Slideshow on the geography of Buddhism for World Regional Geography – Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. The geography of religion
© Mark M. Miller
World Regional Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi
• Zoroastrianism, Iran
• Jainism, India
• Confucianism (religion?), China
• Mayan, Inuit, Navajo, Choctaw, et al. religions / creation stories,
throughout the Americas
• Animist religions, Subsaharan African
• Santeria, Cuba / Voodoo, Haiti & U.S. South
• Rastafarianism, Jamaica
• And so on….
123 Free Vectors. Retrieved February 25, 2015:
http://www.123freevectors.com/religion-symbols-vector/

2. Shinto beliefs & rituals
Tofugu. Shinto: Japan’s Oldest Religion.
Retrieved February 20, 2015:

3. Geography of Buddhism
Hathaway, Bill. 2014. The Buddha statue on
Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Epoch Times.
February 13:
http://m.theepochtimes.com/n3/507079-
selfless-love-turns-off-brains-need-for-rewards/

4. Ca. 500 B.C. Google Earth image.

5. WXXI. The Buddha. Retrieved October 13, 2014: http://interactive.wxxi.org/highlights/2010/03/buddha

6. Landau, Elizabeth. 2013. Oldest Buddhist shrine holds clues to Buddha's birth: November 26:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/world/asia/buddha-birthplace-buddhist-shrine/

7. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Retrieved October 13, 2014:
http://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?ST9%20Buddhism

8. Snow Brains. Brain Post: The 175-ft Tall Ancient Buddhas of Afghanistan. April 26, 2013:
http://snowbrains.com/brain-post-the-175-ft-ancient-buddhas-of-afghanistan/

9. News Outside My Window. Retrieved October 14, 2014: http://newsoutsidemywindow.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/r243392_990383-1.jpg

10. Giant Buddha at Wat Muang, Thailand
Posted on November 23, 2013 by Richard Barrow: http://www.thailandfromabove.com/wat-muang/

11. Great Thoughts Treasury. Taisen Deshimaru. Retrieved October 13, 2014:
http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/taisen-deshimaru

12. UNESCO. Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa. Retrieved October 13, 2014: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/707

13. Words on Images. Dalai Lama.
Retrieved October 13, 2014:
http://www.wordsonimages.co
m/photo?id=66005-
Dalai+lama+quotes+on+love

14. Plum Village. About Thich Nhat Hanh. Retrieved February 25, 2015:
http://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/

15. A Mindfulness Retreat with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh:
http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w301497/travels/magnolia_grove_201
1/magnolia_grove_2011a.html

16. Pluralism Project at Harvard University. Retrieved February 17, 2015:
http://www.pluralism.org/profiles/view/72488

17. If you are interested in further information:
• Armstrong, Karen. 2004. Buddha. Penguin Books.
• Thích Nhất Hạnh. 1992. Peace is Every Step, with a forward by H. H. the Dalai Lama.
Bantam.
• ___.1999. The Miracle of Mindfulness. Beacon Press.
• ___. 2007. Living Buddha, Living Christ, 10th Anniversary Edition. Riverhead Trade.
• Dalai Lama. 2009. The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition. Riverhead.
• Magnolia Grove. Retrieved January 24, 2014: http://magnoliagrovemonastery.org
• Zen in Mississippi. Retrieved January 24, 2014: http://www.zeninmississippi.org