Why is Buddhism on the Rise in America?

As far as I can tell... 1. None of the western religions can satisfy their intellectual capacity. 2. Christianity and most other religions requires one to have blind and unquestioning faith and so goes back to #1. 3. read more

Buddhism is on the rise because of many reasons but I will point out mostly known points. Buddhism works with ignorance and destroys it to create wisdom. Buddhism tells the way to destroy suffering and gain real happiness. Buddhism works on the principle of Sharing all the good and destroying all the bad in us. read more

The Dalai Lama's visit spotlights the fact that, with 1.5 million adherents, Buddhism is America's fourth-largest religion. The Dalai Lama's visit spotlights the fact that, with 1.5 million adherents, Buddhism is America's fourth-largest religion. read more

The first Tibetan Buddhist lama to have American students was Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, a Kalmyk-Mongolian of the Gelug lineage, who came to the United States in 1955 and founded the "Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of America" in New Jersey in 1958. read more