That makes Buddhism the country’s fourth-largest religion, after Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Immigrants from Asia probably account for two-thirds of the total, and converts about one-third, says Dr. Seager, a professor of religious studies at Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y.
Buncha hippies… 
Take THAT Hindus! (And I’m hardly what you’d call a hippy.)
Ironically, the Dali Lama is speaking in Denver this weekend at DU.
I can dig on the Buddhism since the Dali Lama said something to the effect of “in cases where Science arguments out weigh what religion says, I choose Science” at a Neuroscience conference earlier this year.
Why I remember random bits of information like this, I don’t know.