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...equal measure,” according to the website of the Sakya Institute. The practice taught at the Institute is “based on the classic gradual approach, beginning with mind-training and concluding with advanced Vajrayana deity practice.” The institute offers classes studying various Buddhist texts, as well as meditation. The Venerable Lama Migmar, who is also Harvard’s Buddhist Chaplain, founded the Manjushri Temple in 1996, which is based on the teachings that seek to “integrate Buddhism into our daily routine.” Some of the classes have...
Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center
...Thank Buddha It’s Friday” meditation and dinner (yes, the bark in the soup is edible—and healing to boot), held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at 6:30 p.m. (suggested donation $5). The GBBCC is actually a Buddhist temple in the Chinese tradition of Fo Guang Shan, which Yifa, the Center’s director and resident nun, calls “co-humanistic Buddhism”—i.e. Buddhism that is “engaged with society” and emphasizes “this life...
...years ago, Yifa began organizing outreach retreat programs for college students—one is a weekend at Deer Park, a mountain owned by Fo Guang Shan in New York, and the other a month-long program in Taiwan during which students practice a humanistic Buddhist monastic life mixed with research and community service. The retreats include students of all ethnicities, religious denominations and nationalities, and you can’t beat the price: free! For more information about the application process go to www.woodenfish.org...
Cambridge Buddhist Association