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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.
The Buddhist Churches of America (abbreviated as BCA in English, 米国仏教団 or Beikoku Bukkyōdan in Japanese) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism.
(Rinzai) Zen Buddhism was the first imported Buddhist trend to put down roots in North America. Though Soyen Shaku , Nyogen Senzaki and Sokei-an , [ 1 ] were among the first to reach a western audience, the single most important influence was D.T. Suzuki , who popularized Zen with his extensive writings.
Prebish, C.S. (1999) Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America University of California Press. Ratanamani, M. (1960) History of Shin Buddhism in the United States. University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations 119. Seager, R.H. (2012) Buddhism in America, revised and expanded edition Columbia University Press, New York.
1930: Sokei-an establishes the Buddhist Society of America (now First Zen Institute of America) 1932: Dwight Goddard authors A Buddhist Bible, an anthology focusing on Chinese and Japanese Zen scriptures; 1938: Ruth Fuller Sasaki became a principal supporter of the Buddhist Society of America (later known as the First Zen Institute of America),
The First Zen Institute of America is a Rinzai institution for laypeople established by Sokei-an in New York, New York in 1930 as the Buddhist Society of America [1] (changing its name after World War II). [2] The emphasis on lay practice has its roots in the history of the organization.
Amid anti-Asian racism during the pandemic, Asian American Buddhists are challenging white-dominant narratives of Buddhism and re-centering Asian American identity in what it means to be Buddhist ...
Fields, Rick (1992), How the Swans came to the Lake - A Narrative History of Buddhism in America; Loy, David R., "Review of Nietzsche and Buddhism: A Study in Nihilism and Ironic Affinities by R.G. Morrison Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine", Asian Philosophy Vol. 8 No. 2 (July 1998), pp. 129–131.