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This 3 page paper discusses Buddhism as it is practiced in the U.S. today. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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in the United States today. Discussion Buddhism has "millions of followers in the United States," including both Asian and non-Asian adherents (Buddhism in the United States, 2006). The United
States "presents a strikingly new and different environment for Buddhists, leading to a unique history and a continuing process of development as Buddhism and America come to grips with each
other" (Buddhism in the United States, 2006). Buddhism first came to the United States in the 19th Century, with the influx of Chinese and Japanese immigrants; in the early 20th
Century, it began to attract western followers as well (Miller, 2003). The discipline of Japanese Zen Buddhism "began establishing American centers in the 1920s; in the 1940s and 50s
several Beat writers (among them ... Jack Kerouac ... and Allen Ginsberg) became interested in this novel (to them) spiritual path, providing it with widespread exposure (Miller, 2003). After
1965, other forms of Buddhism also established themselves, and today all major schools "are well established in America" (Miller, 2003). They include Soka Gakkai, "a dynamic form of Japanese
Buddhism," and Vipassana Buddhism, in the Theravadan tradition of Southeast Asia (Miller, 2003). This is less prominent than other forms, but has developed a following (Miller, 2003). In America
today, scholars see three types of Buddhism: "immigrant Buddhism," "import Buddhism" and "export Buddhism" (Buddhism in the United States, 2006). The first type is that which came to the
U.S. when the Chinese and Japanese arrived in the U.S., bringing their religion with them. Those original immigrants remained true to their faith and passed it down to their
descendents, who still practice it (Buddhism in the United States, 2006). The second type is much more interesting: "import Buddhism" is the term used to refer to the Buddhism
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