Massachusetts
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Barre Center
for Buddhist Studies
149 Lockwood Road, Barre, MA 01005
Tel: (978) 355-2347, Fax: (978) 355-2798
Email: Bcbs@dharma.org
Web site: http://www.dharma.org/bcbs.htm
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Insight Meditation Society (IMS)
Contact: Mu Soeng
Berkshire Mountain Sangha
Contact: Sharon Coleman
Berkshire Mountain Yoga
30 Elm Court Great Barrington, MA 01230
Tel: (518) 325-6974
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
and the Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Black Moon
Zendo
24 Valley Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Contact: Adam Genkaku Fisher
Tel: (413) 582-1805
Email: genkakukigen@aol.com
Web site: http://www.blackmoonzendo.com
Tradition: Rinzai/Soto Zen
Teacher: Adam Genkaku Fisher
Affiliation: Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi, abbot of Ryutaku-ji Monastery
Boston Buddhist Culture Center
950 Massachusetts Ave., # C-1 Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 547-6670, (617) 547-9984
Fax: (617) 886-1189
Emails: bbccfgs@yahoo.com or fgsamus4r@fgs.org.tw
Web site: http://www.ibps.org/boston
Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Boston Shambhala Center
646 Brookline Avenue, Brookline MA 02146
Contact: Ms. Sarah Lipton or Ms. Jill Blagsvedt (Center Director)
Tel: (617) 734-1498
Email: info@shambhalaboston.org
Web site: http://www.shambhalaboston.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Shambhala, Kagyu/Nyingma lineages
Spiritual Director: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Buddha
Maitreya Study Group
1 South High Street. Apt. C Turners Falls, MA 01376
Tel: (413) 774-5154
Email: bobmasto@rcn.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Coordinator: Amy Levitin
Buddhist
Community at MIT
40 Massachusetts Avenue, MIT W11-35 Cambridge MA 02139
Email: metta-request@mit.edu
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/metta/www
Tradition: Non-sectarian
Spiritual Director: Ven. Tenzin Legphel Priyadarshi
The Buddhist Meditation Group @ UUCR
Contact: Andrew Furst
Address: 239 Woburn St. Reading, MA 01867
Email: a.furst@comcast.net
Website: http://readingsangha.wordpress.com/
Tradition: Pureland Mahayana
Affiliation: Buddha Heart USA
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship (New England Region)
c/o AFSC, 140 Pine Street, Florence MA 01062
Contact: Maia Duerr
Tel: (413) 563-5197
Email: ne-bpf@bpf.org
Web site: http://www.bpf.org
Tradition: Interdenominational
Affiliation: Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Cape Ann Vajra Vidya
Gloucester, MA 01930
http://www.rinpoche.com/cavv
Tradition: Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, open to all
Affiliation: Under the auspices of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Contact: 978-526-9101
Cape Cod Zen Center
P.O. Box 936 Barnstable, MA 02630-0936
Tel: (508) 362-2410
Email: jcalvin@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
Web site: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4y7n2/
Founder Teacher: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Guiding Teacher:Chong Hae Sunim JDPS
Tradition: Kwan Um School of Zen (Korean)
Cape Sangha
147 Walton Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601
Tel: (508) 776-3606
E-mail: jkershner@capecod.edu
Web site: http://www.capesangha.org
Tradition: Vietnamese Zen
Affiliation: Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing
Spiritual Director: Thich Nhat Hanh
Contact: Jim Kershner
Cambridge Buddhist Association
75 Sparks Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact person: Dokuro R. Jaeckel
Telephone: ++1 617 491 8857
Email: cba-info@unsui.org
Tradition: non sectarian
Affiliation: none
Spiritual Director: Dokuro R. Jaeckel
Teacher/s: Kyoon Dokuro, Osho; Lama Migmar Tseten;
Comments: Established in 1957 by D.T. Suzuki, S. Hisamatsu, J. and E. Mitchell
Cambridge
Insight Meditation Center
331 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 441-9038, Fax: (617) 491-5070
Web site: http://www.cimc.info
Tradition: Theravada
Teachers: Larry Rosenberg,
Narayan Liebenson Grady, Michael Liebenson Grady
Cambridge
Zen Center
199 Auburn Street (Central Sq.) Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 576-3229 - office; Residence: (617) 354-8281
Fax: (617) 576-3224
Email: director@cambridgezen.com, abbot@cambridgezen.com
Web site: http://www.cambridgezen.com
Spiritual Directors:
Zen Master Bon Haeng (Mark Houghton)
Zen Master Bon Yeon
(Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz)
Abbot: Andrzej Stec JDPSN
Tradition: Korean Chogye Order
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Contact: Kathy Park (Director)
Chagdud Gompa - Sang-ngag Ling
194 Main Street, Second Floor, Maynard, MA 01754
Tel: (978) 897-4765
Email: cconner@acad.suffolk.edu
Web site: http://www.chagdud.org
Founder: H. E. Chagdud Tulku
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa
Contact: Cal Andrews
Clear Light Society
Email: clear@clearlightsociety.org
Web site: http://www.clearlightsociety.org
Tradition: Mahayana, Zen
Contact and Teacher: Patricia Shelton
Clock Tower
Sangha
20 Elm Street, Maynard, MA 01754
Tel: (978) 897-0796, Fax: (978) 897-7868
Email: shakti@galaxy.net
Web site: http://members.aol.com/ctsangha
Tradition: Vietnamese Zen, Vipassana (eclectic)
Affiliation: Thich Nhat Hanh, Dharma Friends, Zaltho Foundation
Spiritual Director: Andrew JiYu Weiss
Dhamma Cetiya
Buddhist Vihara
91 De Soto Road, Boston MA 02132-6005
Tel/Fax: (617) 325-3159
Email: dhamma.cetiya.buddhist.vihara@rcn.com
Tradition: Theravada (Vipassana)
Affiliation: Sri Lankan Sangha
Spiritual Director: Ven.Gotami Bhikkhuni (Dr.Prem Suksawat)
Teachers:
Rev. Gotami Bhikkhuni (Dr. Prem Suksawat),
Ven. Dhammathero, L. Amorn (Lay teacher),
Ven. Walpola Piyananda Mahathero, Ven. Kurunegoda Piyatissa,
Mahathero, and Ven. Heenbunne Kondanna Mahathero
Dhamma Dhara - Vipassana Meditation Center
386 Colrain-Shelburne Road, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Tel: (413) 625 2160, Fax (413) 625 2170
Email: info@dhara.dhamma.org
Web site: http://www.dhara.dhamma.org
Tradition: Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka
Drikung Meditation Center
15 Bartlett Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476
Tel: (888) 390-5580 (339) 368-5740
Email: info@drikungboston.org
Web site: http://DrikungBoston.org
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism: Drikung Kagyu lineage
Spiritual Director: Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam
Affiliation: Jokhang Institute
Dzogchen
Center
P.O. Box 400734 Cambridge MA 02140
Tel: (617) 628-1702
Web
site: http://www.dzogchen.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Rime (non-sectarian)
Practice Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo
Rinpoche
Affiliation: Dzogchen Foundation
Spiritual Director: Lama Surya
Das
Teachers: Charles Genoud, Lama John Makransky, Dr. Roger Walsh
Dzogchen
Community - Tseyalgar
18 School House Road, Conway, MA 01341
Tel: (413) 369-4153, Fax: 369-4165
Web site: http://www.tsegyalgar.org
Founder: Choegyal Namhkai Norbu
Tradition: Tibetan, Dzogchen
Earth and Sky Sangha
Contact: Ann Leonesio
60 Harding Avenue, North Adams, MA 01247
Tel: (413) 633-5205
Email: magic48@usa.net
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
and the Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Friends of
the Western Buddist Order - Boston
240-B Elm Street, Suite B-1, Somerville, MA 02144-2935
Contact: Yuko Takagi
Email: bostonfwbo@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.bostonfwbo.org
Tradition: Western Buddhism
Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Greater Boston
Karma Kagyu Study Group
2 Brook Street, Stoneham MA 02180
Contact: Mary Koperski
Tel: (781) 789-2494
Email: mary@koperski.org
Web site: http://www.bostonkksg.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyu Lineage
Affiliation: Karma Triyana Dharmachakra - Woodstock NY
Henry Thoreau
Zen Sangha
First Unitarian Society
342 Lexington Street, West Newton, MA 02465
Contact: Jan Seymour-Ford
Tel: (617) 527-3203
Email: zensangha@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.fusn.org/zen.html
Tradition: Soto and Harada/Yasutani Zen lineages
Affiliation: Pacific Zen Institute, Dharma Cloud Zen Association,
First Unitarian Society
Spiritual Director: James Ishmael Ford, Sensei
Hôun-an, Dharma Cloud Hermitage
210 Belmont Street #8
Watertown, MA 02472
Contact person: Dokuro R. Jaeckel
Telephone: ++1 617 491 8857
Email: info@unsui.org
Web site: http://www.unsui.org
Tradition: Rinzai Zen
Affiliation: Rinzai-ji
Spiritual Director: Dokuro R. Jaeckel
Teacher/s: Kyôon Dokuro, Osho
Comments: Zen temple in the lineage of Rôshi Kyôzan Joshû Sasaki
The House Sangha of Salem and Marblehead
Contact: Robert Wall
13 Crombie Street, Salem, MA 01970
Tel: (978) 744-5685
Email: wall.r@comcast.net
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
and the Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Insight Meditation
Society (IMS)
1230 Pleasant Street, Barre, MA 01005
Tel:
(978) 355-4378, Fax: (978) 355-6398
Web site: http://www.dharma.org
Tradition: Theravada (Vipassana)
Affiliation: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (MA)
Main Teachers: Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Slazberg, Steven & Michele
Smith
Jhamtse Buddhist Center
c/o Jhamtse International
25 Duggan Road, Acton, MA 01720 USA
Sanghas meet in Concord, Northborough, Sherborn, Worcester
Tel.: (978) 502-6452
Email: jhamtse@jhamtse.net
Website: http://www.jhamtseinternational.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Teacher: Ven. Lobsang Phuntsok
Jokhang Institute
15 Bartlett Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476
Tel: (888)-583-7164
Email: infodesk@jokhang.org
Web site: http://Jokhang.org
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism pilgrimage site.
Spiritual Director: Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam
Affiliation: Drikung Meditation Center
Khandarohi
Buddhist Center
P.O. Box 1837, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA 02130
Tel:
(617) 522-5772
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa
Affiliation: Manjushri
Mahayana Buddhist Centre, Ulverston, UK
Kurukulla
Center
68 Magoun Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Tel: (617) 624 0177, Fax: (617) 776 7841
Email: kkc@kurukulla.org
Web site: http://www.kurukulla.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Resident Teacher: Geshe Tsulga
Director: Wendy Cook
Lama Yeshe
Wisdom Archive
P.O. Box 356 Weston MA 02493
Tel: (781) 259-4466
Fax: (678) 868-4806
Email: nick@lamayeshe.com
Web site: http://www.LamaYeshe.com
Director: Dr. Nicholas Ribush
Lam Rim Buddhist
Center
70 Colchester Street, Brookline MA 02467
Contact: Linda Mancini (Director)
Tel: (617) 277-8269
Email: LamRimCenter@mac.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Spiritual Director and Teacher: Lobsang Dorgay
Leominster Meditation Society
34 Lincoln Terrace
Leominster, MA 01453
Contact person: Paul Bail, Ph.D.
Email: paul@leominster-meditation.com
Web site: http://www.leominster-meditation.com
Tradition: non-sectarian shamatha-vipassana
Affiliation: independent
Living Dharma
Center
P.O. Box 304, Amherst, MA 01004
Tel: (413) 259-1611
Email: rbczenlp@ix.netcom.com
Web site: http://www.livingdharmacenter.org
Tradition: Soto Zen (Japanese lineage)
Teacher: Richard Clarke
The Mahasatipatthana
Meditation Center
165 Washington Street, Malden, MA 02148
Tel: (781) 332-6880
Tradition: Theravada, Mahasi Sayadaw Vipassana
Massachusetts
Buddhist Association
319 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA, 02420
Contact: Mr. K. C. Lin or Mr. Y. C. Chang
Tel/Fax: (781) 863-1936
Email: mba_mail@yahoo.com
Tradition: Mahayana Buddhism
Spiritual Director: Ren Ji Ru
Teacher: Ren Chuan Yung
Mountain Bell Sangha
Contact: John Bell
366 Marsh Street, Belmont, MA 02178
Tel: (617) 484-3441
Email: jbell@youthbuild.org
or: Kay Tiffany
Tel: (781) 862-4726
Email: ktiffany@rcn.com
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
and the Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Myogyo-Ji
Buddhist Temple of Greater Boston
1207 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02128
Tel/Fax: (617) 244-7115
Email: bostonnichiren@attbi.com
Web site: http://www.nichiren-shu.org/boston
Tradition: Nichiren Shu
Newbury Insight
Meditation Center
1 Rolfe's Lane, Newbury, MA 01951-1221
Tel: (508) 463-0131, Fax: (508) 462-3959
Tradition: Theravada (Vipassana)
Contact: Deborah Breen
Northampton Shin Buddhist Sangha
Location: Northampton, MA
Contact: David Makinster
Email: shin_sangha@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/shin_sangha
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pure Land)
Teacher: Taitetsu Unno, Sensei
Old Path Sangha
Contact: Sue Bridge
38 Temple Street, Boston, MA 02114
Tel: (617) 367-3165, Fax: (617) 367-8017
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
and the Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Palyul Changchub
Dargyeling
32 Adams Street, Lexington, MA 02173
Tel: (617) 863-0654, Fax: 861-0909
Web site: http://www.palyul.org
Teacher: Ven. Penor Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa, Palyul Lineage
Pioneer Valley Shambhala Center
102 Russell Street, Hadley, MA 01035
Tel : 413 585-9848
Email: info@pvshambhala.org
Web site: http://www.pvshambhala.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Shambhala Buddhist
Affiliation: Shambhala International
Spiritual Director: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Rangrigyeshe
Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies & Dzogchen Practice
P.O. Box 1167, Stockbridge, MA 01262
Tel: (413) 528-9932
Email: secretary
@tibetan-buddhist.org
Web site: http://www.tibetan-buddhist.org
Founder: Ven. Shyalpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Dzogchen
Rigpa Fellowship
Boston
Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington MA
Email: info@rigpaboston.org
Web site: http://www.rigpaboston.org
Contact: Osee Mallio
Tel. (781) 646-2736
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma
Spiritual Director: Sogyal Rinpoche
Sakya Center
for Buddhist Studies
P.O. Box 391042, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 492-2614, Fax: (617) 492-2614
Email: postmaster@sakya.net
Web site: http://www.sakya.net
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya
Contact: Lama Migmar Tseten
Shelburne
Falls Meditation Group
24 Windy Hill Road, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Tel: (413) 625-2401
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Director: Anthony Walker
Spring Hill
Zen
240B Elm
Street, Suite B1, Somerville, MA 02144
Tel: (617) 776.7416 x 26
Email: info@springhillzen.com
Web site: http://www.springhillzen.org
Tradition: Soto/Rinzai Zen
Affiliation: Chozen Bays Roshi, James Ford Sensei, Daido Loori Roshi
Contact: Josh Bartok
Sunray
Meditation Society
80 Lilac Circle, Marlboro, MA 01752
Contact: Leila Joseph
Tel/Fax: (508) 460-7038
Email: bodicatt@aol.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma, Drikung Kagyu, Cherokee
Spiritual Director: Ven Dhyani Ywahoo
Tibetan Cultural
Society
28 Gould Avenue, Malden MA 02148
Contact: Matthew Weiss
Tel: (508) 472-7964
Email: mweiss@tbcs.net
Web site: http://www.tbcsonline.org
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Affiliation: Sera Jhe Monastery, India
Spiritual Director: Geshe Jampa Konchog
Teachers: Geshe Jampa Konchog, Matthew Weiss, Ngawang Namgyel
Turtle Path Mindfulness Practice Center
Contact:Chris Phillips
65 Water Street, 3rd floor Worcester, MA 01604
Tel:(508) 856-0970
Email: turtlepathcouncil@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.thekaleidoscope.com/TPath/home.html
Tradition: Community of fellow mindfulness practitioners
Valley Zendo
Warner Hill Road, Charlemont, MA 01330
Tel: (413) 339-4000
Tradition: Soto Zen
Affiliation: Antai-ji Temple, Japan (Uchiyama Roshi)
Vipassana
Meditation Center, Dhamma Dhara
386 Colrain-Shelburne Road, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Tel: (413) 625-2160, Fax: (413) 625-2170
Email: info@dhara.dhamma.org
Web site: http://www.dhara.dhamma.org
Tradition: Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Wat Boston
Buddha Vararam
523 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148
Tel: (781) 321-1568, Fax: 38-2420
Tradition: Theravada, Thai (Dhammayutti
Nikaya)
Affiliation: Council
of Thai Bhikkus in the USA
Western Massachusetts Sangha
Ann Gibson, 292 Thompson Road, Conway, MA 01341
Tel: (413) 625-1094
Our community is composed of the following groups:
Amherst: Hopping Tree Sangha - Candace Cassin, (413) 586-8386
Florence: Hopping Tree Sangha - Patricia Jung, (413) 584-8928
Ashfield Hopping Tree Sangha: Ann Gibson. (413) 625-1094
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
West County Sangha
Contact: Prudence Grand
30 Windy Hill, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Tel: (413) 625-9495
Email: pru@Crocker.com
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Wild Goose
Zendo
Mail only: 14 Apple Hill Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566
Contact: Jiro Andy Afable
Tel: (508) 867.9994
Email: info@wildgoosezendo.org
Web site: http://www.wildgoosezendo.org
Tradition: Rinzai Zen
Teachers: Rev. Jiro Andy Afable, lineage holder
Rev. Dai En Hi Fu George Burch, Sensei
Note: Zendo is located in: Red Gable road, East Brookfield.
No local mail delivery to this rural address;
please contact us
via email or telephone
Wisdom Publications
199 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144
Tel: (617) 776 7416
Sales USA (800) 272 4050
Fax: (617) 776 7841
Email: info@wisdompubs.org
Web site: http://www.wisdompubs.org
Tradition: Wisdom Publications publishes Buddhist books from all traditions. It is also affiliated with the FPMT.
Director: Tim McNeill
Won Buddhism of Boston
7 Hill Street, Somerville MA 02144
Contact: Rev. Youngju Kim
Tel: (617) 666-1121
Email: hyunoh78@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.wonbuddhismofboston.org
Tradition: Mahayana
Affiliation: Won Buddhism
Spiritual Director: Rev. Youngju Kim
Worcester
Zen Group
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street, Worcester MA
Email: contact@worcesterzen.org
Web site: http://www.worcesterzen.org
Tradition: Soto Zen
Affiliation: Zen Community of Boston
Teachers: Melissa Blacker and David Rynick
