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Nov 20, 2024
Kadam Dharma in USA
Kadam Dharma has been present in the USA since 1979 when Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche first visited. Since then many centers large and small have arisen throughout the country.
Kadampa Meditation Center New York is an internationally renowned center for meditation, where everyone is welcome to enjoy a peaceful environment or join in the many programs offered throughout the year. Whether you are looking for a day visit to the World Peace Temple, the 82-acre grounds and nature trails, an introduction to Buddhist meditation, or in-depth courses and retreats, KMC New York offers an enjoyable and meaningful experience.
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For more information visit: www.kadampanewyork.org
In the fall of 2019, the fifth Kadampa Temple for World Peace, based on the mandala and the heavenly mansion of Buddha Heruka, Buddha of Compassion, was inaugurated in the peaceful surroundings of the IKRC Grand Canyon. Both the special five-tiered architectural design and the sacred art within reveal that the temple is a representation of the Pure Land of Heruka Buddha and Vajrayogini Buddha.
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For more information visit: www.meditationinnorthernarizona.org
Kadam Dharma has been flourishing in New York City since Kadam Morten's arrival in 1994. Twenty-eight years later, many thousands of New Yorkers have benefitted from Venerable Geshe Kelsang's Modern Buddhist teachings and our sangha of committed practitioners is larger than it's ever been.
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For more information visit: meditationinnewyork.org
Since 2002, KMC Arizona has served the Tucson area - 5 hours away from IKRC Grand Canyon. In 2015, we moved to our new central location with a meditation room for 200, residential area for the managers, and a bookstore/community room.
With the inspiration of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, Gen-la Dekyong began regularly traveling to Phoenix from New Mexico, planting the seeds that would become Clear Light Buddhist Center in 2001. Since that time, the community has grown, becoming Kadampa Meditation Center Phoenix in 2016 and has been an oasis of inner peace for the Metro area. The Center regularly hosts events and retreats at International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon, just 2.5 hours to the North.
In 2013 Venerable Geshela spotted a large church for sale in the beautiful neighborhood of Los Feliz which the International Temples Project acquired. Over the years, the center moved to various locations throughout the city, including Santa Monica, Westwood, Crenshaw and Elysian Valley. Now called "Kadampa Meditation Center Los Angeles", or KMC LA, the Temple is nestled in the heart of Los Feliz, near Griffith Park, in a bustling and beautiful neighborhood with thousands of people walking and driving by everyday. KMC LA also currently operates three branches (Pasadena, Catalina Island, and Long Beach) with more planned.
For more information visit: meditateinla.org
Vajrarupini Buddhist Center was founded in 1996. Its name was later changed to Kadampa Meditation Center San Diego.
In 2020 KMC San Diego moved to a beautiful and cozy space in the vibrant Normal Heights neighborhood.
For more information visit: meditateinsandiego.org
Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco was established in 1991 as the first Kadampa Buddhist Center established in the USA. Situated in the bustling and popular Mission District, KMC San Francisco offers a place of refuge and growth for everyone in this busy modern world. In addition to our commercial city space, we also have 2 residential houses with beautiful outdoor areas for relaxation and gathering.
For more information visit: www.meditateinsanfrancisco.org
We started in Denver as Avalokiteshvara Center in 2000 as a branch of Heruka Center in Fort Collins, meeting in a rented room. Since then we have grown into a thriving community and are scheduled to complete our new building project in the Fall of 2023. Thousands of Coloradans have walked through KMC Colorado’s doors to learn how to meditate and tap into their own inner source of happiness. We are located in the beautiful Colorado neighborhood of SloHi next to Sloans Lake in Denver.
Visit meditationincolorado.org
Kadam Dharma arrived in Washington DC in 1994, when Vajrayogini Buddhist Center was founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Today, Kadampa Meditation Center Washington DC, located in the thriving Southwest Waterfront neighborhood near Capitol Hill, offers meditation classes, retreats, workshops and weekend events. Our spiritual program includes all three study programs: General Program, Foundation Program and Teacher Training Program.
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For more information visit: meditation-dc.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Florida is a Modern Buddhist Temple in the heart of the City of Sarasota, where it serves as a special place of peace and refuge, offering a relaxing World Peace Cafe, stunning World Peace Gardens, and modern on-site rooms for short-term and long-term visits. Our spiritual community consists of both on-site residents and those who live in the local area, who strive to be a modern-day example of how putting Buddha's teachings into practice creates a peaceful and harmonious environment that brings benefit to our friends, family, and greater community.
For more information visit: meditationinsarasota.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Fort Lauderdale was established in 2001. In 2018, we moved to our own space located just a few blocks from the stunning beaches of Lauderdale By The Sea. The first floor has been remodeled to provide a spacious and welcoming meditation room and community space, while the second floor offers accommodations with breathtaking views of the canal and boats. Kadampas come from all around the world to experience the peace and tranquility that KMC Fort Lauderdale offers. We welcome you to join our community and discover the transformative power of meditation.
For more information visit: www.meditateinfortlauderdale.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Tampa Bay was the first Kadampa Center to be established in Florida in 1996. It is located in the beautiful coastal town of Safety Harbor. We offer weekly classes, workshops, study programs and short retreats.
For more information visit: meditationintampabay.
KMC Miami is a modern and peaceful space located in the heart of Coral Gables, a beautiful neighborhood in the Miami area which is known for its tree lined boulevards, ivy-covered homes, and historic landmarks. Our friendly community is ready to welcome you to the center. We offer a variety of classes and events to support your meditation practice.
For more information visit: meditationinmiami.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Georgia is a modern Buddhist meditation center in the heart of Inman Park, only two-blocks from the Beltline.
We are located on 741 Edgewood Avenue NE, in a redesigned automotive garage dating back to 1938. The vintage brick building once housed AAA Electric Motor Service. The remodeled space features a comfortable meditation room, a children’s meditation area, lounge, gift shop and bookstore.
For more information visit: meditationingeorgia.org
Kadam Dharma first appeared in Chicago in the late 1990s. Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago's main center is located in Oak Park, a town just west of Chicago. A second location opened in 2012 in the heart of Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.
KMC Chicago currently has a branch in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, and also serves Michigan and Northwest Indiana.
For more information visit: www.meditateinchicago.org
KMC Bloomington is a beautiful commercial space located in downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Offering meditation classes, retreats, events and daily open hours which gives the public many options to discover peace of mind.
For more information visit: www.meditationinbloomington.
Kadam Dharma came to Indianapolis, Indiana in the late 1990s. Beginning as Dromtonpa Kadampa Buddhist Center, and later becoming Kadampa Meditation Center Indianapolis, the Center offers classes, workshops, retreats, and other special weekend events.
In 2022, KMC Indianapolis moved into a commercial space on the city’s northwest side. Located just a few short minutes from the city’s major beltway, the beautiful Center is part of a bustling urban district.
For more information visit: www.meditation-indianapolis.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Boston is located a short walk from the bustling area of Davis Square, on a main street in Cambridge just a mile north of Harvard University. It serves the greater Boston metro area by offering weekly classes and special events.
In addition, branch classes are running with the help of other teachers in Back Bay, Beverly, Newton and Portland, Maine. KMC Boston has developed outreach programs with Harvard University and other local schools and has been offering a monthly free outdoor meditation in the Boston Public Garden in the warmer months, April to September.
For more information visit: meditationinboston.org
Kadampa Meditation Center Maryland, located in Baltimore, is situated in a park-like setting on 1.8 acres of land. The meditation room holds over 100 people, with a large shrine containing temple-sized statues. KMC Maryland is also home to World Peace Cafe Baltimore, and can accommodate 8 residents.
For more information visit: www.MeditationMd.org
KMC North Carolina opened near Uptown in Charlotte in 2018. It is a beautiful city temple with deer and Dharma wheel, vajras, a modern Kadampa shrine, accommodation, yards and gardens.
For more information visit: meditationcharlotte.org
KMC New Mexico was established in Albuquerque by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1997. The original center was named Shakyamuni Buddhist Center and located in a small home in the Nob HIll area of Albuquerque. As the center grew we moved several times and in 2008 became KMC New Mexico. In 2016 we opened our urban temple where we enjoy serving the Albuquerque community and all of New Mexico by spreading the precious Kadam Dharma.
For more information visit: meditationinnewmexico.org
In 1997 Kadam Dharma arrived in Philadelphia with the first meditation space occupying a small apartment off of Antique Row.
In the summer of 2022 Kadampa Meditation Center Philadelphia moved into a spacious, beautiful, and peaceful commercial space located in the historic Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia. Situated between eighteenth century Christ Church and 4th Street Friends Meetinghouse, KMC Philadelphia occupies a unique place among Philadelphia's historic spiritual communities - we offer Modern Buddhism, rooted in ancient lineage, for the modern world.
For more information visit: www.meditationinphiladelphia.org
In 2002, in Columbia South Carolina, the Ganden Kadampa Buddhist Center was founded, it later became KMC South Carolina.
In 2021, we relocated to a commercial building close to the city center, offering non-residential general program classes, half-day courses, events and short retreats.
For more information visit: meditationinsouthcarolin
We were established in 1994 by the renowned Buddhist Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyasto Rinpoche. We moved to our current location in the Dallas West End in February 2017 after 10+ years in Arlington and in our previous locations of Irving and East Dallas.
For more information visit: www.meditationintexas.org
Kadam Dharma has been present in Houston since 2005. Over the years the opportunities to practice have increased.
Now we have Kadampa Meditation Center Houston, opened in 2020 and located in the Montrose neighborhood - the heart of the city. We are pleased to be offering evening classes, day courses, weekend events and short retreats for the millions of people in the Houston area.
For more information visit: meditationinhouston.org
The Chittamani Buddhist Center opened in Austin, Texas in 2003. Nearly a decade later a space was purchased and shortly after was renamed Kadampa Meditation Center Austin. KMC Austin continues to hold classes in the cozy house just a few miles south of downtown.
For more information visit: meditationinaustin.org
Venerable Geshe-la granted Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment in Seattle in the early '90s, and KMC Washington was opened in 1993, moving in 2003 to its present campus with two resident houses, teacher cottage and beautiful temple with stained-glass windows.
For more information visit: www.meditateinseattle.org
Located at 1825 S. Park St., just north of the Beltline, our Center also features a meditation room, bookstore and community area.
Our Center is dedicated to helping the people of Madison find solutions to problems in daily life through reducing stress and developing and maintaining inner peace. Everyone welcome!
For more information visit: meditationinmadison.org
Tucked away on 11th street, near McCarren Park, is KMC Williamsburg, a beautiful contemplative space, where everybody is welcome. Classes are offered throughout the week, giving a diverse Brooklyn crowd access to the methods taught by Buddha for cultivating deep and lasting peace and happiness. First established in 2005, the Center now offers multiple General Program classes throughout the week, Saturday courses and retreats and a Foundation Program for students looking to go deeper in their understanding and practice. The Sunday “Coffee, Tea and Chat” remains a favorite among the community.
For more information visit: meditationinwilliamsburg.org
Since 2004, Vajravarahi Meditation Center, now Kadampa Meditation Center The Hamptons, has been making Kadampa Buddhism general program classes and study programs available to people on the South Fork of Long Island in its Water Mill location. In 2023, it began extending this benefit to the North Fork with its branch location in Mattituck.
For more information visit: www.hamptonsmeditation.org
In 2001, Dipamkara Meditation Center began its mission of providing pure Kadam Dharma in the Village of Huntington on Long Island’s north shore. Since then, it has become Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island and has purchased the beautiful building that it now occupies.
For more information visit: meditationonlongisland.org
Vajradhara Meditation Center is an all-volunteer, non-profit community of meditation students living in Brooklyn. We offer Buddhist philosophy and meditation in classes that are designed to benefit folks of any spiritual bent, including atheists and agnostics.
Our center was established in 2005 in a rented townhouse in Fort Greene. It next moved to a second-story venue in Prospect Heights and then to our current storefront on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill. Our space has a small bookstore, lounge, meditation room and backyard patio.
For more information visit: brooklynmeditation.org
Mahamudra Kadampa Meditation Center is a peaceful place of refuge and spiritual encouragement. We present meditation and Buddha’s timeless wisdom for a happier life. Everyone is welcome in our community.
For more information visit: www.meditateinthesouthbay.org
The Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Center opened it’s doors in 2016 in the
beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of Western North Carolina in the City of Asheville. Since
opening our doors in 2016, our Kadampa Community in Western North Carolina has
been growing and we also now offer weekly classes in the Upstate of South Carolina in
the City of Greenville and in the City of Knoxville in Eastern Tennessee. Due to the
natural beauty, pleasant climate, and low congestion of our region we are also seeing
more Kadampas relocating to our area and becoming part of the Je Tsongkhapa
Kadampa Community and helping Kadam Dharma flourish even more in this part of the
country.
For more information visit: meditationinasheville.org
Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center was established by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in 2000 to offer meditation and Buddhism in Olympia, Washington in particular, and the South Puget Sound in general. We provide everyone with the opportunity to listen to, contemplate, and meditate on the ancient teachings of Buddha in a modern setting.
For more information visit: meditateinolympia.org
Maitreya KBC has been offering Dharma classes in Jacksonville FL since 2004 in the Northeast Florida region. The Center started in Atlantic Beach, and in 2021 moved to the Baymeadows area, where Sangha gather together for snacks in the tearoom after Sunday morning classes.
This is a place where students have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, to volunteer, and feel their value to spread Kadam Dharma.
Maitreya KBC also has a branch in Palm Coast Florida.
For more information visit: meditationinjacksonville.org
Odiyana Kadampa Buddhist Center is conveniently located in the heart of Glastonbury, CT. Easily accessible from rt.2, the Center is set back from the road on a hill providing for perfect conditions for classes, meditations, retreats and prayers. Odiyana KBC's community is always friendly and welcoming. Programming is designed to meet the needs of students of all levels.
For more information visit: meditationinconnecticut.org
Located in the scenic river town of Lambertville, New Jersey, Menlha Center offers a variety of beginner and advanced classes, as well as day courses and retreats. Kadam Dharma first appeared in Lambertville, New Jersey in 1997. Since then Menlha Center has grown over the years and is well known in the community. The Center features a separate meditation space as well as a cafe style kitchen area, bookstore, and lounge. We offer weekly meditation classes at our main center in Lambertville, New Jersey, as well as Princeton, High Bridge and Hamilton. Our weekly classes in PA include Doylestown and Bethlehem.
For more information visit: www.
Samudrabadra Kadampa Buddhist Center introduced Dharma to the Ft Myers area in 2000.
We currently occupy our own commercial space centrally located in this beautiful south Florida city. Over the years we have had the privilege of sharing Kadam Dharma with hundreds of visitors to our center and formed a strong local sangha community.
All are welcome here.
For more information visit: meditationinfortmyers.org
Kosala Buddhist Center is a peaceful gem in downtown Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC. It offers Kadam Dharma to the people of the Triangle region and surrounding regions of North Carolina.
For more information visit: meditationinchapelhill.org
Kadam Dharma appeared in Westchester County, New York in 1996 as a branch of Chakrasambara Buddhist Center (now KMC NYC). At the request of the students the branch became Vajra Light Buddhist Center in 2000. In September 2023, Vajra Light opened a beautiful new space in Mamaroneck, NY (just 25 miles north of NYC).
For more information visit: www.
Mahakankala Kadampa Buddhist Center was founded in 1995 by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche while he was doing a writing retreat in Santa Barbara. Upon opening the Center, Geshe-la explained the meaning of Mahakankala: “The name ‘Mahakankala’ is a Sankskrit name. ‘Maha’ means ‘great’ and Kankala has many meanings, but its principal meaning is ‘compassion’. Therefore, the real meaning of ‘Mahakankala’ is ‘Bodhisattva’. This indicates that many people at this Center will develop great compassion and become true Bodhisattvas.” -Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, December 1995, Santa Barbara
For more information visit: meditationinsantabarbara.org
Kadam Dharma first arrived in Colorado in Fort Collins in 1999.
Today, Heruka KBC is located in a friendly commercial space in the center of town.
For more information visit: www.meditateinfortcollins.org
Mahakaruna KBC first opened in Petaluma in the late 90s. Having changed buildings many times throughout the years, now the center is located in a beautiful historic home in the heart of downtown, walking distance from many local restaurants and shops, and easily accessible for members of the surrounding communities.
For more information visit: www.meditateincal.org
Vajradhara Meditation Center was established in 2005 and now operates out of a storefront space close to Downtown Brooklyn. The Center also offers branch classes in several Brooklyn neighborhoods.
For more information visit: brooklynmeditation.org
Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center is located in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains in southwestern Virginia. The center has been giving precious Dharma teachings to students in Roanoke for nearly 20 years. We moved into a wonderful new commercial space in 2022.
For more information visit: www.meditationinvirginia.org
In 1997, the Mahasiddha Buddhist Center opened in Portland, Oregon in the close-in neighborhood known as Ladd’s Addition. The Center has moved several times since, and the growing community—now known as Mahasiddha Kadampa Buddhist Center—is located in southwest Portland.
For more information visit: meditationinoregon.org
The Vajrayogini Kadampa Buddhist Center is located in Santa Ana in Orange County, California. With easy access and a central location offering daytime and evening classes, weekend events and multiple satellite branches in the area to meet the needs of the community and so that Kadam Dharma may flourish.
For more information visit: www.meditationinorangecounty.org
Tushita Kadampa Buddhist Center is located in the Conejo Valley of California, between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. We have been serving the Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks area for 16 years. Our Resident Teacher Rebecca Gauthier has been studying Kadampa Buddhism for over 30 years. Our center offers General Program classes 7 days a week, as well as Foundation Program and Teacher Training Program. We have recently moved into a lovely space in The Oaks Mall where we have a beautiful gompa and a small bookstore. Currently we are planning a large public talk with Gen La Jampa at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center for February 2024. If you are in the area, please stop by and visit us.
For more information visit: www.meditateinwestlake.org
Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Center is located in a quiet residential area near several parks and the riverfront. We provide teachings, meditation classes and training programs with love, to help people create happier, more peaceful lives. Everyone is welcome.
For more information visit: www.meditationpa.org