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Buddhist Text Translation Society

Address: 4951 Bodhi Way   Ukiah CA 95482
Tradition: Mahayana
Affiliation: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Phone: (707) 462-0939
Fax: (707) 462-0949
E-mail: info@buddhisttexts.org
Website: http://www.buddhisttexts.org
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Spiritual Director: Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua  
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Buddhist Canon

      In order to establish Buddhism firmly in China, scriptures were translated from Sanskrit into Chinese.

Countless people were involved in this task. National Master Kumarajiva (5th century) headed a team of over 800 in a decade-long translation project of the Tripitaka (Buddhist Canon). Because of this work, nearly the entire Buddhist Canon of over a thousand texts exists today in Chinese.

      Now as Buddhism is being planted in Western soil, the same translation work is being done form Chinese into English. The Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS) founded by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua in 1970, is working toward this goal with committees headed by Bhikshus (monks) and Bhikshunis (nuns) devoted to translation, revision, editing and certification of the entire Tripitaka.

Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (1918 – 1995)

At first glance, he looked and sounded like any other Chinese immigrant in San Francisco in the 1960s. His humble manner belied his position as the 45th Buddhist patriarch in direct lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha.

Master Hua was born in 1918 near Manchuria, China into a family of frugal farmers. He learned to read at 15, and after his mother’s death at 19, he became a monk. He meditated by his mother’s grave for three years and practiced other austerities before receiving full ordination.

At Nan Hua Monastery in Canton, Master Hua received the mind-to-mind transmission of the Patriarchs Master Hsu Yun, making him a Patriarch in direct lineage with Bodhidharma, the last patriarch of India, and Hui Neng, the first patriarch of Zen. With the arrival of the communists on the Chinese mainland, the Master went to Hong Kong to promote orthodox Buddhism. In 1962, he brought monastic, Mahayana Buddhism to America. He founded the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the International Translation Institute, and over 20 other monasteries and temples all over the globe, with the goal of spreading Buddhism worldwide.

Buffalo Zen Dharma Community

Address: Westminster Presbyterian Church 724 Delaware Avenue  Buffalo NY 14209
Tradition: Mahayana, Mountains and Rivers Order
Affiliation: Society of Mountains and Rivers
Phone: (716) 655-1856
E-mail: contact@buffalozen.org
Website: http://www.buffalozen.org
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Main Contact: Ray Ball, MRO  Email  (Phone: (716) 655-1856)
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Zen Buddhist practice group meets weekly at 7PM on Tuesday evenings for liturgy, zazen, and recorded Dharma talks by the teachers of Zen Mountain Monastery. Orientation and introductory instruction given on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:45PM. Annual visit by an MRO teacher every spring.

Burmese Buddhist Society, BC

Address: 6700 NO 4 Road  Richmond BC V6Y 2S9
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 604- 207- 0068
E-mail: ven.ghosaka@gmail.com
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Main Contact: Ashin Ghosaka  Email  (Phone: 604 207- 006)
Spiritual Director: Ashin Ghosaka  Email  (Phone: 604 207 0068)
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Burmese Buddhist Society, BC conducts a Sunday Meditation Group. The method is Satipatthana  Vipasana Meditation guided by a Theravada Buddhist Monk. Fee free.

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Burning House Zendo

Address: 3504 Harford Road  Baltimore MD 21218
Tradition: Mahayana, Rinzai Zen
Affiliation: Dai Bosatsu Zendo
Phone: (410) 698-4648
E-mail: jeff.covey@pobox.com
Website: http://www.burninghousezendo.org/
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Teachers: Eido Shimano Roshi, Jiro Osho Fernando Afable  
Spiritual Director: Mutei Doug Murphy  
Contact: Renshin Jeff Covey  
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We are a lay Zen community which meeting for meditation several times a week and for weekend and week-long retreats several times a year.

Buu Mon Buddhist Temple

Address: 2701 Procter Street   Port Arthur TX 77640
Tradition: Theravada, Vietnamese
Phone: (713) 376-4207
E-mail: cbmtemple@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.buumon.org
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Abbot Assistant: Charles Troung  (Phone: (409) 673-6625)
Teacher: Venerable Abbot Tri Quang  
Spiritual Director: Most Venerable Huyen Viet  (Phone: 409-960-1462)
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Vipassana Meditation in English on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
Weekly Services on Sundays in Vietnamese at 11 am, English at 2:00 pm,
Pali Class from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm,
Vietnamese Meditation Instruction from 8 pm to 9 pm.

Calgary Buddhist Meditation Centre

Address: #110, 138 18th Ave SE  Calgary Alberta T2G 5P9
Tradition: Mahayana
Phone: 403-554-4350
E-mail: amalatr@gmail.com
Website: http://calgarybuddhistmeditation.ca/
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Spiritual Director: Shirfu Samanta  Email  
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Meditation class: Tuesdays 7:30pm Meditation and Dharma talk: Sundays 10:00am

Calgary MaChik Chöling

Address: 6319 Thorncliffe Dr NW   Calgary Alberta T2K3A8
Tradition: Vajrayana, Kagyu/Nyingma (Chöd)
Affiliation: MaChik Chöling www.machikcholing.com
Phone: 403-283-8744
E-mail: dechen.namdrol@ngakpahouse.ca
Website: http://ngakpahouse.ca
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Teacher: Lama Jigmé Jinpa  
Main Contact: Dechen Namdrol  (Phone: 403-283-8744)
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Weekly group meditation on Sundays at 1100HRS

Please contact Dechen Namdrol by phone prior to first visit. The center is in a home and is not a stand alone facility.

Calgary Shambhala Meditation Group

Address:   Calgary Alberta
Tradition: Vajrayana
Affiliation: Shambhala
Phone: 403-809-1655
E-mail: fpjohns@gmail.com
Website: http://www.shambhala.org
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Meditation every second Sunday open to the public at the auditorium of Brentwood Co-op. From 9:30 to 1:30 (come and leave at any time). If this is your first time joining us for meditation, please use the contact information below for a brief orientation. The general schedule for these sessions is

9:15 to 9:30, set up
9:30 to 10, conversation
10 to 12:30, sitting meditation, walking meditation, exercise, readings, spontaeous talks or discussions from the cushion
12:30 to 1:00, concluding conversations
1:00, take down.

Calgary Soto Zen

Address: c/o Murray McGillivray 602-15 St. N.W.  Calgary Alberta T2N 2A9
Tradition: Mahayana, Soto Zen
Phone: 403-220-4678
E-mail: info@calgarysotozen.org
Website: http://www.calgarysotozen.org
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Main Contact: Tim Sampson  Email  
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Meditation (zazen) Monday and Wednesday a.m. at 8:00 during University of Calgary Fall and Winter terms (i.e. September through April) in room 317a MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary; Meditation Monday evening at 7:00 year round in the same room. See our Web site for further detail and any changes.

California Tendai Learning Center & Tendai USA

Address:   Sacramento 95662
Tradition: Vajrayana
Affiliation: Tendai Denomination, Overseas missionary, Hieizan Enryakuji
E-mail: Tendaiusa@gmail.com
Website: http://www.tendai-usa.org
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Spiritual Director: Rev. Dr. Ryoei Tyler  Email  
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To promote an enhanced understanding of Buddhism in order to help all sentient beings, and to transmit the light of the Dharma - the teachings of Dengyo Daishi Saicho  (767-822 CE)to encourage interfaith dialogue; to foster a compassionate awareness of the need to protect the Earth's fragile environment.

California Tendai Monastery

Address:   Cobb CA 95426
Tradition: Mahayana, Japanese Tendai
Affiliation: Tendai Buddhist Institute & Enryaku-ji
Phone: (707)355-4477
E-mail: info@caltendai.org
Website: http://www.caltendai.org
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Main Contact: VK Leary Keisho (Deceased)  Email  
Spiritual Director: Rev. Junshin Nettles  Email  (Phone: (707)355-4477)
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Who We Are

California Tendai Monastery is a branch of the Tendai Buddhist Institute.  We serve the diverse community of Lake County in Northern California.

Our Mission

We offer opportunities for laypeople to integrate the Tendai Buddhist tenets of wisdom, compassion, and skillful conduct into householder life through group practice and activities.

What We Do

We promote peace, well-being, and spiritual awakening by promoting the cultivation of the innate Buddha-qualities in all who join in.  To do this, we hold regularly-scheduled meditation and chanting services, and occasional retreats and social gatherings to encourage sangha collaboration and cohesion.

We welcome all members of the local community with an open-door policy and a spirit of inclusion.  We recognize and affirm the capacity for awakening that is latent in all without exception and without discrimination.

We provide pastoral services to a growing Buddhist and interfaith fellowship with a non-consumerist, family oriented emphasis.

We operate democratically and in a socially- and environmentally-responsible manner to the best of our ability.

California Tendai Mountain Shikan Dojo

Address:   West Oakland 94607
Tradition: Vajrayana, under Dai-Sojo Chushin Imai and Dai-Ajari Myoko Kubo, Chiba-ken, Japan
Affiliation: Tendai Denomination
Phone: 4154258511
E-mail: tendaimountain@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/tendaidojo/
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Main Contact: Rev. Myogen  Email  
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Daily and weekly meditation and chanting in West Oakland. The dojo promotes ethics, meditation, and study of the Dharma. Special events held throughout nearby bay area. Ichinichi kaihogyo (one day mountain pilgrimages) and mountain practices are practiced regularly.

Calm Clarity Temple

Address: 421 Stonehaven Dr., #106   Ames IA 50010-6791
Tradition: Mahayana, Linji, Pure Land, Vinaya
Affiliation: Bhikshuni
E-mail: calmclairitytemple@outlook.com
Website: http://www.sanghawalks.org
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Spiritual Director: Ven. Hongyang  Email  
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This temple is a hermitage for the purpose of translating the Mahayana Chinese Tripitaka.  It's only by appointment that you may meet the master, Ven. Hongyang. She available for traditional Buddhist services, Dharma Talks on Buddhism or its practices, celebrations, Baby Blessings, Home Blessings, Business Blessings, Refuge and Five Precepts (to become Buddhist), Bodhisattva precepts, Weddings, Funerals, and counseling. Periodically other monastics may be invited to give dharma talks and a larger space will be provided for bigger groups at that time.  Small group dharma study programs for women, women interested in monastic life, and dharma instruments will be offered to mixed groups.  At this time men interested in monastic life will be referred to other temples.

Calm Village Buddhist Temple

Address: 726 West Baseline Road,   Phoenix AZ
Tradition: Non-Sectarian
Phone: (602) 305-9115
Website: http://www.sites.google.com/site/calmvillage/
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Canada Mindfulness Meditation Institute

Address: 26302 Township Road 514   Edmonton T6M 2Y9
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 7809157736
E-mail: inf.cmmietv.com
Website: https://www.cmmi-etv.ca/
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Main Contact: Rev Kotawaye Suseela  
Spiritual Director: Rev Kotawaye Suseela  Email  (Phone: 7809157736)
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The Canada Mindfulness Meditation Institute (CMMI) was established with a clear and inspiring vision: to offer mindfulness-based spiritual services to the greater Edmonton area and surrounding communities, while also welcoming individuals from across Canada. The institute is dedicated to promoting inner peace, mental well-being, and spiritual growth through accessible mindfulness and meditation practices.

We are delighted to announce the historic grand inauguration of both the Canada Mindfulness Meditation Institute (CMMI) and Edmonton Tisarana Vihara (ETV), held on April 10, 2026. This milestone marks the beginning of a meaningful journey toward building a compassionate and inclusive spiritual community.

A central feature of the centre is the Edmonton Tisarana Vihara (ETV), a sacred space devoted to the teachings of the Buddha and the practice of meditation. Through CMMI, the vihara serves as a place where individuals of all backgrounds can learn, reflect, and cultivate mindfulness in their daily lives.

The centre aspires to be more than a place for Buddhist worship and meditation. It envisions becoming a vibrant community hub where both the Buddhist community and the wider public can come together for cultural exchange, education, and connection. A variety of programs—including meditation sessions, Dhamma teachings, workshops, cultural events, and community activities—will be offered to support personal development and foster a sense of belonging.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the devotees, volunteers, and supporters who contributed to the establishment of this centre through their dedication, hard work, and generous financial support. Their commitment has made this vision a reality and laid a strong foundation for future generations.

Canadian Buddhist Directory

Address:   Ontario
Tradition: Non-Sectarian
Phone: 416-669-3362
E-mail: john@sumeru-books.com
Website: http://www.canadianbuddhism.info
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Main Contact: Karma Yonten Gyatso  Email  (Phone: 416-669-3362)
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Directory of 470+ Canadian Buddhist organizations.
Maintained by The Sumeru Press (www.sumeru.ca).

PO Box 2089, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada L4E 1A3

Canyon Mountain Centre

Address: 511 S E Highland Road   John Day OR 97845
Tradition: Non-Sectarian, Suzuki Roshi & Baker Roshi
Phone: 541-932-2725
E-mail: jim@canyonmountaincenter.com
Website: http://www.canyonmountaincenter.com
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Main Contact: Jim Bauy  Email  (Phone: 541-932-2725)
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We sit 3 days a week at 5:30 pm, non-wed-fri

We read and discuss and share on Mondays for a short time after mediation.

The space is used by a few others as meeting or practice spaces such as the local community garden, a yoga teacher, an accupuncturist and a family mediator.

The space is free. 

Carolina Buddhist Vihara

Address: 113 Woodridge Circle  Greenville, SC SC 29607
Tradition: Theravada, Sri Lankan
Affiliation: A branch temple of New Yor Buddhist Vihara
Phone: 864.329.9961
E-mail: dhammasc [ at ] hotmail.com
Website: http://www.carolinabuddhist.net
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Spiritual Director: Bhante Kurunegoda Piyatissa Maha Nayaka Thera  
Teacher: Bhikkhuni Sudhamma  
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The Vihara is the dwelling of monastics; it is a community-supported house that is used for gatherings of Buddhists and friends.  We hold monthly Poya observance; monthly childrens program as announced; evening teachings Monday-Wednesdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (telephone to confirm), and weekly meditations for women on Tuesday mornings.

Casa de Meditación Vipassana

Address: Bradley 47, entre Gutenberg y Copérnico   Col. Anzures Distrito Federal 11590
Tradition: Theravada, Vipassana as taught by Ven. Ajahn Tong in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition
Phone: (52) 55 5545 9328
E-mail: info@vipassana.org.mx
Website: http://www.vipassana.org.mx
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Spiritual Director: Chakkaratani (Vicky Gurza)  Email  (Phone: (52) 55 5545 9328)
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Complete schedule and events in http://vipassana.org.mx/eventos.html.

You can take the introductory course in three sessions or one intensive session:

* In three sessions: The practice on the first and second Tuesdays of every month from 19:00 to 21:30, and the theory on the first Saturday of every month, from 15:00 to 17:30.

* In one session: The practice on the first Saturday of every month, from 9:30 to 13:30 and the theory on the same day, from 15:00 to 17:30.

Casa Tibet México

Address: Orizaba 93, Col. Roma C.P. 06700 Mexico City   Distrito Federal
Tradition: Non-Sectarian
Phone: +52 (55) 55147763, 55140443,55110802
Fax: +52 (55) 55110467
E-mail: casatibetmexico@casatibet.org.mx
Website: http://www.casatibet.org.mx
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Teacher: Marco Antonio Karam  
Spiritual Director: Geshe Lhundup Sopa  
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Casa Tibet México was inaugurated on July the 3rd 1989 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, during his historic first visit to Latin America.  Inspired on the eternal legacy of love and compassion of the classical Tibetan Buddhist civilization, it is the purpose of our institution to make available to all people, regardless of raze, creed, soci-economic status, and sexual orientation the myriad methods for human development preserved and enhanced in the Tibetan world.

Casa Tibet México es una institución cultural y educativa no sectaria, fundada en julio de 1989 por Su Santidad el XIV Dalai Lama del Tibet, como la primera representación cultural oficial del pueblo tibetano para Latinoamérica. Inspirados en el eterno legado de compasión y amor de la cultura budista tibetana, es el propósito central de Casa Tibet México el hacer accesible a todo persona, sin distinción de credo, raza y orientación sexual, la cultura, arte, filosofía, ciencias y los métodos milenarios de desarrollo humano preservados en el “Techo del Mundo”.

Orizaba #93 Col. Roma 06700 México, DF.
55.11.08.02.*, 55.14.04.43*,55.14.77.63 * y  Fax 55.11.04.67
casatibetmexico@castibet.org.mx
www.casatibet.org.mx

Horario de Oficina
Lunes a Jueves: 10:00 a.m. a 8:00 p.m.
Viernes 10:00 a.m. a 6:00 p.m.

Casa Tibet Mexico Sede Merida

Tradition: Mahayana
Affiliation: CASA TIBET MERIDA
Phone: 01(52) 045 9993 513290
E-mail: info@casatibetmerida.org
Website: http://www.casatibetmerida.org
Main Contact: ALEJANDRO ROMERO  Email  (Phone: +52 (999) 3513290)
Teacher: MARCO ANTONIO KARAM  
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Casa Tibet México, Sede Merida, Csa Tiberte s la primer repsentaci´pon en Latinoamerica de la cultura Tibetana, fundada en 1989 por SSdalai Lama y Dirigida por el Lic. Marco ANtonio Karam.

Casa Tibet sede Guadalajara

Address: Justo Sierra 2570   Guadalajara Jalisco 44600
Tradition: Vajrayana
Affiliation: Casa Tibet México
Phone: (33) 36 15 35 27
E-mail: guadalajara@casatibet.org.mx
Website: http://casatibetgdl.org/
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Teacher: Marco Antonio Karam  
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Tibetan Buddhism center part of Casa Tibet Mexico in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Our mission is to show the richness of the Tibetan religion, philosophy, science, art and culture, and to work for the Tibetan peoples fundamental rights and improve the quality of life of our community through the development of activities, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, publications, programs in radio and television, with the motivation to transform and improve living conditions for our society, thanks to the legacy of Tibetan culture.

Although we\\\'re part of non-sectarian movement (Rime) and we invite teachers from all different traditions, our primary orientation is Kagyu and Gelug.

Cedar Rapids Zen Center

Address: P.O. Box 863  Cedar Rapids IA 52406-1248
Tradition: Mahayana, Soto Zen
Phone: (319) 247-5986
E-mail: crzc@cedarrapidszencenter.org
Website: http://www.cedarrapidszencenter.org
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Teacher: Zuiko Redding  
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Small center offering zazen, dharma talks, sesshins and all-day sittings.   Schedules of our events are available on our web site.

Center for Pragmatic Buddhism

Address: First Unitarian Church of St. Louis, 5007 Waterman Blvd., St. Louis, MO  MO
Tradition: Non-Sectarian, Order of Pragmatic Buddhists
Phone: (864) 525 4564
E-mail: jim.eubanks@gmail.com
Website: http://www.pragmaticbuddhism.org
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Anchorage, AK Representative: Andrew Weare (Shi Cheng Bei)  Email  
Teacher: Jim Eubanks (Shi Yong Xiang)  
Main Contact: Jim Eubanks (Shi Yong Xiang)  Email  (Phone: (864) 525 4564)
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The Center for Pragmatic Buddhism (CPB) is a Western Buddhist school that emerges from a Chinese Chan, Japanese Zen and American Pragmatist lineage.  We offer weekly practice of zazen ("just sitting"), bell meditation, walking meditation, dharma talk and group discussion.  We have locations in St. Louis, MO and Anchorage, AK.

Center of Harmony Chan Buddhist Sangha

Address: 1040 Winton Road North  Rochester NY 14609
Tradition: Mahayana
Phone: 585-482-4872
E-mail: sangha@centerofharmony.com
Website: http://www.centerofharmony.com/meditation/sangha.html
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Spiritual Director: Shi Fa Neng  Email  (Phone: 585-482-4872)
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Sangha

Many people come to meditate for different reasons. Some are stressed out from work, others are looking for enlightenment (good luck!) and others want to cultivate their meditation practice with the support of other practitioners. The Characters to the left translate as "Harmony at the Center of the Heart Chan Buddhist Temple". Our Sangha (community of practitioners) was formally established in March 2008 to serve those students and community members who wish to pursue in-depth study and training in Chan Meditation and Buddhist studies. We are a lay order, not monastic. There are no monks, nuns, or ascetic people wandering around. We emphasize the cultivation of insight and clarity through meditation practice; something accessible to anyone regardless of their background or religious convictions. Our Sangha is not affiliated with any other organization or temple, in China or elsewhere; however, because Master Fa Neng (法能師範) is a precepted Buddhist (via Shi Chuan Xue) in the lineage of Great Chan Master Hui Neng (慧能) (638-713 CE) and in the tradition of Great Chan Master Yunmen (雲門) (862-949 CE), our Sangha exists as a bead on a string of a long line of Buddhist practitioners dating back to Shakyamuni Buddha over 2,500 years ago.

Services: There are several courses of study and practice that are extracurricular to both Martial Arts and Meditation. They complement and add depth to ones practice. The following services are offered apart from our normal programs, and are offered free of charge as a gift of dana:

• Triple Refuge Ceremony: This ceremony is all that is required to become a Dharma student/ practitioner of Buddhism. It is not a conversion, as we practice Buddhism as a practice... not as a religion. Buddhist practice can cultivate discipline and peace of mind through mindfulness and meditation, things which certainly do not conflict with most religions. At this occasion, people formally take "refuge" as a student of the "Three Treasures"... The Buddha (guide), Dharma (instruction), and Sangha (group of practitioners). It is at this time when one receives the black Hai Qing Robe (long Daoist-type robe with draping sleeves). This event is held quarterly, in the months of January, April, July, and October, as well as during the biannual precepts ceremony. Those wishing to take refuge and receive the precepts simultaneously, may do so at the June and December precepts ceremonies.

• Precepts Ceremony: This ceremony is when people take 5 vows; to abstain from taking life, to refrain from lying, to abstain from stealing, to refrain from taking intoxicants to produce heedlessness, and to abstain from misconduct done in lust. At this time, they receive a Dharma Name / fo hao (佛號), a certificate to mark the occasion, and the 5 precepts in print with explication and significance. This ceremony is conducted biannually on the summer and winter solstices. In 2008, these will be held on June 20th and December 21st.

• Interviews: Chan interviews are conducted weekly, after the meditation session.

• Extra Practice: Students who have already taken refuge are welcomed to attend extra practice. This is held on Sundays a short while after meditation practice concludes. Those who attend the meditation practice are not required to attend extra practice. It is here when students do chanting practice (using those chants which are philosophically relevant to practice), bowing practice (moving exercise for the body/mind), in-depth philosophical analysis of various topics, and sutra study (using those classical texts which are useful for modern practice).

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