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Links and Resources ::: Centers/Organizations

World Fellowship of Buddhists - Originally founded in 1950 by representatives from 27 nations, the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) is one of the largest and most influential Buddhist organizations.

  • Berkley: Samatha Buddhist Meditation Classes - Provides opportunities for people to learn and practise samatha meditation, a traditional form of Buddhist meditation based on mindfulness of breathing.
  • Buddhist Association of the United States - Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Organization.
  • Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly of Bangladesh - a pioneering non-sectarian Dharma organization first established in 1982 in Bangladesh by the Ven. Sharanananda Bhikkhu.
  • Buddhist Military Sangha - an online resource and blog for Buddhists associated with the United States Armed Forces.
  • Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California - Composed of ordained monks, nuns and ministers from all the major Buddhist traditions: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana, and from all Buddhist ethnic origins: American, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, European, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Sri Lankan, Thai, Tibetan and Vietnamese.
  • BuddhaNet's World Buddhist Directory - a directory of Buddhist centers and temples throughout the world.
  • Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - A religious community with members in the United States and Canada, in Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. The founder and teacher was the Ven. Master Hsüan Hua.
  • Friends of the Western Buddhist Order Centers in the US - List of FWBO centers in the US.
  • Green Sangha - a spiritual community committed to environmental action, bringing healing to ourselves, to each other, and to the earth through thoughts, words, and actions rooted in love.
  • Midwest Buddhist Information Center - A directory and guide to Meditation centers in the Midwest. Includes an up-to-date calendar of activities at centers throughout the Midwest.
  • Northwest Dharma Association - Northwest Dharma Association is a nonsectarian Buddhist organization created to support the dissemination and growth of Buddhist teachings in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Rimé Buddhist Centre - The Rime Buddhist Center is a non-sectarian Tibetan Buddhist center located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Rimé Foundation - The Rimé Foundation (formerly Chicago Rimé Center) is an organization supporting the development, practice and integration of the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
  • Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group - Non-denominational Buddhist group that offers regular group meditation and Buddhist study with a variety of Dharma teachers.
  • Sati Center for Buddhist Studies - Classes in Buddhist topics.
  • Shantideva Society - An international non-sectarian association of the Avaivartika Sangamaya de España y las Américas, established by the regents of the Mahabodhi Sunyata Seminario in Tarragona, Spain.
  • UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies - The Center primarily research-oriented, and sponsors regular colloquia, symposia, workshops, and conferences in Buddhist Studies at UCLA.
  • Unitarian-Universalist Buddhist Practice Groups - List of worldwide Buddhist groups affiliated with the Unitarian-Universalist Buddhist Fellowship.
  • University of Southern California Buddhist Association - Student Buddhist organization.

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