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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 ...
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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 .
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The early Buddhist schools or mainstream sects refers to the sects into which the Indian Buddhist monastic saṅgha split. They are also called the Nikaya Buddhist schools, Ezhuthupally , and in Mahayana Buddhism they are referred to either as the Śrāvaka (disciple) schools or Hinayana (inferior) schools.
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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.