At the World's Parliament of Religions, Anagarika Dharmapala presents Theravada Buddhism to the West, and the Zen master Soyen Shaku speaks for Japan; the Parliament opens Buddhism's modern era in the West, whose records this timeline and the Hinduism timeline each carry from their own side.
Tagged: Buddhist Secular Buddhism Theravada Zen
The Event
- Date
- 1893 (exact)
- Also called
- Parliament of Religions, Chicago
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Buddhist history
- Location
- Chicago; today Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Traditions
- Buddhism
- Streams
- Theravada, Zen, Secular Buddhism
- Key figures
- Anagarika Dharmapala, Soyen Shaku
Primary Sources
- John Henry Barrows (ed.), The World's Parliament of Religions (1893)
Secondary Sources
- Snelling, The Buddhist Handbook (Inner Traditions, 1998)
- Lopez, The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to Its History and Teachings (HarperOne, 2001)
Provenance: HIST-0431; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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