Buddhism in Denmark - Schools

Schools

Accurate figures for the number of adherents of each school are not known. But it has been estimated that of the 20,000 Buddhists in Denmark, 3,000 are Tibetan Buddhists, and 1,000 are part of the Japanese Soka Gakkai.

There are fifteen different schools of Tibetan Buddhism represented in Denmark.

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