> [[Category:Religion in Venezuela]]<br /> [[Category:Buddhism by country|Venezuela]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Venezuela-stub}}<br /> {{Buddhism-stub}}</div>

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