Buddhism in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Buddhism_in_the_United_States

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religion Buddhism by country
gptkbp:demographics	gptkb:African-American gptkb:Chinese_Americans gptkb:Cambodian_Americans gptkb:Vietnamese_Americans gptkb:Latino_Americans gptkb:Tibetan_Americans gptkb:Laotian_Americans gptkb:Thai_Americans gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Americans gptkb:White_Americans Japanese American Korean Americans
gptkbp:estimated_adherents_(2020s)	3-4 million
gptkbp:first_Buddhist_temple_built	gptkb:San_Francisco,_1853
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:art gptkb:film gptkb:literature gptkb:medicine gptkb:music education popular culture psychology self-help movement yoga movement
gptkbp:introduced	Asian immigrants
gptkbp:major_schools	gptkb:Nichiren gptkb:Theravada gptkb:Zen Tibetan Buddhism mantras
gptkbp:notable_center	gptkb:Deer_Park_Monastery gptkb:Wat_Mongkolratanaram gptkb:City_of_Ten_Thousand_Buddhas gptkb:Karme_Choling gptkb:Spirit_Rock_Meditation_Center gptkb:Hsi_Lai_Temple Buddhist Churches of America headquarters
gptkbp:notable_for	gptkb:meditation chanting mindfulness retreats Dharma talks
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:World_Parliament_of_Religions_1893 Beat Generation interest in Zen Japanese internment during WWII Tibetan diaspora after 1959 growth of mindfulness movement
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:D.T._Suzuki gptkb:Thich_Nhat_Hanh gptkb:Chögyam_Trungpa gptkb:Robert_Aitken gptkb:Tenzin_Gyatso gptkb:Sharon_Salzberg gptkb:Jack_Kornfield gptkb:Philip_Kapleau gptkb:Shunryu_Suzuki
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Insight_Meditation_Society gptkb:Buddhist_Churches_of_America gptkb:Soka_Gakkai_International-USA gptkb:San_Francisco_Zen_Center gptkb:Triratna_Buddhist_Community
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Three_Pillars_of_Zen gptkb:Zen_Mind,_Beginner's_Mind gptkb:The_Miracle_of_Mindfulness gptkb:The_Heart_of_the_Buddha's_Teaching gptkb:A_Path_with_Heart
gptkbp:percentage_of_US_population	about 1% (2020s)
gptkbp:practicedIn	Asian Americans non-Asian Americans
gptkbp:significantPopulationIn	gptkb:California gptkb:Hawaii gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Massachusetts gptkb:New_York gptkb:Oregon gptkb:Texas gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gary_Snyder
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5