Zen Buddhism in Brazil : Japanese or Brazilian?

Currently, there are twenty-three Zen Buddhist centers and temples, three Zen Buddhist monasteries, thirty-four Tibetan centers, seven Theravaada centers, thirty-seven Nishi Hongwanji (Joodo Shinshuu) temples and twenty-two associations (where there is no resident monk), twenty-six Higashi hongwanji (joodo Shinshuu) temples and associations, two Joodoshu temples, four Nichireshuu temples (with 5,000 families of adherents), twelve Honmon Butsuryu Shu (a branch of Nichiren) temples, and four Shingon temples (with 850 families of adherents) in Brazil. Tibetan Buddhism, which was the latest to arrive (1988), is undergoing a boom similar to that which is taking place in the West.