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This is a list of Buddhist members of the United States Congress. As of 2025, only four Buddhists have ever been elected to Congress, the first being both Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson in 2007. As of the 119th Congress two Buddhists currently serve in the House of Representatives and one Buddhist in the Senate.
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.
A spirit house is a shrine to the protective spirit of a place that is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. They are normally in the form of small roofed structure mounted on a pillar or a dais , and can range in size from small platforms to houses large ...
Although multiple Zen and Tibetan Buddhist temples were founded by Asians, they now attract fewer Asian-Americans. With the exception of Sōka Gakkai, [140] almost all active Buddhist groups in America are either ethnic or import Buddhism based on the demographics of their membership. There is often limited contact between Buddhists of ...
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.
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. See also: Buddhist Churches of America California
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Gedatsu Church of America is an American Buddhist church with branches in Japan, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. [1] A nonsectarian spiritual movement, it is based on the Japanese Gedatsu-kai , a new religious movement that was founded in 1929 by Seiken Okano.