Buddhism in Argentina has been practiced since the early 1980s. Although Argentina is largely Catholic, Chinese immigrants established the first Chinese temple in 1986, and Korean immigrants founded their own temple. Since then many groups have been giving teachings, some of them rooted in the best known Sōtō tradition from Japan, but also in many Tibetan institutes for the practice of meditation (Mahamudra, Dzog Chen, Lam Rim). The XIV Dalai Lama visited Buenos Aires twice. The first time was in 1991 or 1992. Nowadays many branches have flourished and teach.