Atlanta Buddhism or Buddhism in Atlanta or Buddhist Atlanta

Atlanta Buddhism Directory

Information on Buddhist groups in Atlanta:

Buddhist Groups with web pages:

Atlanta Shambala Center - Group started by Chogyam Trungpa. Offers free meditation instruction in both a Buddhist and a non-sectarian form. Offers many other programs.
Atlanta Soto Zen Center - Zen Buddhist center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta: ZenSpace - Non-affiliated temple practicing Soto-style zazen.
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dorje Ling Buddhist Center - Tibetan Buddhist center of the Jonangpa Lineage
Georgia Buddhist Vihara Theravada Buddhist Temple and Vipassana Meditation
Insight Atlanta - Vipassana Meditation Community - Brings together practitioners of vipassana meditation.
Nipponzan Myohoji - Throughout his life, Nichidatsu Fujii practiced a path to peace based upon Buddhist ideals. Today, the order that he founded, Nipponzan Myohoji (the Japan Buddha Sangha), carries on this work through walks, construction of pagodas dedicated to peace, and their constant practice of prayer.
Rameshori Buddhist Center - Offers classes in several Atlanta locations. Member of the New Kadampa Tradition
Zen Center of Georgia Rinzai and Akido, in Avondale and Alpharetta. Under the auspices of Daihonzan Chozen-ji.

Buddhist Groups without web pages:

Black Fox Zendo - Soto Zen. Telephone 404-727-4099. Email lreal@biology.emory.edu
Drikung Kagyu (Tibetan, Drikung-Kagyu tradition) Phone 770-938-9590.
Email kdorje@aol.com
Wat Buddha Temple - This group is a Theraveda group of Thai origin. They have meditation classes in English and welcome non Thais. Telephone (404) 284-2416
Namaste Sangha (Vietnamese, Thich Nhat Hanh tradition). Email tobbys@juno.com , marschulman@mediaone.net. Send email to nnsangha-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe to mailing list.

Other directories of Buddhist groups in Atlanta:

I try to keep this site up to date and complete, but the following directories are also good, and may have sites that I have not listed:

http://www.zenspace.org/site/Atl_Buddhism.html Atlanta Buddhism directory maintained by ZenSpace
http://www.zenspace.org/site/GA_Buddhism.html Georgia Buddhism directory maintained by ZenSpace
http://www.aszc.org/affiliates/groups.html Atlanta Buddhism directory maintained by Atlanta Soto Zen Center
http://www.buddhanet.net/americas/usa_ga.htm Georgia Buddhism directory maintained by BuddhaNet
Tricycle Search Engine Click on the Dharma Centers link to use the Tricycle Search Engine

Non-Buddhist groups that may be of interest to people interested in Buddhism

Vedanta Center of Atlanta The message of Vedanta is that each of us is potentially divine.
Water Moon Refuge Teachings of non-duality with emphasis on Ch'an and Tao.
Church of the Future This site gives the most spiritually advanced teachings available on the web today.
Buddhist friends of Bill W.
Meditation for people in recovery
TCLY
Buddhist Events
- There are many events going on every day at the different centers. Contact the specific groups for their schedules.
- Buddhists in Atlanta get together every year in June to celebrate Buddha's birthday. For more information, check with any group, or email the webmaster.
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