Ohio
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Akron/Canton Shambhala Meditation Group
133 Portage Trail Suite 202
Cuyahoga Falls, OH, United States 44223
phone: 330-459-0320
contact: dmccune3446@yahoo.com
Bodhi Buddhist Association of Columbus [BBAC]
5208 Dierker Rpad, Columbus, OH 43220
Tel: (614) 326-3871
Email: changchienni@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.columbusbuddhist.org
Tradition: Open
Affiliation: Bodhi Monastery, Chuang Yen Monastery
Buddhist Cincinnati
4011 Allston Street, Cincinnati, OH 45209
Tradition: Theravada Interdenominational Education Center
Spiritual Director: Bhante Gunaratana
Contact: Carol Tyler or Todd Brown
Chua Vien Quang Temple
5305 Franklin Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44102
Contact: Le Nguyen
Tel: (216) 631-3769 home, (216) 664 2319 work
Affiliation: Vietnamese Buddhist Association
Tradition: Mahayana, Ch’an
Cincinnati Middle Way
569 Wilkinson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206
Contact: Morgan Williams
Tel: (513) 730-3030
Email: mockwilliams@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.Cincinnatimiddleway.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Asian Classics Institute
Spiritual Director: Geshe Michael Roach
Cincinnati Shambhala Meditation Group
4120 Hamilton Avenue, The Maitri Center, Cincinnati, OH 45223
Contact: Laura and Holger Thams
Tel: (513) 541-9007
Email: csmg@fuse.com
Tradition: Shambhala, Tibetan Kagyü, Ningma
Affiliation: Shambhala International
Teacher: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Cincinnati Zen Center
4011 Allston Street, Cincinnati OH 45209
Tel: (513) 684-4216
Email: CZC@fuse.net
Web site: http://www.cincinnatizencenter.org
Tradition: Kwan Um School of Zen
Affiliation: Furnace Mountain Sangha
Spiritual Director: Zen Master Dae Gak
Teachers: Mark Davis (Abbot) & Fran Turner (Abbess Emeritus)
City of Peace Sangha
Contact: Robert L. Guehl
2230 S. Patterson Blvd., #11, Kettering, OH 45409
Contact: (937) 479-5598
Email: robert.guehl@gmail.com
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
CloudWater Zendo
14436 Puritas Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44135
Tel: (216) 889-1393
Email: yingfa@cloudwater.org
Web site: http://www.cloudwater.org
Tradition: Ch'an and Pure Land
Abbot: Ven. Shih Ying-Fa
Cleveland Buddhist Temple
1573 East 214th Street, Euclid, OH 44117
Tel: (216) 692 1509, Fax: (216) 692 2012
Web site: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu/~cbt
Supervising Minister: Reverend Koshin Ogui, Sensei
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Cleveland Shambhala Meditation Group
Contact:Fred Schwieg
2705 Gibson Drive, Rock River, OH 44116
Tel: (216) 229-8264
Email: clevelandshambhala@cox.net
Web site: http://www.shambhala.org/center/cleveland
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü
Director: Fred P. Schwieg
The Cleveland Zazen Group
1824 Wilton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Contact: Susan and Larry Rakow
Tel: (216) 932-3084
Email: srr@bw.beachwood.k12.oh.us
Tradition: Mixed Rinzai and Soto Zen
Columbus Karma Thegsum Coling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center
231 S. Grubb Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: (614) 228-6546
Web site: http://www.columbusktc.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Affiliation: Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Woodstock, NY
Spiritual Director: Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche and Ven. Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
Resident Teacher: Lama Kathy Wesley
Contact: Ed Powers
Dayton, Ohio Miami Valley Meditation at SKH Quest Center
6263 Far HIlls Avenue at Whipp Road, Dayton, OH 45459
Tel: (937) 436-9990
Email: meditation@mvmeditation.org
Web site: http://www.mvmeditation.org
Tradition: Japanese Tendai and Tibetan Sakya vajrayana traditions
Affiliation: Tendai Mitsugon-An and Vikramasila Palden Sakya Centers
Spiritual Director: An-shu Stephen K. Hayes
Dharma Center of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 23307, Cincinnati, OH 45223
Tel: (513) 281-6453
Tradition: Zen / Vipassana
Dharma Drum Mountain - Ohio
Contact: Terrisa Lee
1537 Renwood Drive, Wooster, OH 44691
Tel/Fax: (H) (330) 263-1855
Email: tylee1537@aol.com
Director: Ven. Master Sheng -Yeng
Tradition: Chinese Ch'an (Zen)
Dharma Heart: A Soto Zen Practice Place
Location: Rocky River (Cleveland west-side suburb)
Weekly Sitting: Wednesday evenings; 6:30 p.m. new comers; 7:00 p.m. bell rings
Location: WestShore Unitarian Universalist Church
20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River
Contact: Lynne Brakeman, (216) 521-4239
Email: lbrakeman@cox.net
Web site: under construction
Tradition: Soto Zen (San Francisco Zen Center)
Teacher: Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Eastside Sangha
Meeting at Grailville Oratory every Tuesday evening
931 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH 45140
Contact: Paul Davis (513) 943-9230 or Blake Helms (513) 459-9152
Email: behelms@cinci.rr.com
Web site: http://www.eastsidesangha.org
Tradition: Vipassana, Thich Nhat Hanh
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Gaden Samdup Ling Monastery
3360 Bishop Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Contact: Jackie Young
Tel: (513) 235-3425
Email: drangden@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.ganden.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Dogam Gaden Tensung Ling Monastery
Spiritual Director: Ven. Geshe Lobsang Sopa
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center
1329 Creighton Avenue, Dayton OH 45420
Tel: (937) 252-2220
Email: gdc@gardrolma.org
Web site: http://www.gardrolma.org
Tradition: Tibetan,Drikung Kagyu
Spiritual Director: His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche
Contact: Ellen M. Lauricella, Naomi Bloom
Insight Meditation of Cleveland
1878 Temblehurst Road, South Euclid, OH 44113
Contact: Paul Gellman
Tel: 216-687-1617 Information and message line
Email: cleveland@jewelheart.org
Web site: http://www.jewelheart.org
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhist
Spiritual Director: Gelek Rimpoche
Jewel Heart Cleveland Center
2670 W. 14th St., Cleveland, Ohio, 44112, USA
Tel: 216-687-1617
Email: cleveland@jewelheart.org
Web site: http://www.jewelheart.org
Spirtual Director: Gelek Rimpoche
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhist
Jijuyu-ji Zen Group of Cleveland
24365 Oak Hill Drive, Euclid, OH 44117
Contact: Dean Williams
Tel: (440) 446-1142
Email: dmwilliams@repwest.com
Web site: http://www.members.cox.net/jijuyuji
Tradition: Soto Zen
Affiliation: Udumbara Zen Center (Evanston, IL)
Teacher: Sojun Diane Martin
Kent Zendo
715 Franklin Avenue, Kent, OH 44240
Tel: (330) 673-6529
Tradition: Soto Zen
Teacher: Tim McCarthy
Living Lotus Zen Sangha
25 Church St. Bellville, OH 44813
Contact: Jackie Moore
Tel: (419) 544-0833
Email: livinglotuszensangha@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.livinglotuszensangha.com
Tradition: Soto Zen
Affiliation: JijJijuyu-ji Zen Group of Cleveland, OH
Teacher: Zen Priest Dean Williams
Mansfield Zen Center
1568 Lexington Ave.
Apt. 4G
Mansfield, OH 44907-2639
Email: mansfieldzen@neo.rr.com
Website: http://WWW.MANSFIELDZEN.COM
Contact person: Michael Minock
Telephone: 419-632-8438
Lineage: Soto Zen
Teacher: Dean Williams from Jijuyu-ji Zen Group of Cleveland
Mila Retreat Center
279 Sheely Road, Frankfort, OH 45628
Contact: Pam Free
Tel: (740) 998-6958
Email: mila@bright.net
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Mindfulness Meditation of Columbus
Mondays: 870 High Street, suite 14 Worthington OH 43085
Thursdays: 1320 Cambridge Boulevard, Annex Room 105
Contacts:
Monday Group: Patricia Bright (614) 841-1908
Thursday Group: Jim Dunn (614) 291-7630
Emails: pbright3@aol.com and mmocohio@earthlink.net
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/mindfulnesscolumbus
Tradition: Vipassana meditation
Northeast Ohio Soto Zen Group
Location: Beachwood
Monday evenings, at Evolution Yoga
Contact: Rannigan Walsh
Emails: ranni@mac.com
Web site: http://www.members.cox.net/neosotozen
Tradition: Soto Zen (affiliate of San Francisco Zen Center)
Teacher: Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Ohio Buddhist Vihara
1831 Miles Road, Cincinnati, OH 45231
Tel: (513) 825-4961, Fax: (513) 825-1638
Email: ohiobuddhistvihara@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.ohiovihara.org
Tradition: Theravada
Chief Abbot: Ven. Koppakande Sumanajothi
Vice Abbot: Ven. Aluthgama Chandananda
Secretary: Ven. Dapane Sirisumana
Meditation Teacher: Ven. Daiun Iba
Openway Sangha – Buddhist Dharma Center of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 23307 Cincinnati, OH 45223-0307
Contact: Bonnie Beverage
Tel: (513) 541-1650
Email: info@cincinnatidharma.org
Web site: http://www.cincinnatidharma.org
Tradition: Vipassana meditation
Palyul Changchub Dargyeling, Ohio
P.O. Box 154 Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Tel: (440) 247-9490, Fax: 247-9438
Email: palyuloh@aol.com
Web site: http://www.palyulohio.org
Teacher: Ven. Penor Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa, Palyul Lineage
Phat Bao Tu - Buddhist Temple
2701 Robertson Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45212
Tradition: Mahayana, Vietnamese
Red Lotus Temple
821 Swigart Drive, Fairborn, OH 45324
Tel: (937) 878-8602
Email: virupaarya@aol.com
Web site: http://www.geocities.com/pathofbuddhism/main.html
Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land
Affiliation: Kung-ji Gompa Pure Land Buddhist Church
Spiritual Director: Reverend Virupa Arya
Shambhala Meditation Group of Columbus
4495 Indianola Avenue, OH 43214
Contact:
Roberta: (614) 226.4797 robertacanfield@msn.com or
Larry: (614) 338.1112 neckdoc@beol.net
Web site: http://www.shambhala.org/centers/columbus
Tradition: Shambhala, Tibetan Kagyü, Ningma
Affiliation: Shambhala International
Spiritual Director: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Co-ordinators: Stan Keely & Tisa McGraw
Soka Gakkai International - USA
Cleveland Community Center
Mailing: PO Box 35288 Cleveland, OH 44135
13111 Crossburn Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44135
Tel: (216) 265-0974 - Mike Oakley, T.C., Barb
Fax: (216) 265-0151
Web site: http://www.sgi-usa.org
Tradition: Mahayana, Nichiren Dishonen
Toledo Buddhist Sangha
3438 Brantford, Toledo, OH 43606
Tel: (419) 536-4785
Email: ljackson@toledobuddhistsangha.org
Web site: http://www.toledobuddhistsangha.org
Tradition: Zen and Vipassana
Affiliation: Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple and Deep Spring Center
Spiritual Director: Haju Sunim and Barbara Brodsky
Teacher: Ilsang Laurie Jackson
Tri-State Dharma
P.O. Box 5378, Cincinnati, 45205
Contact: Pat Dolan
Tel: (513) 921-5377
Email: prippet@aol.com
Tradition: Mahayana
True Names Sangha
Contact:Karen McCann
7910 Larkspur Lane, Chagrin Fall, OH 44022
Tel: (440) 338-1970, Fax: (440)338-5501
Email: mccann@macconnect.com
Tradition: Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hahn
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
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
Wat Buddha Mongkol Bhavana
7575 Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights OH 45424
Tel: (937) 237-0378
Email: samakng@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.ohiobuddhist.org
Contact: Ven. Samak Ngamsaeng
Tradition: Thervada, Thai and Lao
Spiritual Director: Ven. Samak Ngamsaeng
Wat Lao Buddhamamakaram
3624 Bexvie Avenue, Columbus OH 43227
Tel: (614) 231-9555
Tradition: Theravada, Laotian
Contact: Bhante Thavorn
Yellow Springs Dharma Center
502 Livermore Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Email: msteries@aol.com
Web site: http://www.ysdharma.org
Tradition: Mixed - Vipassana, Zen and Tibetan
Zen Columbus Sangha
Mailing: 5174 Sharps Ct., Westerville OH 43081
Email: flemingms@hotmail.com (include "Zen" in the subject line)
Web site:http://www.zencolumbus.com
Tradition: Soto/Rinzai Zen
Affiliation: Diamond Sangha
Spiritual Director: Daniel Terragno
Zen Shin Sangha - Cleveland Buddhist Temple
1573 East 214th Street, Euclid, OH 44117
Tel: (216) 692-1509
Tradition: Zen Buddhist
Zen Society of Wooster
344 N. Columbus Avenue,Wooster OH 44691
Contact: Tara Buckland
Tel: (330) 377-5013
Email:info@zensocietyofwooster.org
Web site: http://www.zensocietyofwooster.org
Tradition: Non-traditional Soto Zen
