Florida 佛州

Orlando Area 奧蘭多:

Guang Ming Temple 佛光山光明寺
6555 Hoffner Ave, Orlando FL 32822
http://www.orlandobuddhism.org
https://www.facebook.com/guangmingtemple/

The Fo Guang Shan order in Central Florida began in 1992 with a small group of disciples who gathered to chant sutras and discuss Buddhist teachings regularly. Local Taiwanese and Chinese American families soon felt a need for a temple, and after donation of a piece of land near the airport, a majestic 3-story temple with an ornate traditional roof opened to great fanfare in 2007. Today, Fo Guang Shan Guang Ming Temple hosts regular activities in English, Spanish, and Chinese, including meditation groups, yoga classes, weekend Mandarin language and Chinese school, children’s camps, vegetarian festivals, and more. Hundreds come out for major holidays such as Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Lunar New Year, and Buddha’s Birthday Vesak Celebrations. In addition, a memorial pagoda in the rear holds the urns and ashes of the deceased.

Amitabha Buddhist Society of Central Florida  中佛州淨宗學會
3348 TCU Blvd, Orlando, FL 32817
1475 S. Lake Howard Drive, Winter Haven, FL 33880 (old)
http://amtbcf.org/
https://www.whatbuddhataught.org/
http://amtb-fl.org (old)
https://www.facebook.com/amtbflorida

Founded in 2015, this Pure Land group originally met at a rented office suite (1612 E Colonial Dr. Ste#10, Orlando, FL 32803) for a couple years before moving into a single-family house. It consists of a handful of families with chanting in either Chinese or Vietnamese (the families also include languages of Cantonese, Hakka, Taiwanese, and more).

Tzu Chi Orlando
5401 Alhambra Dr. #A, Orlando, FL 32808
TzuChi.us

Miami 邁阿密:

International Buddhist Progress Society Miami
9341 Northwest 57th Street, Tamarac FL
https://www.facebook.com/FGSMiamiTemple/

The main Chinese Buddhist group in South Florida, the Fo Guang Shan Miami temple in Broward County opened in 2003 and is smaller than its Orlando counterpart Guang Ming Temple.

Tzu Chi Miami
8070 Pasadena Blvd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 
https://tzuchi.us/academy

Situated in a two-story building in between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Tzu Chi’s Miami branch includes a Tzu Chi Academy weekend Mandarin / Chinese school.

Other areas:

Tallahassee Chan Center  法鼓山 塔拉哈西
647 McDonnell Drive, Tallahassee FL 32310
http://www.tallahasseechan.com

This is the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association group in the panhandle of Florida. Started in 2009 by Guo Gu (Professor Jimmy Yu of Florida State University), a former attendant of Venerable Master Sheng Yen (founder of Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association), the group moved to its own building at its current location in 2017. Most activities are in English; in fact, there are relatively few Chinese speakers and most attendees are not Asians. The meditation sessions and retreats attract a diverse audience, and residential Zen retreats are now held here regularly.

Tallahassee Chan Center led several community activities (some in conjunction with FSU) dedicated to countering racism and supporting social justice in the wake of the Black Live Matters movement, and also was the founding organization and leader of Dharma Relief, a Buddhist nonprofit that raised hundred of thousands of dollars for Covid PPE supplies donated to hospitals and nursing homes across the country!

Pure Land Buddhist Learning Center, Amitabha Buddhist Society of Tampa 坦帕淨宗學會
8607 Hulsey Rd, Tampa, FL 33634
Facebook: PureLandBLC

A Pure Land chanting group loosely connected with the tradition of Master Chin Kung, this group meets regularly for mindful recitation practice of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name, as well as hosting larger ceremonies on holidays. Participants include a significant Vietnamese group as well as a Chinese-speaking core. The group moved into its current location, a former Christian church, in 2017, after initially renting space on Hillsborough Ave.

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Georgia 喬州

Also visit www.AtlantaBuddhism.org and AtlantaZen.org

Dharma Jewel Monastery 法寶寺 (中台禪寺亞特蘭大分院)
(Chung Tai Zen Center of Atlanta)
2550 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30345
English: www.DharmaJewel.US
中文:  https://www.ctworld.org.tw/108/dharmajewel/index.htm 
Facebook: Dharma Jewel Monastery

The Atlanta branch of Chung Tai Chan Monastery, Dharma Jewel Monastery opened in 2009 under the direction of Grand Master Wei Chueh. The facility was previously a Korean Christian church with a main hall on the ground level and small classrooms in the basement; an expansion completed in 2017 brought a kitchen and dining hall to the temple. Our observation is that Dharma Jewel Monastery attracts a diverse crowd including Caucasians, African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian-Americans. This is through bilingual ceremonies, as well as several regular meditation classes in English, as well as children and family meditation courses.
中文初級禪修班 

 

亞特蘭大佛學社 Atlanta Buddhism Association
6117 Oakbrook Pkwy, Norcross, GA 30093
www.atlaba.org

Pre-Pandemic: They meet every Sunday at 10am - 12pm, and sometimes in the afternoon too. Non-denominational in the sense that all sorts of activities, from chanting sutras to meditation. Founded in 1988 and the oldest Chinese Buddhist group in Atlanta, the crowd there is fairly small nowadays, but very friendly.

 

亞特蘭大淨宗學會 Mietoville Academy - Pure Land Association of Atlanta
2800 Simpson Circle, Norcross GA 30071
www.amtb-atl.org

They meet for chanting every Sunday morning followed by free lunch, and some afternoons too. A study group / book club in Chinese too. No resident monastics, but will invite visiting teachers about twice a year. Founded in 1988 initially in the basement of Professor Hsu, the group then met at a location in Lilburn until moving to its current permanent home in Norcross in 2015.

 亞特蘭大法鼓山 Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association, Atlanta Branch
New Location 2024 (member’s house): 4977 Dillards Mill Way, Peachtree Corner GA 30096
Previous locations: 4036 Wetherburn Way NW, Norcross, GA 30092 and 2440 Pleasantdale Road, Suite 300 Atlanta GA 30340 (old)
www.ddmbaatlanta.com

They have a sutra study group in Chinese. Also host residential retreats. The new location near Peachtree Corners opened in 2022 and hosts meditation retreats (bilingual English/Chinese) as well as teachings from visiting monks and nuns from the Chan Center in New York City every few months.

普賢寺 Pu Xian Temple
3140 Shallowford Pl, Chamblee GA 30341

This is a small house turned temple with a nun from Hebei, China. Activities are very "traditional", they have a decent following of mainland grad students from GT/GSU. They use WeChat to communicate.

慈濟 Tzu Chi Foundation - Atlanta Branch
3120 Medlock Bridge Rd, Bldg E, Peachtree Corners GA 30071
Formerly at 2000 Clearview Ave, Atlanta GA 30340
www.TzuChi.US
Tzu Ching - multiple chapters (GT & Emory)
Facebook: Multiple pages

Today, Tzu Chi Foundation has activities in over a hundred countries with its “Four Major Missions” consisting of Charity, Medicine, Education, and Humanity. In Atlanta, they are very active in community service, and have a book club and other events too. For university and college students, there is an Emory and a Georgia Tech chapter of Tzu Ching, you can find them on Facebook (Emory University Tzu Ching) and Line. Students will do charity and services like Trees Atlanta planting trees, visiting elderly at retirement centers, Chinese community centers, and nursing homes, etc. The large and spacious new facility in Peachtree Corners opened in 2021-2022, moving north from the original location on Buford Highway.

The Tzu Chi Academy Atlanta is a weekend Mandarin language and Chinese cultural school, open to enrolling children and adults.
https://tzuchi.us/academy/atlanta​

帕奧禪林分支道場 Pa Auk Tawya Vipassanadhura Hermitage GA - America Dhamma Society
1975 Old Flat Branch Rd. Ellijay GA 30540
www.americadhammasociety.org

Established in 2017, this is a 178-acre rural retreat center home to some Chinese-speaking monastics practicing in the Burmese tradition. 


喬治亞州佛學夏令營 Georgia Buddhist Summer Camp
www.georgiabuddhistcamp.com
Facebook: GA Buddhist Camp

Established in 2013 by Venerable Master Ming Kuang from Taiwan and Dr. Hsu in Atlanta, with the first summer camp in 2014, the Georgia Buddhist Summer Camp is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Buddhism to modern life. Adults, Teenagers, Children are all welcome, bilingual English/Chinese, overnight in air-conditioned cabins at Hard Labor Creek State Park. Lots of fun!
Visiting monastics include from Ven Ming Kuang from Taiwan, Rev. Heng Sure, and others from institutions such as Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and Dharma Realm Buddhist University in California, Drepung Loseling Institute of Texas, Fa Yun Chan Monastery in New Mexico, University of Florida, Life University in Marietta, Chan Meditation Center Dharma Drum Mountain New York, and others!

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North Carolina 北卡

International Buddhist Progress Society North Carolina  北卡佛光山 (Fo Guang Shan Temple NC)
2529 Prince Drive, Raleigh. NC 27606
http://www.ibpsnc.org/
中文:   facebook.com/IBPSNC
English: facebook.com/northcarolina.ibps

In 1998, Venerable Hsing Yin’s disciples formed a Buddhist study group in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill), bringing together Taiwanese and Chinese-Americans to create the Fo Guang Shan chapter in North Carolina. The temple building opened in 2010 as an impressive new-build with unique architectural features including environmentally-friendly design, rustic wooden logs that nestle the building well in the tree-lined neighborhood facade, and large glass walls allowing ample natural light, especially in the dining hall and bookstore. It is perhaps unlike any other Buddhist temple in the United States.

Tzu Chi Charlotte
4527 Dwight Evans Rd Charlotte, NC 28217 (inside sharing space in a commercial warehouse)

Alabama 阿拉巴馬

Buddha Heart Village 圓覺寺  
3120 Sand Hill Rd Auburn, AL 36830
http://buddhaheartvillage.org