ESTLAND: ESTONIA AND BUDDHISM

Buddhism arrived in Estonia in the

beginning of the 20th century with the

Buddhist monk Brother Vahindra (civil

name Karl Tõnisson, also known as

Karlis Tennissons). Born in 1873 near

Põltsamaa (Estonia), the XIII Dalai Lama

designated him as the first Buddhist

Archbishop of Latvia, Estonia and

Lithuania. Brother Vahindra was a

colourful figure who became the subject

of Estonian folklore. He left Estonia in

the 1930s and died a saint in 1962 in

Burma.

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