Buddhism in Washington D.C.

108: Number of days it took for the 2025-2026 “Walk for Peace” monks to walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C.

220: Number of objects in the Tibetan Shrine Room at the National Museum of Asian Art

1% – 1.31% of adults identify as Buddhist

14: Number of Buddhist centers:
3 Mahayana
3 Theravada
7 Vajrayana
1 nonsectarian

1965: Year that the country’s oldest Theravada community, Washington Buddhist Vihara, was founded

158: Number of Tricycle subscribers

3,000 lbs: Weight of the solid granite Japanese Pagoda tucked along the tidal basin

2016: Year that the “10,000 Buddhas Mural” in Logan Circle was painted and blessed

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