Cheryl A. Giles is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard Divinity School. She is a core faculty member of the Buddhist Ministry Program and the co-editor of The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work. She is a […]

Ronald Davidson is a professor of religious studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. His primary area of expertise is the history of tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet.

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center is a nonprofit, nonresidential urban center for the practice of insight meditation in Cambridge, Mass. It offers a place for people to learn, support and deepen their practice under the guidance of three guiding meditation teachers: Larry Rosenberg, Narayan Helen Liebenson and Michael Grady.

Buddhist Global Relief, based in Sparta, New Jersey, is an interdenominational organization consisting of people from different Buddhist groups who are committed to alleviating social and economic suffering. Its mission is to combat chronic hunger and malnutrition.

Buddhism Directory is an online source for Buddhist organizations operating in the Northeast United States, including New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Vermont.

Bodhi Monastery is a monastery in Lafayette, N.J., based on the teachings of Master Yin–Shun, a foremost Chinese modern scholar and monk. The monastery promotes the study and practice of Buddhism as a whole, with a special focus on Pali Buddhism and the early Mahayana tradition.

Blue Cliff Monastery, in Pine Bush, N.Y., is an extension of Plum Village meditation center in France. It is home to a community of Buddhist monks and nuns practicing sitting meditation, walking meditation, mindful eating, deep relaxation meditation and cultivating togetherness.

Kaydor Aukatsang is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and president of the Asia Freedom Institute. He previously served as head of the Office of Tibet in New York; special adviser to Lobsang Sangay, the elected leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile; and president of the Tibetan Association of Northern California.

World Fellowship of Buddhists, with headquarters currently in Bangkok, is an international Buddhist organization. The WFB mission includes the propagation of Buddhism, promotion of solidarity and unity of Buddhists all over the world. There are more than 140 regional centers in 37 countries worldwide.