Curated playlist
Buddhism by country
- Buddhism in SingaporeBuddhism in Singapore is not a minority faith tucked into a corner of a cosmopolitan city. As of the 2020 census, 1,074,159 Singaporeans out of 3,459,093 polled identified as Buddhist, making the religion the largest single faith on the…
- Buddhism by countryBuddhism by country is a subject that begins with a striking figure: roughly 324 million people practice Buddhism worldwide, making up about 4.1 percent of the global population. That share may sound modest, but the geography behind it is…
- East Asian BuddhismEast Asian Buddhism is, by sheer numbers, the largest body of Buddhist tradition on the planet. More than half of all Buddhists in the world belong to its many schools. Yet for much of Western history, the story of Buddhism was told almost…
- Buddhism in BhutanBuddhism in Bhutan is not just a personal faith. It is the state religion, enshrined in law and woven into the daily rhythms of a country tucked into the eastern Himalayas. A 2012 report by the Pew Research Center found that 74.7% of…
- Buddhism in TaiwanIn 1624, Dutch settlers arrived in Taiwan and immediately began to discourage Buddhist practice. Under Dutch law from that year until 1663, idol worship carried the penalty of public flogging or banishment. The Dutch colonial…
- Buddhism in Central AsiaBuddhism in Central Asia once stretched from the desert oases of modern Xinjiang to the monasteries of Balkh, carried along the arteries of the Silk Road for more than a thousand years. At its height, the ancient Kingdom of Khotan alone…
- Buddhism in Sri LankaBuddhism in Sri Lanka is the island's largest religion, practiced by 70.1% of the population as of 2012. That figure alone might suggest a settled, unbroken tradition. But the real story is far more turbulent: a 2,300-year arc of…
- Buddhism in NepalBuddhism in Nepal carries a weight that few places on earth can match: the founder of the faith, Prince Siddhartha, was born in Lumbini, in what is now the Rupandehi District. Yet today, roughly 8.2 percent of Nepal's population identifies…
- Buddhism in CambodiaBuddhism in Cambodia has shaped nearly every corner of Khmer life for more than fifteen centuries. As of 2019, an estimated 97.1 percent of Cambodia's population identified as Buddhist. That number represents not just personal faith, but a…
- Buddhism in ThailandBuddhism in Thailand is not merely a religion practiced by its people. It is the organizing principle of Thai civilization itself, woven into the legal system, the monarchy, the calendar, and the daily rhythms of over 67 million lives.…