Dharmaloka Chan Buddhist Community was founded in 1977 by Žarko Andričević, Dharma heir of the Venerable Master Sheng Yen, and a small group of devoted practitioners.
It has since grown to almost a thousand formal and informal members, and was and still is the only registered Buddhist religious community in the country. Over the course of time it became the leading voice in spreading the Buddha's teaching in Croatia and neighbouring countries.
Today it runs a Buddhist centre in Zagreb and several city Chan groups in the country and abroad. Its distinctiveness is the practice of Chan in movement, or development of mindfulness through disciplines of zenyoga and kempo.