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.
• Dharma Jewel Monastary - Welcomes all who are seeking peace and true happiness.   Chinese Zen.
• 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
• Tricycle Search Engine Click on the Dharma Centers link to use the Tricycle Search Engine

Recommended Buddhist sites not in Atlanta

• Buddhist Geeks   Hundreds of podcasts with Buddhist teachers

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.
  
• Buddhist friends of Bill W. 
• Meditation for people in recovery
• Info on Cults and Mind Control

• Buddhist Events

  • There are many events going on every day at the different centers.  Contact the specific groups for their schedules.  
  
  

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