Buddhist Groups in Ohio
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Akron
Akron/Canton Shambhala Meditation Group
133 Portage Trail Suite
202
Akron, OH, United States
phone: 330-459-0320
contact: dmccune3446@yahoo.com
www.akron.shambhala.org
Buddhist Association of Wisdom and Compassion
332 Crystal Pointe
Akron, OH 44333
(330) 666-3977 -- Dr. Ted Tang
Practice Tradition: Pure Land
Dhyana Sangha
Akron, OH
Venerable Shih Ying-Fa
216-889-1393
yingfa@cloudwater.org
www.cloudwater.org
Practice Tradition: Ch'an, Traditional Pure Land (Chinese)
Athens
Athens Center for Mindfulness Practice
234 E. State Street
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 593-8155 -- Berry Dilly
berrydilly@aol.com
Practice Tradition: Mindfulness Practice
Bellville
Living Lotus Zen Sangha
25 Church Street Bellville, OH 44813
(We practice together at All Souls Unitarian Universalist
Church)
Tradition: Soto Zen
Teacher: Zen Priest Dean Williams from Jijuyu-ji Zen Group
of Cleveland
Website -
www.livinglotuszensangha.com
Email -
livinglotuszensangha@yahoo.comBowling Green
Bowling Green Meditation Group
313 Thurstin Avenue
Bowling Green, OH 43402
(419) 352-7534 -- Brian Rose
ucf@wcnet.org
Practice Tradition: vipassana
Canton
Prajna Sangha
Canton, OH
(216) 889-1393 -- Venerable Shih Ying-Fa
yingfa@cloudwater.org
www.cloudwater.org
Practice Tradition: Ch’an, Traditional Pure Land (Chinese)
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Shambhala Meditation Group
64 Tower Hill
Road
Fort Thomas, KY 41075
(859) 442-9557
-- Holger Thams
hthams@fuse.net
Practice
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism -
Shambhala Buddhism (Shambhala,
Kagyu and Nyingma)
Cincinnati Zen Center
4011 Allston St.
Cincinnati, OH 45209
Abbot Mark Davis
(513) 684-4216
email:CZC@fuse.net
Practice tradition: Korean
Gaden Samdrupling
Tibetan Buddhist Monastery & Heritage Center
3046 Pavlova Drive
Cincinnati OH 45251
513.385.7116 (phone)
url:
http://www.gadenusa.org/ email:
gsl@ganden.org
Openway Sangha – Buddhist Dharma Center of Cincinnati
PO Box 23307
Cincinnati, OH 45223-0307
(513) 541-1650 -- Bonnie Beverage
info@cincinnatidharma.org>
cincinnatidharma.org
Practice Tradition: vipassana
Tri-State Dharma
P.O. Box 5378
Cincinnati, OH 45205
(513) 921-5377 -- Pat Dolan
www.tristatedharma.org
Practice Tradition: vipassana
Cleveland
Chua Vien Quang Temple – Vietnamese Buddhist Association
5305 Franklin Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44102
Home: (216) 631-3769 -- Le Nguyen (pronounced Lee Win)
Work: (216) 664 2319 -- Le Nguyen (pronounced Lee Win)
Practice Tradition: Ch’an in Vietnamese
Cleveland Buddhist Temple -- Buddhist Churches of America
1573 East 214th Street
Euclid, OH 44117
Phone: (216) 692-1509
Fax: (216) 692-2012
http://samsara.law.cwru.edu/~cbt
Practice Tradition: Jodo Shin Shu (True Pure Land)
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Group
c/o Fred Schwieg
2705 Gibson Drive
Rocky River, OH 44116
(440) 331-3581 -- Fred Schwieg
clevesmg@dellepro.com
www.parasamgate.com/cleveland
www.shambhala.org/center/cleveland
Practice Tradition: Karma Kagyu, Shambhala
The Cleveland Zazen Group
1824 Wilton Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
(216) 932-3084 -- Susan and Larry Rakow
srr@bw.beachwood.k12.oh.us
Practice Tradition: Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen blend
Jijuyu-ji Zen Sangha of Cleveland
24365 Oakhill Drive
Euclid, OH 44117
Home: (440) 537-7104 -- Dean Williams
Work: (440) 446-1142 -- Dean Williams
jijuyuji@yahoo.com http://www.jijuyuji.org
Practice Tradition: Soto Zen
Cloudwater Zendo
14436 Puritas Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44135
(216) 889-1393 -- Venerable Shih Ying-Fa
yingfa@cloudwater.org
www.cloudwater.org
Practice Tradition: Ch’an, Traditional Pure Land (Chinese)
Insight Meditation of Cleveland
1878 Temblehurst Road
South Euclid, OH 44121
(216) 691-0711 -- Paul Gellman
paulgellman@aol.com
http://www.imcleveland.org/
Practice Tradition: Vipassana
Jewel Heart Cleveland Chapter
2670 W. 14th Street
Tremont OH, 44127
(216) 556-4658 -- information line
jhcleve@stratos.net
Practice Tradition: Gelugpa
Soka Gakkai International - USA
Cleveland Community Center Send mail to: PO Box 35288
13111 Crossburn Avenue Cleveland, OH 44135
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: (216) 265-0974 -- Mike Oakley, T.C., Barb
Fax: (216) 265-0151
www.sgi-usa.org
Practice Tradition: Nichiren Dishonen
Third Saturday Group
3287 Hyde Park Avenue
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
(216) 321-2720
whkeller9@aol.com
Practice Tradition: silent meditation
True Names Sangha (Cleveland Heights Sangha)
7910 Larkspur Lane
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
(440) 338-1970 -- Karen Mc Cann
mccann@macconnect.com
listed on Thich Nhat Hanh’s webpage
Practice Tradition: Zen, Theravada, Thich Nhat Hanh teachings
Columbus
Wake Up to Your Life Group of Columbus, Ohio
Web: http://www.wutyl-columbus.org/
Email: wutyl.columbus@gmail.com
Teachers: Ken McLeod, Janaki Symon
Affiliation: Unfettered Mind http://unfetteredmind.com/
Description: "The Wake Up to Your Life" group of Columbus, Ohio
is a nonsectarian group of Buddhist practitioners who come together to meditate
and study the teachings of Ken McLeod, Stephen Batchelor, and other Western
teachers.
Lineage: Non-Sectarian
Blue Heron Sangha
Martin de Porres Center
2330 Airport Drive
Columbus,
OH 43219
(614) 268-0838 -- Sandy Coen
scoen@columbus.rr.com
Practice:
Thich Nhat Hanh mindfulness meditation community
Tuesday nights,
7:15-8:45
Ching Ter Maitreya Buddha Temple
2891 E. Dublin Grainville Road
Columbus, OH 43231
Phone: (614) 794-1192 -- Master Judy Ma
Fax: (614) 794-0748
Practice Tradition: Pure Land
Columbus Buddhist Sangha
356 E. Tompkins Street
Columbus, OH 43202
(614) 263-3944 -- Marjorie Ota
Practice Tradition: Shin Buddhism
Zen Columbus Sangha
http://www.zencolumbus.com.
First Unitarian Universalist Church
93 W. Weishiemer Street, Columbus on
Tuesday from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
and Saturday 8:30 am – 9:30 am.
Karma Thegsum Choling
231 S. Grubb Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 228-6546 -- Lama Cathy Wesley
caj108@gateway.net
www.kagyu.org/centers/usa/usa-col.html
Practice Tradition: Karma Kagyu
Shambhala Center of Columbus
2088 Fairfax Avenue
Columbus , OH 43221
(614) 481-7540 -- Lawrence Hill
Hill.sitting@osu.edu
www.shambhala. org
www. shambhala. org/center/columbus
Practice Tradition: Kagyu, Nyingma, Shambhala
Watt Khmer Puthipreak
2620 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH 43217
(763) 383 0969
(614) 443-6469
Practice Tradition: Cambodian Theravada
Dayton
Gar Drolma Choling Dharma Center
http://www.gardrolma.org
info@gardrolma.org
Contact: Ellen Lauricella or Naomi Bloom
(9937) 767-8708
Practice Tradition: Tibetan Buddhist
Frankfort
The Mila Centre
Contact: Pam Free
279 Sheely Road
Frankfort, Ohio 45628
(740) 998-2748 (Usually prompt response)
rechungma53@hotmail (expect a delay)
Practice tradition: Tibetan Buddhism and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Hamilton
Hamilton Zen Center
114 Main Street
Hamilton, OH
Abbot Dennis Kurlas
email: mail@hamiltonzencenter.com
Kent
Kent Zendo
715 Franklin Street
Kent, OH 44240
(330) 673-6529 -- Tim McCarthy
twimp@earthlink.net
Practice Tradition: Non-traditional Soto Zen
Loveland
Eastside Sangha
Loveland, OH
Meeting Tuesday evenings at 7pm-9pm at Grailville Oratory
website: www.eastsidesangha.org
e-mail: esangha@fuse.net
Tradition (Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen, Mindfulness)
Mansfield
Mansfield Zen Center Support for Buddhist Practice
www.mansfieldzen.commansfieldzen@neo.rr.com419-632-8438
Also on My Space:
http://www.myspace.com/mansfieldzenand on Beliefnet:
http://community.beliefnet.com/mansfieldzen
Marion
Lotus Sangha
North Central Correctional Institute
Marion, OH
(216) 889-1393 -- Venerable Shih Ying-Fa
yingfa@cloudwater.org
www.cloudwater.org
Practice Tradition: Ch’an, Traditional Pure Land (Chinese)
Marietta
Tibetan Temple Dharma Center
201 Flintwood Dr.
Marietta, OH 45750
ttdharmacenter@yahoo.com
Teacher: Geshe Gendun Gyatso
Practce Tradition: Tibetan Gelupga school
Toledo
Toledo Sangha (Meditation Group)
5102 Pickfair Drive
Toledo, OH 43615
(419) 534-3063 -- Lynn and Jim Lyle
jim.lynn@sev.org
Practice Tradition: All spiritual orientations (Buddhist and non-Buddhist)
welcome for silent meditation
Toledo Zen Buddhist Sangha
(419) 536-4785 -- Ilsang Laurie Jackson
ljackson@wcnet.org
Practice Tradition: Korean Chogye
Toledo Zen Center
6537 Angola Road
Holland, OH 43528
(419) 861-1163
www.toledozen.org
jayweik@gmail.com
Practice Tradition:Hermitage Heart, in the Maezumi Lineage.
Vermillion
Dana Sangha
Vermillion, OH
(216) 889-1393 -- Venerable Shih Ying-Fa
yingfa@cloudwater.org
www.cloudwater.org
Practice Tradition: Ch’an, Traditional Pure Land (Chinese)
Wooster
Zen Society of Wooster
Meet weekly
(330) 377-5013 Tara Buckland
sunburyfarm@hotmail.com
http://www.zensocietyofwooster.org
Practice Tradition: Non-Traditional Soto Zen
Yellow Springs
Yellow Springs Dharma Center
502 Livermore Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
(937) 767-9919
ysdharma.org
Practice Tradition: Non-sectarian
Pema Tsal Meditation Center
716 Xenia Ave.
(937) 767-1362 - Kunga
(937) 324-5130 - Susan (after 5:30 pm weekdays)
(937) 372-0938 - Debora (after 5:30 pm weekdays)
Email: ohio@pematsal.com
Practice Tradition: Nyingma