Buddhism is a popular religion around the world and has millions of followers worldwide. But what makes it different from other religions? The way Buddhism adapts and grows into cultures is unique to the other religions. Buddhism in America is growing quite rapidly. There is something unique and different about it that makes its convert rate so high. According to the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, Buddhism has recently climbed to the 3rd most practice religion in America, below only Christianity and Judaism. In a little more than a decade (1990-2001) Buddhism has grown 170%. Approximately 0.7% of Americans are Buddhist followed by 0.6% Islam and 0.4% Hindu. This growth to approximately two million Buddhist in the U.S. is due to the conversion of American citizens that are native-born to this nation. Many of these converts are white and have Christian or Jewish backgrounds. In fact, most Buddhist temples in America, although founded by mostly Asian Americans, attract fewer Asian-Americans than Caucasians.