Buddhist Geeks started as podcast for tech-savvy Buddhists looking for a fresh perspective on what it means to be a modern-day practitioner. It now includes retreats, conferences and an online community. Contact through the website.

DorjeShugden is a website providing a comprehensive background, history and lineage of Dorje Shugden and benefits of the practice. Dorje Shugden, a Tibetan Buddhist deity, has been publicly denounced by the Dalai Lama and is a source of controversy. Contact through the website.

World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) through Virginia Commonwealth University provides comprehensive information about the world’s religious and spiritual groups, with a primary focus on groups currently found in North America. The WRSP website includes profiles that include a presentation of a group’s distinctive beliefs, rituals, organization, leadership and challenges.

SotoZen-Net is a website that offers in-depth information on the Soto Zen school, including a directory of organizations and temples within and outside Japan.

Shinnyo-en is an international Buddhist community that teaches laypeople how to use each day as an opportunity to connect with others and seek enlightenment. Currently led by Shinso Ito, Shinnyo Buddhists promote the values of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Its website includes a list of sanctuary locations worldwide. 

Shambhala is a global community with more than 170 centers and groups worldwide. The Shambhala vision is rooted in the contemplative teachings of Buddhism. It is the Shambhala view that every human being has a fundamental nature of goodness, warmth and intelligence which can be cultivated through meditation, following ancient principles and further developed in […]

Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association is a U.S. based nonprofit organization founded and led by master Sheng Yen, a renowned teacher of Chan Buddhism. It aims to support scholarly research in the field of Buddhism, particularly the Chan tradition, instructing and encouraging Buddhist practitioners through its centers in the United States. Its international activities include […]

Buddha’s Light International Association is a faith-based organization of monastic and lay Buddhist based in California, and an NGO under the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Work done by BLIA include promoting education and raising gender equality, providing medical services and emergency relief, and supporting environmental sustainability. The association emphasizes long-term assistance, especially […]

Alexander von Rospatt is a professor for Buddhist and South Asian studies and director of the Group in Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkley. He specializes in the doctrinal history of Indian Buddhism and in Newar Buddhism, the only Indic Mahayana tradition that continues to persist in its original South Asian setting. He […]