Buddhism by region

Buddhism by region

__TOC__Buddhist beliefs and practices vary according to region. There are distinctions between and within the Buddhism practised in various regions, including:

In South Asia

*Bangladesh
*India
*Kashmir
*Nepal
*Sri Lanka

In Central Asia

*Bhutan
*Mongolia
*Tibet
*Uzbekistan

In Southeast Asia

*Cambodia
*Indonesia
*Laos
*Malaysia
*Burma
*Philippines
*Thailand
*Singapore
*Vietnam

East Asia

*China
*Hong Kong
*Korea
*Japan
*Taiwan

The Middle East

Outside Asia

In Europe

*Austria
*Czech Republic
*Croatia
*Estonia
*France
*Germany
*Italy
*Netherlands
*Norway
*Poland
*Slovakia
*Slovenia
*Sweden
*Switzerland
*Russia
**Kalmykia

In the Americas

*North America
**Canada
**United States
*Central America
**Costa Rica
*South America
**Brazil

In Africa

*Reunion
*Senegal
*South Africa

ee also

*Greco-Buddhism
*Buddhism and the Roman world
*Buddhism by Country


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