There are a few active communities across the country including Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys and Šakiai.
The first public Dharma talk in Lithuania was given in Kaunas in 1990 by Pawel Karppowich, the Polish student of Seung Sahn.
The Vilnius International Kwan Um School of Zen Buddhism was officially registered as a religious community in Lithuania in 1991.
[1] The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso has visited Lithuania twice and met with the President Valdas Adamkus and the Catholic Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bačkis.
[3] In 2009 The Days of Tibetan Culture (Lithuanian language: "Tibeto kultūros dienos") were held in Vilnius, attended by Indian Buddhist monks.