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There are several Buddhist universities in the United States. Some of these have existed for decades and are accredited. Others are relatively new and are either in the process of being accredited or else have no formal accreditation. The list includes: Dhammakaya Open University – located in Azusa, California, part of the Thai Wat Phra ...
India Early Sangha Early Buddhist schools Mahāyāna Vajrayāna Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia Theravāda Tibetan Buddhism Nyingma Kadam Kagyu Dagpo Sakya Jonang East Asia Early Buddhist schools and Mahāyāna (via the silk road to China, and ocean contact from India to Vietnam) Tangmi Nara (Rokushū) Shingon Chan Thiền, Seon Zen Tiantai / Jìngtǔ Tendai Nichiren Jōdo-shū Central Asia & Tarim ...
Pages in category "Buddhist schools in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism [1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. [ 2 ] Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga .
Pages in category "Schools of Buddhism founded in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Early Buddhist schools (3 C, 22 P) S. Schools of Jōdo Shinsh ... Pages in category "Schools of Buddhism" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Buddhist universities and colleges in the United States (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Buddhist organizations based in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Henry Steel Olcott, cofounder of the Theosophical Society, was probably the first American convert to Buddhism. An early American to publicly convert to Buddhism was Henry Steel Olcott. Olcott, a former U.S. army colonel during the Civil War, had grown interested in reports of supernatural phenomena that were popular in the late 19th century.