Buddhism in Switzerland
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Buddhism is a minority religion in Switzerland. According to the 2000 census, 21,305 Swiss residents self-identified as Buddhists. About a third of them were born in Thailand.
Wat Srinagarindravararam in Gretzenbach
The Tibet Institute Rikon located in Zell-Rikon in the Töss Valley (November 2009)
Tibet Institute Rikon
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The Tibet Institute Rikon is a Tibetan monastery located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in Switzerland. It was established as a non-profit foundation in 1968, because Swiss laws resulting
Buddhism in Switzerland
…monastery and study centre for European monks, nuns and lay people as well. Switzerland also has Tibetan-Buddhist and Zen monasteries, among them the Tibet Institute Rikon located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in the canton of Zürich. In 2003 the Theravada temple Wat Srinagarindravararam in Gretzenbach was…
Tibet Institute Rikon IMG 2760 Shift N
Sign of the Tibet-Institute Rikon
Upper Entrance
Stupa (Tibetan: Chöten)