Buddhism - Wilshire Center & Los Angeles Area
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Asian
Classics Institute, Los Angeles (ACI-LA)
Contact: Brian Smith
Email: briansmith@aci-la.org
Web site: www.aci-la.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Asian Classics Institute
Spiritual Director: Geshe Michael Roach
Teachers: Brian K. Smith, Summer Moore
Buddhist
Center Los Angeles
Contact: Karin Grillitz
432 S. Curson Avenue, Apt. 2B, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel: (323) 9311903, Fax: 9310909
Email: LosAngeles@diamondway-center.org
Web site: www.diamondway.org/la
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Affiliation: Diamond Way Buddhism
Spiritual Director: Lama Ole Nydahl
Buddhist
Group West Los Angeles
Contact: Yuri Aistovto
1854 Pandora Avenue, West Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel: (310) 475 4556
Email: webmaster@diamondway-center.org
Web site: www.diamondway.org/la
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Affiliation: Diamond Way Buddhism
Spiritual Director: Lama Ole Nydahl
Chagdud
Gompa - T'hondup Ling
3353 Rowena Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90027
Tel: (323) 953-0755
Web site: www.chagdud.org
Email: thondup_ling@juno.com
Founder: H. E. Chagdud Tulku
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa
Teacher: Lama Chödak Gyatso
Chua
Huong Tich
1238 S. Kenmore Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: 213-387-4569
Thich Thien Vien
Chua
Phat Giao Viet Nam
863 S. Berendo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: 213-384-9638
Thich Man Giac
Chua
Quan Am
3033 W. Leeward Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: 213-386-9298
Detroit St. Zen Center
650 S. Cochran Ave. #3
Los Angeles, Ca. 90036
Tel: (323) 954-8945
Web Site: www.detroitstzencenter.com
Teacher: Yuko Conniff
Dharma
Zen Center
1025 S. Cloverdale Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: 323-934-0330
Fax: 323-930-1961
e-Mail: info@dharmazen.com
Web Site: www.DharmaZen.com
Dharma
Vijaya Buddhist Vihara
1847 S. Crenshaw Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: 213-737-5084
eMail: dharma@nwc.net
Ven. Piyananda
Don't
Worry Zendo
444 N. Flores Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel: (323) 655-8659, Fax: (323) 655-8671
Email: ma@dontworryzendo.com
Web site: www.dontworryzendo.com
Tradition: Mixed - Non-sectarian
Teacher: Michael Attie
Gold
Wheel Monastery
235 North 58, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Tel/Fax: (323) 258-6668
Email: drbagwm@pacbell.net
Web site: www.drba.org
Tradition: Mahayana, Ch'an (Zen)
Affiliation: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Founder: Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
HanMaUm
SeonWon of LA
210 N. Catalina Street, Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (213) 382-1711, Fax: (213) 386-8852
Email: hanmaum@buddhapia.com
Web site: www.buddhapia.com
Tradition: Korean Zen/Seon
Affiliation: HanMaUm SeonWon (Zen Center) Chogye Order of
Korea
Director: Seon Master, Dae Haeng Keun Sunim
Contact: Ven. Hye Joong Senim
Hazy
Moon Zen Center of Los Angeles
1651 South Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, California 90019
Tel: (323) 735-7564
Email: info@hazymoon.com
Web site: www.hazymoon.com
Tradition: Soto and Rinzai Zen
Affiliation: Taizan Maezumi Lineage
Spiritual Director: William Nyogen Yeo
Insight LA
Contact: Amy Smith
Tel: (310) 774-3325, Fax: (310) 774-3325
Email: programs@insightla.org
Web site: www.insightla.org
Tradition: Theravada Buddhism (Vipassana)
Affiliation: Spirit Rock Center, Woodacre, CA
Spiritual Director: Trudy Goodman
International
Buddhist Meditation Center
928 S. New Hampshire Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: 213-384-0850
eMail: karunadh@ca.rr.com
Web Site: www.IBMC.info
Rev. Karuna Dharma
Jamgoen
Choelling Study Group
P.O. Box 24667 Los Angeles, CA 90024-0667
Tel/Fax: 310 824 1870
Email: tobyrhodes@netscape.net
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Director: Toby Rhodes
Jigme
Lingpa Center
4321 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City Los Angeles CA 90230
Tel: (310) 391-0089
Email: kmpsf@aol.com
Web site: www.wisdompath.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma, Dzogchen
Spiritual Director: Lama Lhanang Rinpoche
Kanzeonji
Non-Sectarian Buddhist Temple
951 Terrace 49 Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (323) 225-5345
Tradition: Soto Zen
Contact: Rev. Ryugen Watanabe, Osho
Koyasan
Buddhist Temple
342 E. 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: (213) 624-1267
Affiliation: Shingon Buddhist International Institute
Kwan
Um Sa Temple
4265 West Third St.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 380-3302
Kuan
Yin Buddhist Temple
242 E. Avenue 39th, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Tel: (213) 223-2614
Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land
Abbot: Ven. Sik Yuet Chin
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
L.A.
Dharma
1402 Greenfield Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 9002
Tel: (310) 479-8774, Fax: 473-0899
Email: michael@ladharma.org
Web site: www.ladharma.org
Tradition: Theravada / Vipassana
Affiliation: Non-sectarian
Visiting Teachers: Joseph Goldstein, James Baraz, Ralph Steele,
Shinzen Young, Mayumi Oda, Julie Wester, Carol Osmer-Newhouse.
Contact: Michael Shiffman
Los
Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
815 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4304
Tel: (213) 680 9130, Fax: (213) 680 2210
Email: labetsuin@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.nishihongwanji-la.org
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Ministers: Rinban George Matsubayashi
Rev. Bill Briones, Rev. Fumiaki Usuki
Los
Angeles Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Center
1492 Blake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Contact: Marcela De Vivo
Tel: (323) 223 0610, Fax: (323) 223 6001
Email: kbc@jps.net
Web site: www.meditateinla.org
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa
Spiritual Director: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Teacher: Gen Kelsang Lekma
Los
Angeles Shambhala Center
8218 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel: (323) 653-9342, Fax: 310 396-8287
Email: SCLA@aol.com
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/los-angeles
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Nichiren
Shu
2801 E. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Tel: (213) 262-7886, Fax: (213) 262-4602
Tradition: Mahayana, Nichiren Shu
Contact: Rev. Shokai Kanai
Ordinary
Dharma
Los Angeles, CA 902191
Tel: (310) 470-8443
Email: cr@fivechanges.org
Web site: www.ordinarydharma.org
Tradition: Vipassana, Zen, Social Justice, Engaged Buddhism
Affiliation: Thich Nhat Hanh
Spiritual Director: Caitriona Reed
Teachers: Michele Benzamin-Miki, Caitriona Reed
Palyul
Changchub Dargyeling
8291 Presson Place, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Tel: (213) 654-8662, Fax: -654-0196
Email: gbdharmacenter@yahoo.com
Web site: www.palyul.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa, Palyul Lineage
Teacher: Ven. Penor Rinpoche
Rigpa
- Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (310) 967-4444
Email: info@rigpa.org
Web site: www.rigpaus.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa (Rigpa)
Founder: Sogyal Rinpoche
Rinzai-ji
Zen Center
2505 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018-2020
Tel: (323) 732-2263
Email: office@rinzaiji.org
Web site: www.rinzaiji.org
Tradition: Rinzai Zen
Abbot: Denkyo Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Roshi
Santa
Monica Karma Kagyu Study Group
Contact: Daniel Kane
Tel: 310-451-4368
Email: SantaMonicaKKSG@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.SantaMonicaKKSG.org
1245 10th St. #4 (mail only)
Santa Monica CA 90401
Tradition: Tibetan,
Affiliation Karma Kagyu (www.kagyu.org)
Spiritual Dir: The Venerable 3rd Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
Santa
Monica Zen Center
1001B Colorado Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90815
Tel: (310) 572-9070, Fax: (310) 394-5101
Tradition: Three Treasures Tradition of Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Affiliation: White Plum Asangha founded by Taizan Maezumi
Roshi
Contact: Revs. William Yoshin Jordan and Elisabeth Jikan
Hartnett/
Steve Strasen or Roger Hawkins
Senshin
Buddhist Temple
1311 W 37th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Tel: (213) 731 4617, Fax: (213) 731 1318
Email: senshinbt@crosswinds.net
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Minister: Rev. Masao Kodani
Shantideva
Sangamaya
560 S. Stanford Avenue, Suite #205, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: J.M. Dharmakara Boda
Tel: (213) 623-3082
Email: info@shantideva.net
Web site: www.shantideva.net
Tradition: Non-sectarian
Affiliation: United Assembly of Bodhisattvas (UAB)
Teachers: Anagarika Dharmakara, Anagarika Dhammajoti,
Akira Hasagawa, Gary Anderson
Thal
Mah Sah Korean Temple
3505 Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Thubten
Dhargye Ling
3500 E 4th Street, Long Beach CA 90814
Contact: Lara Brooke
Tel: (562) 621 9865, Fax: 562-621
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Gaden Shartse Monastery
Spiritual Director: Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen
Patrons: H.H.Dalai Lama, H.E. Kyabje Lati Rinpoche
Unfettered
Mind
13323 W. Washington Boulevard, Suite 302 Los Angeles CA 90066
Tel: (310) 827-7766, Fax: (310) 823-3388
Email: ken@unfetteredmind.org
Web site: www.unfetteredmind.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Director/Principal Teacher: Ken McLeod
Urban
Dharma
928 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90006
Contact: Kusala Bhikshu
Email: Kusala@UrbanDharma.org
Web site: www.UrbanDharma.org
Tradition: American Buddhism
Teacher: Kusala Bhikshu
Vajrakilaya
Centres
Orgyen Kachod Ling
1042 S. Keniston Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca 90019
Tel: (310) 472-6515
Founder: Orgyen Kusul Lingpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa
Contact: Kelly
Lynch
West
Los Angeles Buddhist Church
2004 Corinth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel: (310) 477 7274, Fax: (310) 477 6674
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Minister: Rev. Harold Oda
Zen Center of Los Angeles / Buddha Essence
Temple
923 S. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90006
213.387.2351
www.zcla.org
email: info@zcla.org
Abbot and resident Head Teacher:
Roshi Egyoku Nakao
in Maezumi White Plum Lineage
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