Buddhism in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Buddhism in the United States


00:00:56 1 US States by Population of Buddhists
00:01:39 2 Buddhism in American Overseas territories
00:01:56 3 Types of Buddhism in the United States
00:03:05 3.1 Nichiren: Soka Gakkai International
00:04:20 3.2 Immigrant Buddhism
00:05:19 3.3 Huishen
00:05:45 3.4 Chinese immigration
00:06:29 3.5 Japanese and Korean immigration
00:07:47 3.6 Contemporary Immigrant Buddhism
00:07:56 3.7 Japanese Buddhism
00:08:05 3.7.1 Buddhist Churches of America
00:09:50 3.8 Taiwanese Buddhism
00:10:32 4 Import Buddhism
00:11:06 4.1 Early translations
00:12:05 4.2 Theosophical Society
00:13:35 4.3 Paul Carus
00:14:42 4.4 Early converts
00:15:51 4.5 Dwight Goddard
00:17:05 5 Zen
00:17:13 5.1 Japanese Rinzai
00:17:34 5.1.1 Early Rinzai-teachers
00:19:19 5.1.2 D.T. Suzuki
00:19:56 5.1.3 Beat Zen
00:20:36 5.1.4 Contemporary Rinzai
00:21:41 5.2 Japanese Sōtō
00:21:50 5.2.1 Soyu Matsuoka
00:22:36 5.2.2 Shunryu Suzuki
00:23:39 5.2.3 White Plum Sangha
00:24:46 5.3 Sanbo Kyodan
00:25:24 5.3.1 Philip Kapleau
00:26:31 5.3.2 Robert Aitken
00:27:26 5.4 Chinese Chán
00:27:41 5.4.1 Hsuan Hua
00:28:07 5.4.2 Sheng-yen
00:28:40 5.5 Korean Seon
00:30:12 5.6 Vietnamese Thien
00:30:35 5.6.1 Thich Nhat Hanh
00:31:15 6 Tibetan Buddhism
00:39:13 7 Theravada
00:39:59 7.1 American Theravada Buddhists
00:44:23 7.2 S. N. Goenka
00:45:03 8 Association of American Buddhists
00:45:47 9 Women and Buddhism
00:49:20 10 Contemporary developments
00:49:30 10.1 Engaged Buddhism
00:51:48 10.2 Misconduct
00:54:35 10.3 Accreditation
00:55:47 11 Demographics of Buddhism in the United States
00:55:58 11.1 Numbers of Buddhists
00:57:59 11.2 Demographics of Import Buddhists
00:59:46 11.3 Ethnic divide
01:03:26 12 Buddhist education in the United States
01:06:11 13 See also



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Buddhism, once thought of as a mysterious religion from the East, has now become very popular in the West, and is one of the largest religions in the United States. As Buddhism does not require any formal "conversion", American Buddhists can easily incorporate dharma practice into their normal routines and traditions. The result is that American Buddhists come from every ethnicity, nationality and religious tradition. In 2012, U-T San Diego estimated U.S. practitioners at 1.2 million people, of whom 40% are living in Southern California. In terms of percentage, Hawaii has the most Buddhists at 8% of the population due to its large Asian American community.The term American Buddhism can be used to describe Buddhism groups within the U.S, which are largely made up of converts. This contrasts many Buddhist groups in Asia, which are largely made up of people who were born into the faith.