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Despite the basic beliefs of those who are not Buddhist, Buddhism does not revolve solely around meditation. As a matter of fact, only bhikkus and bhikkunis actually meditate. The laity donate things such as food and money to the sangha, or monastic community to support the nuns and monks, and through this they attain merit, which adds to good karma (Seager, 18). When the religion spread to the United States though, Americans liked the idea of meditation, so this is the part of the religion that many took and altered so that it was almost a religion of its own. Zen Buddhism, a Japanese branch of the Mahayana , h...