Buddhism Today
Although Brazil remains a largely Christian country, Buddhism has a growing presence in Brazil. There is considerable online activity and dialogue amongst Brazilian Buddhists, with a number of websites and online groups, as well as Orkut communities dedicated for discussion and clarifying doubts about Buddhism and Buddhist teachings.
The activities of Buddhist groups are however a bit restricted due to the linguistic geography of Brazil - since it is a non-Spanish speaking country in Latin America. This limits the cross-boundary activities typical of the Buddhist organisations active in other countries.
The State government of Espírito Santo has implemented a special training programme for military police to attend zen courses at the Mosterio Zen Morro Da Vargem.
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