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Buddhism in the United States (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on Buddhism in the United States, community-edited. Reliable for the standard, well documented dates: the Sze Yap Company's 1853 San Francisco temple, the first in the country, and the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where Soyen Shaku and Anagarika Dharmapala presented Buddhism to a wide non-Asian audience for the first time; not the right source for a contested claim about any one Buddhist school's doctrine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Citation
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_States
Source Type
reference
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the settled 1853 first-temple date and the settled 1893 Parliament of Religions date, both standard and uncontroversial.
Notes
Used for Buddhism's documented arrival and early growth in the United States.
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Anagarika Dharmapala, Historical Figures

This source names Anagarika Dharmapala directly: "in Chicago, where Soyen Shaku and Anagarika Dharmapala presented Buddhism to a wide non-Asian audience for the first time; not the right source for a contested claim about any one Buddhist school's..."

Source Buddhism in the United States (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Chicago, Cities

This source names Chicago directly: "World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where Soyen Shaku and Anagarika Dharmapala presented Buddhism to a wide non-Asian audience for the first time; not the right source for a contested claim..."

Source Buddhism in the United States (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Spread Events, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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