Master Uy, a Buddhist monk in El Monte, California, escaped Communist Vietnam in 1990. He is one of the so-called, “Boat People,” a group of some 2 million refugees who fled Vietnam from the time of the fall of Saigon in 1976 until the mid-1990s. Approximately 800,000 of those refugees settled in the United States, […]

James Baraz leads the Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley and is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center where, in addition to leading retreats, he coordinates the Community Dharma Leader program. He created and teaches the Awakening Joy course, is on the international advisory board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and leads meditation retreats […]

The International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS) is a worldwide organization with headquarters in Japan that works to promote Jodo Shinshu and Pure Land Buddhism throughout the globe by providing academic classes and information on the religion.

The Zen Buddhist Association of Europe (ABZE) is an organization in France that works to organize and spread the practice of Soto Zen Buddhism.

The Buddhist Society is an organization in London that makes known the principles of Buddhist traditions and beliefs and encourages the practice of those principles.

European Buddhist Union (EBU) is an organization that unites the communities and all denominations of Buddhism across Europe. The organization works to promote Buddhism in Europe and connect the current Buddhist communities with each other across the country. Contact President Jamie Cresswell.

The International Buddhist Society has a mission to “propagate Buddhism through its practice, and to educate all sentient beings on how to attain Enlightenment and purification of the mind.”

Friends United Meeting (Quakers) is an international organization that works to provide educational resources for evangelism, global partnership and leadership and communication development. 

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada provides educational resources on leadership, support and beliefs.