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Universal Buddhist Congregation (Giao Hoi Phat Giao Dai Chung)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 13 August 2018.

Phone: 617-569-1208
Description The Universal Buddhist Congregation (UBC), which meets in East Boston, was started in 1985 by Rev. Thich Giac Duc, who is the spiritual leader of the community. The extended community consists of between 2,000 and 3,000 people, with 50 attending services on an average day. Young people are a focus of this community, and it is not unusual for half of those gathered to be children and teenagers. There are... Read more about Universal Buddhist Congregation (Giao Hoi Phat Giao Dai Chung)

Sounsa Buddhist Temple

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 August 2009.

Phone: 508-755-0212
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History and Facilities

Sounsa Buddhist Temple was founded in 1985 to provide informal worship, Dhamma teaching, and individual counseling for Korean immigrants, their families, and Korean national students. The original members took turns hosting services in their homes, but in 1989 the community converted a residential home in Upton to a Korean...
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Massachusetts Buddhist Association and Dharmakaya Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 3 July 2018.

Phone: 781-863-1936
Email: mba_mail@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.ddmmba.org/?lang=en
[flickr_set id="72157621814590755"] History The Massachusetts Buddhist Association (MBA) began in the mid-1980s as a small group of students meeting in private homes in Lowell, Massachusetts. With increased interest, the group decided to move and expand in order to offer teachings to a larger community in a more central location in... Read more about Massachusetts Buddhist Association and Dharmakaya Center

Drikung Meditation Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 1 August 2018.

Phone: 888-390-5580
Email: info@drikungboston.org
Website: http://drikungboston.org
[flickr_set id="72157621814578767"] History Following requests from practitioners, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche of the Tibetan Drikung Kagyu lineage came to the United States in 1982. In 1985, he helped to found Drikung Meditation Center (DMC) in Boston. In addition to the Boston center, Khenchen Rinpoche has also worked to found a... Read more about Drikung Meditation Center

Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 9 November 2018.

Phone: 617-256-3904
Email: sakyaharvard@gmail.com
Website: http://www.sakya.net
[flickr_set id="72157621939102594"] History The Sayka Institute for Buddhist Studies was founded in 1990 by Lama Migmar at the request of his local students. The community initially gathered at the 75 Sparks Street location of the Cambridge Buddhist Association... Read more about Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies

Trairatanaram Temple

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 4 January 2019.

Contact Information

Address: 21-25 Quigley Avenue, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
Website: http://www.trairatanaram.org/

[flickr_set id="72157621814571135"] History Under the sponsorship of the highly revered Venerable Maha Ghosanada, Trairatanaram Temple was founded in 1985 by the center's abbot, Venerable Sao Khon Dhamathero. Trairatanaram Temple is one of two major Khmer temples which serve the nearly 30,000 Cambodians... Read more about Trairatanaram Temple

Mountain Bell Sangha

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 July 2014.

Phone: 617-484-3441
Email: editor@mindfulnessbell.org
Website: http://www.mindfulnessbell.org/directory/sangha/Mountain-Bell-Sangha-286
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Jhamtse Buddhist Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 July 2014.

Phone: 978-635-0355 [office], 978-502-6452 [office]
Email: jhamtse@jhamtse.net
Website: http://www.jhamtseinternational.org/index.php?action=7.1 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jhamtse-International/289285476412?ref=nf
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Wat Nawamintararachutis (The NMR Buddhist Meditation Center)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 13 August 2018.

Phone: 508-823-1800
Website: http://watnawamin.org/#
[flickr_set id="72157645221910894"] [flickr_set id="72157637699574234"] [flickr_set id="72157621939121834"] History

In the late 1990s, a group of Thai families living in the Boston area became interested in founding a Theravada Buddhist temple in honor of the Thai monarch Rama IX, Bhumibhol Adulyadej, who was born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on December 5...

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