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South Africa
International dialing prefix for South Africa +27
African Buddhist
Seminary
1 Wen Shu Crecent, Bronkhorstspriut
Gauteng 1020 South Africa
Tel: 13-931-0185, Fax: 13-931-0181
Email: hussein@nanhua.co.za
Web site: www.nanhua.co.za/fgsabs
Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guan Shan (Taiwan)
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Teachers: Ven. Huei Shiang, Ven. Huei Shang,
Ven. Ben Yong, Ven. Man
Ya, Pro. J Kruger
Benoni Cultural Centre
134 Busschau Rd., Vlei Rd.
Benoni, J.H.B. 5003 R.S.A.
P.O. Box 7132 PETIT 1512 R.S.A.
Tel: 27(11) 969-4438, Fax: 27(11) 969-3136
Emails: fgsafsa67@fgs.org.tw,
yunt@telkomsa.net,yung_chia_shih@hotmail.com
Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Bloemfontein Meditation Centre
P.O. Box 13085 Noordstad
Bloemfontein 9305, R.S.A.
Tel: 27 (51) 433-3452, Fax: 27(51) 433-3787
Email: fgsafsa69@fgs.org.tw
Tradition: Mahayana, Pureland, using Zen meditation
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan (Taiwan)
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Buddhist Retreat
Centre
P.O. Box 131 Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal 3276
Tel: (039) 834 1863, Fax: (039) 834 1882
Email: brcixopo@sos.co.za
Web site: www.brcixopo.co.za
Tradition: Theravada / Non-sectarian
Teachers: Ven. Thanissara and Ven. Kittisaro
Buddhist Theravada
Centre
Bishopsford Road, Hout Bay, Cape Town 7806
Contact: Lionel Theron or Siggy Franz
Tel: (021) 790 3478 or 797 8972
Email: bford@pixie.co.za
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Sassanaraka, Malaysia & World Fellowship of Buddhist
Teachers: Several including visiting teachers
Buddhist
Theravadan Group
(Godwin Samararatne Centre)
Victoria Road, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Tel: (021) 790 3478
Email: bford@pixie.co.za
Tradition: Theravada, Sri Lankan
Cape Town Cultural Centre
43 Sandpiper Crescent, Flamingo Vlei
Tableview, Cape Town 7441 R.S.A.
Tel: 27 (21)556-8478, Fax: 27(21) 557-4442
Email: fgsafsa6a@fgs.org.tw
Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Cape Town Samye
Dzong
5 Auburn Road, Kenilworth, 7700
Tel/Fax: (27) 21 761 2978
Email: samye@mweb.co.za
Tradition: Tibetan
The Dharma Centre
(Head Temple, Africa)
Contact: Heila and Rodney Downey
P.O. Box 795 Robertson, Cape 6705 South Africa
Tel/Fax: (27) 23 626 3515
Email: DHARMKEN@worldonline.co.za
Web site: home.worldonline.co.za/~dharmken
Founding Teacher: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Tradition: Kwan Um School of Zen (Korean)
Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
Durban Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Centre
2 Hollings Road,Durban/ Malvern,KwaZulu-Natal4093South Africa
Contact: Robbie Mawson
Tel/Fax: (27) 31 4640984
Email: info@meditateindurban.org
Web site: www.meditateindurban.org
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa
Affiliation: New Kadampa Tradition
Spiritual Director: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Teacher: Gen Kelsang Sangdak
Durban Meditation Centre
91 Fairway Drive Durban North 4051 R.S.A.
Tel/Fax: (31) 563-3848
Email: fgsafsa6b@fgs.org.tw
Tradition: Mahayana, Humanistic Buddhism
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsing Yun
Durban Zen
Group
Durban, South Africa
Tel: (27) 31-261-318
Tradition: Korean Chogye Order
Lineage: Seung Sahn
Guiding Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Contact: Ani Wolmarans
Emoyeni Retreat
Centre
P.O. Box 190, Mooinooi
Rustenburg/Brits
North West 0325 South Africa
Tel: (014) 574-3662
Email: emoyeni@xsinet.co.za
Web site: www.emoyeni-retreat.com
Tradition: Eclectic
Teacher: Mervyn Croft and affiliated teachers
Goenka Vipassana
Contact: James O'Donovan
NCWSTI UNIN; Private Bag X1106 Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Tel: (015) 268-3308, Fax: (015) 268-3263
Email: dhammaza@iii-world.com
For books and publications on Vipassana in South Africa
please contact: Girish Daya
PO Box 27566 Greenacres, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6057
Tel/Fax: (041) 457-5101, Mobile:(082) 764-6000
Email: dhammaza@iii-world.com
Tradition: Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka
Good Heart
Dharma Group
Durban, South Africa
Contact: Elizabeth Gaywood
Tel: 031-7014307
Email: cormkt@mweb.co.za
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Spiritual Director: Geshe Damch Yonten
Grahamstown Zen Group
Bamboo Grove Zen Centre
9 Mount Street, Grahamstown 6140 South Africa
Contact: Charlotte Jefferay
Tel: (27) 461-26163
Email: ascj@warthog.ru.ac.za
Tradition: Korean Chogye Order
Lineage: Seung Sahn
Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Johannesburg
(FWBO)
P.O. Box 1440 Cresta, Johannesburg 2118
Tel: 27
11 792 8435
Web site: www.fwbo.org/contacts
Tradition: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Spritual Director: Lama Ole Nydahl
Johannesburg Zen Group
P.O. Box 1080, Bucchleuch
Johannesburg 2066 South Africa
Contact: Neil Muir and Fanus Olivier
Tel: (27) 11-807-6066, Fax: (27) 11-807-6081
Email: olivier@icon.co.za
Tradition: Korean Chogye Order
Lineage: Seung Sahn
Guiding Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Kagyu Samye Dzong - Capetown
5 Auburn Road, Kenilworth, Capetown 7700
Tel: (27) 21 761 3583
Email: Karmapa@Iafrica.com
International Web site: www.samyeling.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Kagyu Samye Dzong - Johannesburg
43 Floss Street, off Roberts Avenue, Kensington 2094
Tel: (27) (0) 11 497 1870/1, Fax: (0) 11 497 1863
Email: dorje@gem.co.za
International Web site: www.samyeling.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Kagyu Samye Dzong - Port Elizabeth
22 Bayly Street, Charlo 6070, Port Elizabeth
Tel: (27) (0) 27 41 321 915
International Web site: www.samyeling.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Karma
Thegsum Choling
P.O. Box 39712 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 2 440275, Fax: 254 2 441994
Email: halpengo@africaonline.co.ke
Tradtion: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
The Lam
Rim Buddhist Centre of South Africa
P.O. Box 1325 Roosevelt Park 2129
Cell Phone: 083 327 0273
Email: kailash@iafrica.com
Web site: www.geocities.com/lamrimsa
Mahasiddha
Kadampa Buddhist Centre
2 Hollings Road, Malvern, Durban,
KwaZulu-Natal 4093 South Africa
Contact: Robbie Mawson
Tel: (0) 31 4640984, Fax: (0) 31 4640984
Email: info@meditateindurban.org
Web site: www.meditateindurban.org
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa
Affiliation: New Kadampa Tradition
Spiritual Director: Geshe Kelsan Gyatso
Teacher: Gen Kelsang Sangdak
Myanmar
Buddhist Association of South Africa
Dhammodaya Myanmar
Vihara
Web site: users.iafrica.com/m/mb/mbasa
Email: mbasa@iafrica.com
Spiritual Director: Ven. Chanmyay Sayadaw
Tradition: Burmese, Theravada Vipassana
Nan Hua Temple (I.B.A.S.A.)
11 Fo Guang Road, Erasmus Ext.8 (Cultura Park)
Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng 1020
Tel: (27 13) 931-0009, Fax: (27 13) 931-0013
Email: nanhua@nanhua.co.za
Web site: www.nanhua.co.za
Tradition: Mahayana, Pureland, using Zen meditation
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan (Taiwan)
Spiritual Director: Grand Master Hsing Yun
Contact: Ven. Man-ya, Ven. Hui-fang, Peter G Just
Newcastle Meditation Centre
86 Victoria Road. P.O. Box 9427 Newcastle 2940 R.S.A.
Tel: 27 (3431) 50-630, Fax: 27 (3431) 50-631
Email: nmc_sa@pchome.com.tw, nmc_sa@pchome.com.tw
Tradition: Mahayana, Pureland, using Zen meditation
Affiliation: Fo Guang Shan (Taiwan)
Spiritual Director: Grand Master Hsing Yun
Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism -South Africa
Contact: Jonny Blundell
Email: jonnyblu@iafrica.com
Web site: www.sgi-sa.org.za
Tradition: Mahayana
Poplar Grove Zen Centre
Contact: Margie and Antony Osler
P.O. Box 232 Colesberg 5980 South Africa
Tel: (27) 51-753-1356
Founding Teacher: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Tradition: Kwan Um School of Zen (Korean)
Guiding Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
ROKPA South Africa
Contact: Sean Vinsen
Johannesburg Samye Dzong
43 Floss Street, Kensington 2094
Tel/Fax: +27 11 614 19 48
Email: dorje@gem.co.za
International Web site: www.rokpa.org
Tradition: Charitable organisation/Tibetan,Kagyu
Founder: Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Rondebosch Dharma Centre
Contact: Marlize Meyer
6 Lulworth Mansions, Saint Andrews Road
Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700 South Africa
Tel: (27) 21-686-3698
Email: rons@iafrica.com
Web site: home.worldonline.co.za/~dharmken
Founding Teacher: Zen Master Seung Sahn
Tradition: Kwan Um School of Zen (Korean)
Guiding Teacher: Heila Downey, JDPSN
Sat Chit
Anand - Plettenberg Bay
16 Great Basses Road, Plettenberg Bay 6600 South Africa
Contact: Leela
Tel: (044) 533-0453, Fax: (044) 533- 0454
Email: satchitanand@global.co.za
Web site: www.satchitanand.co.za
Tradition: Non-sectarian
Guiding Teacher: Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
The SGI-SA Cultural Centre
Fearnhead Park
Cnr.Wells Avenue and Blandford Road, Parkview, Johannesburg.
Tel: (011) 788 5228
Email: hallo@sgi-sa.org.za
Web site: www.sgi-sa.org.za
Tradition: Mahayana, Soka Gakkai
The Tibet Society of South Africa *
PO Box 2674, Pinetown, 3600, KZN
Tel: (031) 7014307, Fax: 702 4535
Tradition: Tibetan Culture & Assistance
Email: tidbnsa@iafrica.com
Web site: www.tibet.org.za
* Pietermarizburg Branch
Contact: Cathy Murray
Tel: (033) 260 5323 or 386 5704
Email: tssapmbbranch@hotmail.com
Vajrapani Buddhist Centre
97 Oxford Road, Kensington
Johannesburg2094South Africa
Contact: Gen Kelsang Legden
Tel/Fax: 27-11-615 1692
Email: info@meditation.org.za
Web site: www.meditation.org.za
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa Tradition
Spiritual Director: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Teacher: Gen Kelsang Legden
Vipassana Association of South Africa
Dhamma Pataka
10 Dawlish Court, Hall Road, Seapoint,
Cape Town 8005, Western Cape, South Africa
Tel: (021) 433 2273, Fax: 780 1081
Email: info@pataka.dhamma.org
Web site: www.pataka.dhamma.org
Tradition: Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka
The Wisdom Centre
19 Bowden road, Observatory
Cape Town,Western Cape7925South Africa
Contact: Chad Barber
Tel: 082 4406653 or (021) 447 0159
Fax: (021) 447 1023
Email: info@wisdomcentre.org
Web site: www.wisdomcentre.org
Tradition: Non-sectarian Tibetan Buddhist resource centre
Founder:Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Affiliation: Nalandabodhi / Shambhala
Teacher: Jennifer Woodhull
Cameroon
International dialing prefix for Cameroon +237
Contact: Association Zen Internationale (ACI)
Tradition: Soto Zen (Deshimaru Correspondants)
Sombo,
A.M. Ngouem Ito. Bp 1. Sombo
Yaoundé,
Bp 14022
Contacts:
Victor Fouletier
Tel:237314125
Wawa Ngenge
Tel: 237221873
Sombo Zendo
BP 169 Eseka Village, Cameroun
Contact: Am Ngouemito
Tradition: Zen Buddhist
Botswana
Botswana Buddhist Association
P.O. Box 272
Gaborone North Plot 31330
Gaborone, Botswana
Contact: David Matthews (President)
Tel: 00267 395 3494
Fax: 00267 397 1294
Email: david.matthews@arup.com
Web site: www.BotswanaBA.org (under construction)
Tradition: Theravada but open to all Buddhists
Teachers: Visiting Buddhist Monks
Botswana has a small population. We are Buddhists from Sri Lanka, Burma, Britain, Japan, China, Nepal, America, Korea and South Africa. Predominantly Theravada but all welcome.
Burkina Faso (Formerly Upper Volta)
</b>International dialing prefix for Burkina Faso +226
Contact: Association Zen Internationale (ACI)
Ouagadougou , 03
Konfa Kambou. D.C.C.T. - Bp 501
Web site: www.zen-azi.org
Tradition: Soto Zen (AZI)
Founder: Master Taisen Deshimaru
Ivory Coast
International dialing prefix for Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) +225
Groupe Zen
Abidjan (AZI)
ENS 08, BP 10 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Tradition: Soto Zen
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Affiliation: Association Zen Internationale
Founder: Master Taisen Deshimaru
Contact: Michel Ostorero
Hoi Phat Giao
08 BP 1302 Abidlan
Cote d'lvoire, Africa
Tradition: Vietnamese Mahayana Temple
Kenya
</b>International
dialing prefix for Kenya
+254
Karma Thegsum Choling
P.O. Box 39712 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-2-440275, 254-2-440327
Fax: 254-2-441994
Email: halpengo@africaonline.co.ke
Tradition: Tibetan,Karma Kagyu
Contact: Tenzin Dorjee, Administrator
Contact: Remi Aruasa, Chairperson
Founder: His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Spiritual Director: Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.
Our regular meetings take place at the All Africa Conference
of Churches Headquarters, in Remi Aruasa's office
(first floor, number 18), off Waiyaki Way.
Nairobi Meditation & Dhamma Group
Address: Box 49584 Nairobi 00100
Tradition: Theravada, Non-Sectarian
Affiliation: Independent
Phone: 0727 306042
EMail: ariyavansa@gmail.com
Website: http://ariyavansa.org
Spiritual Director: Ven. T. Ariyavansa EMail (Phone: 0727 306042)
Notes and Events:
Weekly Group Meditation Sitting followed by a Study and Discussion of
the Dhamma taking place every Sunday in Nairobi.
Theravada Buddhist Centre
Loresho Ridge Road, Loresho
Nairobi, Kenya
Tradition: Theravada
Teacher: Ven. T. Ariyavansa
Weekly Meditation Sessions - Saturday at 4PM
Everyone Always Welcome
Ghana
International dialing prefix for Ghana +233
Maha Bodhi Society of Ghana
P.O. Box 7148, Accra, Ghana
Box 57, Agbozume V.R., Ghana
Tradition: Theravada
Senmyo-Zan
Hokkei-Ji Temple
Web site: www.proudblackbuddhist.org/New_Ghana/Page_1x.html
Contact:Samuel Adonteng
Tradition: Japanese Pure land - Nichiren Shoshu
Mali Republic
</b>International dialing prefix for Mali Republic +223
Association
de Developpement des Valeurs Humaines
Rue 547 Porte 202 Quinzambougou Bamako Mali
SIEGE: La Chateau de Paix Champ D'ADAMA
Banliex Est de Bamako Titibougou. Bamako Mali
Bamako, B.P.E.2040, Republic of Mali
Contacts:
Mr. Konate Adama (President)
Mrs Valkova Alevtina (Vice-President)
Mr Dada Malcolm (Directeur D'Etude)
Tel: 277-19-66 221-31-91 264-15-24
Email: cbspeaceculture@yahoo.fr
Tradition: Les Pratiquants du Bouddhisme de Nichiren
Affiliation: Soka Gakkai International Organisations
Spiritual Director: Mr Konate Adama
Teacher: Mr. Malcolm S. Dada
Association Zen Internationale (ACI) Bamako
Contact: Scott A. Coker
c/- Mamadou Traore, Cpf Bp 2688 Bamako
Affiliation: Association Zen Internationale
Founder: Master Taisen Deshimaru
Tradition: Soto Zen
Tanzania
International dialing prefix for Tanzania +255
Buddhist Temple
and Meditation Center
Plot No 606, P.O.Box 6665, Mindu Street, West Upanga
Dar es Salaam, Ilala 255 Tanzania, East Africa
Contact: Rev. Ilukpitiye Pannasekara
Tel: + 255 22 2150422
Mobile + 255 741 451745
Fax: + 255 22 2150422
Email: pannasekara@hotmail.com, revpannasekara@yahoo.com
Web site: www.pannasekara.com
Tradition: Theravada but welcome to all religions and traditions
Spiritual Director: Rev. Ilukpitiye Pannasekara - The Chief monk for the African continent
Zimbabwe
</b>International dialing prefix for Zimbabwe +263
ROKPA Zimbabwe
Contact: Trish Swift
P.O. Box 2418
34/31 Quendon Road, Honavale
Mabelreign, Harare
Tel: +26 34 304202 (or try 304411)
Email: rokpa@mango.zw or pcope@mango.zw
International Web site: www.rokpa.org
Tradition: Charitable organisation/Tibetan,Kagyu
Founder: Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Zaire
Monastere Bouddhbiste
Lihn Son
P.P.
15. 982 Kinshasa 1, Zaire Africa
Tradition: Vietnamese Mahayana
Abbot: Rev.
Thich Tri Tu (Kayembe Kasubi)
