Buddhism in Brunei

Buddhism in Brunei

Mahayana Buddhism is the most popular and alongside with Ancestor Worship, Taoism and Confucianism as one which is the traditional faith of general Han Chinese people (about 15% of total population of Brunei).

From many estimates of different sources but the most common figure today is 14% of Brunei's population are Buddhists.

And Buddhism is also the second largest religion after state religion of Brunei: Islam.

References

*"CIA FactBook" - Brunei [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html#People]
*The US State Department's "International Religious Freedom Report 2006" - Brunei [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71334.htm]
*"Religious Freedom page" - Brunei [http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Brunei/rbodies.html]
*"Religious Intelligence " - Brunei [http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=87]


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