Bhudist in the caribbean are what type of Bhudist and what is the Soka Gakai?

Answer 1

1. Buddhism in the Caribbean
a) The Caribbean does not have an established Buddhist tradition like East Asian countries like Japan (71%), Thailand (94%) Mynamar (90%) and Vietnam (50%) etc. So many types of Buddhism could be, and are, active in the Caribbean.
b) There is very little detail on the internet about numbers of Buddhists in Caribbean island countries - see the following (country, numbers, % of total population).
(i) Cuba 11,347 0.1%
(ii)Trinidad and Tobago 3,266 0.3%
http://www.answers.com/topic/buddhism-by-country
c) Internet searches can find some snippets of information here and there - feel free to try for yourself.

2. Countries - this is my compilation of snippets of non-SGI Buddhism in the Caribbean.
a) Chan Buddhism (Chinese Zen Buddhism)
(i) Trinidad & Tobago
http://www.usashaolintemple.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=81
b) Theravada Buddhism (Burma / Sri Lanka)
(i) Jamaica
http://www.tbsa.org/articles/jamaica.html
(ii) Puerto Rico
http://www.tbsa.org/articles/PuertoRico.html
c) Thich Naht Hanh (Vietnamese Zen)
(i) Dominican Republic
http://www.buddhanet.net/wbd/country.php?country_id=9
d) The Vikramasila Foundation (Tibetan Sakya)
(i) Jamaica
http://www.ibrattleboro.com/article.php/20040930105527566
e) Soto Zen (Japanese)
(i) various countries
http://www.zenislandsangha.org/index.htm

3. Soka Gakkai
a) Here's the website of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). It's the Japanese Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin.
http://www.sgi.org/index.html
b) SGI is active in the following Caribbean countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago.
http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/directory/America.html

4. Wikipedia has reasonable overviews of the above-mentioned different branches of Buddhism
a) Chan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Buddhism
b) Theravada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism
c) Thich Nhat Hanh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhat_Hanh
d) Sakya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakya
e) Sōtō
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soto_Zen
f) Nichiren
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism

Answer 2

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qKGfC4O830
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rrmvyO506I