
American Buddhism

How an immersive new course introduces high school students to the diversity of American Buddhism

IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Reflections on the Lake
Reading Swans 40 years later

Magazine | Give & Take, Openings
The Dharma in the New Normal
An upcoming conference will look at the road ahead for American Buddhism.

Buddhism by the Numbers: 30 Years
How religion in America and the Tricycle Foundation have changed

The Land of Many Dharmas
For the first time, Buddhists from virtually every tradition can be found in the same country—even the same city. We have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from one another.

Young. Asian. American. Buddhist: What These Words Cannot Say
Chenxing Han on why the next generation of practitioners is thinking about intersectionality, the problem with “two Buddhisms,” and how her research into identity inspired her recent book

A Vision of What Could Be
An African American professor of Buddhism looks at race, class, and American dharma.

IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Jewish Buddhists, an American Tradition
Emily Sigalow's American JewBu traces the history of the Jewish encounter with Buddhism in the US.

The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
A Pure Land priest reflects on what it means to be both Buddhist and American.

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