Switzerland (last update: Nov. 21, 2007)

Estimates:



* Membership: 300 to 400 abhyasis (4000 in Western Europe) (253 in 1994, 356 in 2002)
* Preceptors: 36 in 2007, 30 in 1995
* Growth: (3% in Western Europe on 2002-7)
* Penetration: 40 to 50 abhyasis per million population (15 to 20)
* 1 Ashram in Lausanne, since 1996

The abhyasis are focused mainly around Lausanne. Two-thirds live in the canton of Vaud.