From the historical point the father of Estonian buddhism is&nbsp; Karl Tõnisson He has also been called Brother Vahindra or Barefooted Tõnisson, Baltic Mahatma and Dharmaduta or according to his citizenship Karlis Tennisons. To understand Tõnisson better, it is &nbsp;necessary to start with Buryatia, where he grew his buddhistic roots and with the conjuncture of that time that surrounded him and also keep in mind that every peddler of a new ideology is condemned by the public opinion. As the  dominant religion of the time when Karl Tõnisson was t ...