Buddhism in Poland

The roots of Buddhism in Poland can be found in the early 20th century in the nation's connections to the origin countries of the religion, like Vietnam,[1][2] China, Japan, and Korea.

[3] After World War II, primarily expatriate Poles joined various Buddhist groups and organizations.

Since the breakdown of the Eastern Bloc, which had promoted an antireligious campaign, Buddhism has been able to develop further in the more tolerant atmosphere.

[4] The roots of Buddhism in Poland go back to the beginning of the 20th century and are related to the sudden fascination of Poles with the religions and culture of China, Japan, Tibet and Korea.

He also translated "Buddhism" by Rhys Davids (Warsaw-Krakow, 1912) and left behind an unfinished grammar of the Pali language.

[6] Only at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, a group of people associated with the studio of painters Urszula Broll and Andrzej Urbanowicz, at ul.

In August 1974, in Kamieńczyk in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Andrzej Urbanowicz organized a 5-day group zazen based on sessin (an intense period of meditation practiced in Zen monasteries).

[7][8][9][10][11] In May 2000, the XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso opened a Buddhist department in the Pomeranian Library in Szczecin.