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Apart from various Buddhist groups brought to the Cape Colony from Southeast Asia during the 1680s, and the many indentured labourers brought to Natal from India during the latter part of the 19th century (some of whom were Buddhist, and some of whom were Hindu who later converted to Buddhism once in South Africa), most Buddhists in South Africa are converts, and not Asian.
South Africa holds the largest Buddhist population in the continent. According to estimates in the 2010s, Buddhist adherents (together with Taoism and Chinese Folk Religion ) had been increasing there to between 0.2% [ 1 ] or 0.3% [ 2 ] of the South African population, or between 100 and 150 thousand people, however, the number of practising ...
Fo Guang Shan Nan Hua Temple (佛光山南華寺, Fóguāngshān Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. [1] It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha's Light Mountain) Order, covering over 600 acres (2.4 km 2).
Groundbreaking research on early Buddhist meditation has been conducted by Bronkhorst, [37] Vetter, [38] Gethin, [39] [40] Gombrich, [note 5] and Wynne [42] arguing that jhana may have been the core practice of early Buddhism, and noting that this practice was not a form of concentration-meditation, but a cumulative practice resulting in ...
As he was instructed by the 14th Dalai Lama to teach meditation and Buddhism in 1964 and also instructed by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa to teach insight meditation in 1979, Nairn spent much of his time teaching and running retreats in Southern Africa as well as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, [7] the United States, Italy, the Netherlands and ...
The Buddhist Retreat Centre is an inclusive retreat and meditation centre located near Ixopo, in Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa.Since opening in 1980, the BRC has provided a tranquil space amid 300 acres of rolling hills and supported the development of the Buddhist community throughout the country, without promoting any one form of Buddhism over others.
Religious belief in South Korea has been on the decline for years. The festival DJ, Youn Sung Ho, is a significant contributor to this trend. Young South Koreans are increasingly drawn to Buddhism ...
Daily Practices and Rituals on Tibetan Buddhism in University of Cape Town, South Africa; The Buddhist Perspective in the Era of Materialism in University of Botswana, Botswana; From October to December 2017, Khenpo was invited to give talks in the US, Europe and Israel. How to Practice Taking Refuge in Chicago, USA