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The temple observes a form of Mahayana Buddhism that seeks to combine aspects of Pure Land Buddhism with the Zen tradition.

The Founder and the Cofounder have guided us to understand that the true spirit of Shakyamuni is wisdom and compassion described in the Lotus Sutra.

Hoi Phat Giao Lam Ty Ni was founded about twenty years ago with the support of the local Vietnamese community of Lawrence. Today, there is one resident monk who conducts services and acts as the spiritual director. The temple maintains relationships with a number of other Vietnamese Buddhist temples in the Greater Boston area including those in South Boston, East Boston, Dorchester and Worcester.

The center offers weekly services in Vietnamese each Sunday at 11 A.M. for Dorchester's growing Vietnamese population and for a small number of Chinese, Laotian, and Cambodian Buddhists from around Boston.

The Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (CIMC) was established in 1985 as a nonprofit, nonresidential urban center for the practice of insight meditation. Located in the heart of Cambridge, CIMC provides an environment where the contemplative life can be developed and protected amidst the complexities of city living. We offer a place where people come together to learn, support and deepen practice. People of all religious, non-religious, and philosophical persuasions are welcome.

Our mission is to empower people with profound, accessible spiritual practices that support their individual and collective work to become better people and to make a better world.

Offering both beginning and advanced courses, Lama Migmar teaches Abhidharma, Madhyamika, Prajnaparamita, Tantra, and Mind-Training, such as Parting From the Four Attachments, Wheel of Sharp Weapons, Seven Points of Mind-Training, Bodhicaryavatara, Triple Vision as well as classic Sutra texts such as the Dhammapada.

The practice taught at Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies is based on the classic gradual approach, beginning with Mind-Training and concluding with advanced Vajrayana deity practice.

Now an international network with centers and groups in eleven countries around the world, Rigpa seeks:
* To make the teachings of Buddha available to benefit as many people as possible, and
* To offer those following the Buddhist teachings a complete path of study and practice along with the environment they need to explore the teachings to the fullest.

Under the guidance of resident teacher Geshe Tsulga, Kurukulla Center's mission is to provide a community of support for those who are studying and practicing the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Jokhang Institute's mission is to provide a sacred spiritual space and educational facilities.

To empower people with profound, accessible spiritual practices that support their individual and collective work to become better people and to make a better world. We provide powerfully transformative practices from Tibetan Buddhism adapted into new forms that can meet the hearts and minds of people from all backgrounds and faiths,so as to help them bring out the best in themselves within relationships, service and social action. Through practices that awaken the heart of innate wisdom and compassion, we also provide methods that can support a complete path of spiritual awakening in our time.

The Drikung Meditation Center is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation organization in Arlington, MA (in the metro Boston area), dedicated to the study and practice of the Buddhist teachings as preserved in the Drikung Kagyu lineage from Tibet. Everyone is welcome to come to the center and join us for these teachings. We are here to serve the community and to bring the happiness and joy of Buddhism to everyone who is interested.

“Cape Ann Vajra Vidya is a Buddhist Meditation and Study Group meeting weekly in Gloucester, Massachusetts. We meet under the direction of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, an eminent meditation master and scholar of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.  We are open to all, newcomers are always welcome.  For more information please visit our web site at www.rinpoche.com/cavv”

To empower people with profound, accessible spiritual practices that support their individual and collective work to become better people and to make a better world. We provide powerfully transformative practices from Tibetan Buddhism adapted into new forms that can meet the hearts and minds of people from all backgrounds and faiths,so as to help them bring out the best in themselves within relationships, service and social action. Through practices that awaken the heart of innate wisdom and compassion, we also provide methods that can support a complete path of spiritual awakening in our time.

The Center emphasizes the practice of meditation based on both the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, and the meditation-in-action of Nalanda Arts. In community life, we endeavor to put into practice the principles of courage and compassion. This helps us to experience daily life as a constant opportunity for spiritual practice and social service.

The Bodhicitta Center encourages compassion in the world according to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism.

Great Wisdom Center, is the 'shell', the body, the school and gathering place for individuals of all beliefs, culture, educational backgrounds and ages to cultivate their personal pearls of wisdom and heart and to share in the wondrous journey of others.