BUDDHISM IN HOUSTON
BUDDHISM IN HOUSTON
originally maintained by Anne C. Klein
(anne at dawnmountain . org)
converted to HTML and maintained by T. Mark Huang
(tihuang at cs . uh . edu)
Notes from Mark:
Thanks for visiting this page. As you might have known, this page hasn't
been updated for quite a while. I am cluttered with work at school and
no longer have time to update this page. I apologize that I couldn't get
to the requests for updates.
If you know someone would like to take over the maintenance of this page,
please contact me at tihuang at cs . uh . edu.
Thanks. -- 11/20/2002
Buddhist Organizations List:
What's new:
- 02-21-2001:
Major update for
Houston Zen Community
(including new contact and event announcement).
- 02-21-2001:
New web address for
Houston Zen Community.
- 02-08-2000:
Updates for
Insight Meditation Houston and
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston.
- 11-07-2000:
Events announcement for
Insight Meditation Houston.
- 07-21-2000:
Events announcement for
Insight Meditation Houston.
- 07-10-2000:
Minor update for
Wat Buddhavas of Houston.
- 06-27-2000:
Minor update for
Houston Shambhala Meditation Center.
- 06-24-2000:
Events update for
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston and
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Clear Lake.
- 04-25-2000:
Events announcement for
Insight Meditation Houston.
- 04-10-2000:
Minor update for
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston and
I have removed some old "What's new" to here.
- 04-06-2000:
Events update for
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston and
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Clear Lake.
- 03-24-2000:
Create a new entry for
KTC Meditation and Study Group.
[Note from T. Mark Huang: My department is updating our network.
So you might experience slowness and sometimes inaccessable to this
page. Hopefully this problem will be resolved in couple weeks.
]
- 02-29-2000:
Events update for
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston and
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Clear Lake.
- 02-10-2000:
New web address and retreat announcement for
Houston Zen Community.
- 02-01-2000:
Updates for
Thubten Rinchen Ling Tibetan Buddhism Center.
- 01-10-2000:
New e-mail address for
Diamond Way Buddhist Center, Houston.
- For older news, please click here.
- Type: Pure Land
- Telephone: (972)234-4401
- Fax: (972)234-8342
- WWW:
http://www.cyberramp.net/~dba/
- E-mail:
dba at cyberramp . net
- Address: 515 Apollo Road, Richardson, TX 75081.
- Affiliation: under supervision of Venerable Chin Kung at
Hwa Dzan Pure Land Learning Center in Taiwan.
- Comment: 7-day retreats every month.
- Updated: September 28, 1998.
- Type: Tibetan, nonsectarian emphasis on sutric & Dzogchen
traditions; Tibetan Temple, Community Center, and Research Institute.
- Contact-person: Anne Klein
- Telephone: (713)222-2331
- WWW:
http://www.dawnmountain.org/
- E-mail: Anne Klein,
anne at dawnmountain.org
- Address: 4615 Post Oak Place, Suite 204,
Houston, Texas 77027-9730
- Directors: Anne Klein & Harvey Aronson.
- Comment: For information on workshops and retreats or to be on
mailing list call (713)222-2331.
- Event: November 11, 1998, Long Life Empowerment,
Khenpo Orgyen Thinley Rinpoche, 7:30pm - 9:00pm,
Vietnamese Temple, 10002 Synott Houston, Texas.
Click here for direction.
For detail, please see
Dawn Mountain's upcoming events page.
- Updated: October 20, 1998.
- Tradition: Tiep Hien Order of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
- Contact-person: Kevin York
- Telephone: (713) 774-0189
- E-mail: Kevin York,
KFYork at AOL . com
- Address: P.O. Box 131372, Houston, TX 77219-1372
- Events:
- Comment: The community meets weekly for meditation and study.
Please call for location and time.
- Updated: August 4, 1999.
- Type: Karma Kagyu, Tibetan
- Phone: (281) 480-2121
- Address: 1611 Dakota St., League City, Texas
- E-mail: clearlake at diamondway . org
Web site:
http://members.tripod.com/~diamondway/kagyu.html
Affiliation: Under the direction of Lama Ole Nydahl,
Kamtsang Choling in San Francisco, CA, USA
Mediation Schedule:
Sunday, 11 AM Dharma discussion followed by Meditation
Events:
Karola Schneider of Southern Germany will speak on "Love and Partnership"
on Thursday, July 27, 2000, 7-8:30 pm at the C.G. Jung Educational
Center 5200 Montrose Boulevard in Houston. A guided meditation will
follow. For more information call 713-528-5971.
MAHAMUDRA Course in the beautiful hill country over Thanksgiving.
Lama Ole Nydahl will give these special teachings at Balcones Springs
Resort and Conference Center near Austin, November 23 - 26, 2000.
Call 713-528-5971 for more information.
Update: June 24, 2000.
- Type: Karma Kagyu, Tibetan
- Contact-person: Michael Williams
- Phone: (281) 431-6235
- Web Site:
http://www.diamondway.org/
- Local Web Site:
http://members.tripod.com/~diamondway/kagyu.html
- E-mail: msw-ats at neosoft . com
- Address:
Meetings are at The University of Houston, University Center in the
Tejas Room.
- Affiliation: Under the direction of Lama Ole Nydahl,
Kamtsang Choling in San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Meditation Schedule:
We meet Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm in the University
Center in the Tejas Room (Rm. 238) on the University of Houston campus.
Meetings consist of a short teaching, discussion, and meditation.
Everyone (students, faculty, and the public) is welcome.
- Events:
ROSI FISCHER of Germany will give a teaching on Monday February 12,
7:30-9:00 pm at the University Center in the Tejas Room (Rm. 238) on the
University of Houston campus. A guided meditation will follow. For more
information call (281) 431-6235.
- Update: February 8, 2001.
- Type: Theravada
- Telephone: (713)944-1334
- Web site:
http://houstonbuddhist.freeservers.com
- Address: 8727 Radio Road, Houston TX 77075.
- Direction:
I-45 South to Airport Blvd. Exit. Turn right onto
Airport Blvd, and then left on Mosley (first traffic Light). Mosley
deadends at Scranton. Turn right on Scranton, and then left on Radio
Road (first road on left). The Vihara is on the left side of Radio Road
at end of the first block; about 20 minutes from Rice University.
- Comment:
Two Theravada monks in residence. There is an active
Friday Night Meditation and Dhamma Study Group. Service starts
regularly at 7:30 p.m. Also an Abhidhamma Class meets on the first and
third Saturday mornings of the month. It starts at 9:30 a.m.
- Updated: December 26, 1999.
- Type: Tibetan Buddhist, and Shambhala Training (secular).
- Contact-person: Celeste Budwit
- Telephone: (713)880-0132
- Address: 1003 Studewood, Suite 102, Houston, TX 77008-7139.
At the corner of Studewood and 10th Street.
- WWW:
http://www.shambhala.org/center/houston/
- E-mail: dharma at neosoft . com
- Affiliation:
Shambhala International
- Comment:
Offers meditation instruction and group practice, supporting the paths of
Shambhala Training and Vajrayana Buddhism, as taught to western students
by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
- Events:
Please check our web site for details of our regular practice schedule
and fort hcoming events.
- Updated: June 27, 2000.
- Type:
We are a lay sangha supporting Zen practitioners from diverse lineages,
with emphasis on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn and Shunryu Suzuki.
- Contact-person: Eric Arbiter
- Telephone: (713)869-6266
- WWW:
http://www.optimlator.com/hzc/
- E-Mail: ek5 at flash . net
- Comment:
Houston Zen Community meets for meditation and discussion Sundays at
6 PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin.
Meditation on weekdays at "pocket zendos" in members' homes.
Retreats with visiting teachers are held every few months at the
Margaret Austin Center in Chappel Hill, TX
(www.macenter.org).
- Events:
- February: Gaelyn Godwin visits from the Tassajarra Zen Mountain
Center in California.
- Dharma talks: Sunday Feb 18th and Sunday Feb 25, after 6 pm
zazen at First Unitarian.
- Morning meditation and service: Feb 19th through 23rd,
5:30 to 7:00 am at First Unitarian.
- April 4: "The Art of Mindfulness: An Evening of Exploring Buddhist
Practices in the 21st Century", a talk by wendy Johnson,
Therese Fitzgerald, and Bob Schaibly. 7 pm at first Unitarian.
- April 5-8: Retreat on "Practicing the Four Immeasurable Minds"
with Wendy Johnson and Therese Fitzgerald, at the Margaret Austin
Center.
- April 20-22: Syd Walter Musai, lay dharma heir, visits from Hidden
Mountain Zen Center in New Mexico.
- Updated: February 23, 2001.
- Type: Lay Vipassana, Theravada lineage,
associated with Insight Meditation Network (since 1985)
- WWW:
http://www.neosoft.com/~meditate/
- Affiliation: Guiding Teacher - Rodney Smith, Senior Insight
Meditation Teacher with Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA,
author of Lessons from the Dying, 1998.
- Comment:
- Sittings:
- Monday nights 7 to 9 PM. Open Sitting in Houston.
- Wednesdays from 6-8 PM Vipassana Sitting/Course in Houston.
- Saturday mornings Vipassana Sitting: Beaumont 9 AM
- Meditation courses:
Five to Six Session Beginning Vipassana or Insight Meditation Courses
are held several times a year. These courses usually end with a Day of
Mindfulness. Instruction is also offered through retreats and the
Wednesday night Sitting.
- Events:
- Silent Residential Retreats - Contact Marjorie Stringer at
mstringe at msn . com.
- 4-Day Retreat: Led by Howie Cohn, Senior Teacher from Spirit Rock,
Thursday, March 22 - Sunday, March 25, 2001.
- 4-Day Memorial Day Retreat: Led by Rodney Smith, Senior Teacher at
Insight Meditation Society, Guiding Teacher of IMH and Seattle
Insight Meditation Society, Friday, May 25 - Monday, May 28.
- 6-Day Retreat: Led by Rodney Smith, Friday, October 5, Wednesday,
October 10.
- Updated: February 8, 2001.
- Type: Chinese
- Telephone: (281)495-3100
- Fax: (281)495-6622
- Address: 11810-A Bellaire Blvd., Houston, TX 77072
- Affiliation:
Buddha's Light International Association, Hacienda Heights, CA;
Hsi-Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA.
- Comment: Regular Sunday programs. Special programs for Cantonese
speaking people. Call for schedule.
- Updated: December 1, 1997.
- Type: Chinese, Mahayana
- Telephone: (281)498-1616
- Fax: (281)498-8133
- Address: 6969 Westbranch Drive, Houston, TX 77072
- Direction: near Bellaire and Dairy Ashford.
- WWW:
http://www.jadebuddha.org
- E-mail: Jade Buddha Temple
tba at jadebuddha . org
- Comment: Regular Sunday programs (Chinese and English), dharma
discussion, meditation instruction Sundays and by arrangement.
- Events: Events/activities announcement in
Chinese or
in English.
Texas Buddhist Association celebrates 20th Anniversary
and has a series of celebrating events.
- Buddhist History and Artifacts Exhibition: Dec. 10, 1999
- Jan. 2, 2000, 10 AM - 5PM, See our
web page for detail.
- Buddha Chanting Retreat: Dec. 30, 1999 - Jan 1, 2000.
- Updated: December 22, 1999.
- Type: Karma Kagyu Tibetan
- Contact Person: Patti Terranella
- Telephone: 713-442-0451
- FAX: 713-442-0450
- E-mail: PATerranella at Kelsey-Seybold . com
- Address: 4040 Milam, Houston, TX
- Directions:We are located in the NIA - Lionheart Space at
the Fitness Exchange at 4040 Milam between Alabama and Richmond at
Hwy 59.
- Affiliation: Karma Triyana Dharmacharkra, a Tibetan Buddhist
monastery in Woodstock, NY and the North American seat for the 17th
Gyalwang Karmapa, the lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu sect.
- Comment: Schedule:
Each Wednesday we offer Movement and Meditation classes- at 6:30
there is an expressive movement NIA class. At 7:30 Meditation and Study.
Newcomers are welcome to both, $10 donations appreciated. No charge for
meditation class only.
- Events: Visiting teacher, Lama Dudjom Dorjee will offer a public
talk on Friday May 12th and a day of retreat and teachings on Saturday
May 13th,2000.
- Updated: March 24, 2000.
- Type: Tibetan Bn/Dzogchen
- Telephone: ?
- Address: 3015 Richmond above Mexican Consul.
- Comment: Practice sessions and teachings Wed. evenings;
newcomers welcome, call first.
- Updated: October 28, 1996.
- Type: Vietnamese
- Telephone: (713)433-4364
- Address: 13913 South Post Oak Rd., Houston, TX 77045.
- Comment:
- Events: Meditation Retreat Dec. 7 & 8, 1996. Call for detail.
- Updated: November 10, 1996.
- Type: Son /Korean Zen
- Contact-person: Craig Learned
- Telephone: (713)467-0998 (English),
(713)467-0997 (Korean)
- Fax: (713)467-0998
- Address: 1375 Bunkerhill, Houston, TX 77055.
- WWW:
http://www.io.com/~snewton/zen/
- E-mail: Steven Newton, snewton at io . com
- Comment: Sittings daily. Beginners welcome.
- Updated: March 7, 1997.
- Type: Members are Buddhist Organizations throughout Texas
- Voice Mail: (800)691-9373, (713)867-9307, (214)832-5961
- E-mail: John RB Whittlesey,
jrbwx1 at worldnet . att . net
- President: Kamburagalle Nanda, Houston Buddhist Vihara, 8727 Radio
Road, Houston, TX 77075
- Comment:
Publishes a directory listing phone numbers, addresses, etc. for 47
Buddhist temples and meditation groups where nine Oriental languages plus
English are spoken. (The number of addressees on their combined
mailing lists exceeds ten thousand.) The temples and groups listed
in this directory are categorized first by geographical regions, and then
by tradition and language. Listings under these categories are shown
using 3-by-3 and 3-by-10 tables.
We also present a Mission Statement, History,
etc. for the Council.
- Events: A general membership meeting, retreats, a Vesak celebration,
etc.
- Special Events:Vesak celebration at Rice University,
Saturday, May 2, 1998, 2:00-400pm.
Click here for more information.
- Updated: April 13, 1998.
- Type: Tibetan Buddhism; Gelugpa
- Contact-person: Scott O'Connor
- Telephone: (281)495-6556
- Address: 10726 Carvel Lane, Houston, TX 77072-2720
- WWW:
www.thubtenrinchenling.org (coming soon)
- Spiritual Director: Geshe Yeshe Phelgye (in residence)
- Comment:
Introduction to Buddhism, Sat. 10 AM.
Intermediate Teachings, Sun. 10 AM.
Commentary, Wed. 8 PM. Call for information.
- Updated: February 1, 2000.
- Type: student Buddhism group
- Contact-person: Julie Chisholm (English Department)
- Telephone: (713) 812-1628
- E-mail: Julie Chisholm,
jochis at ix . netcom . com
- Comment:
Weekly meditation sessions on Wednesdays, 12 noon to 1 pm,
at the Bruce Religion Center (white church-like building behind Roy
Cullen Hall) in room 204. Guest speaker.
Also, need volunteer towards our bake sales, t-shirt and banner
design, website design, etc., please email or call for detail.
- Updated: October 20, 1998.
- Type: Vietnamese
- Abbott: Thich Nguyen Hanh
- Contact-person:
- Telephone: (281)575-0910
- Address: 10002 Synott Road, Sugar Land, TX 77478
- Direction: Southwest side of Houston
- WWW: http://www.vnbc.org
- E-mail: info at vnbc . org
- Comment:
The center is open everyday from 7 AM to 9:30 PM.
Buddhist masses (praying, sermon and memorial services) - every Sunday
starting at 11:30 AM. Youth activities & Vietnamese language classes
(children) - every Sunday starting at 1:30 PM.
Scripture Study (Recitation of Kinh Phap Soa Sutra on the Lotus of the
Supreme Dharma, chanting and interepretation of the Scriptures) - every
Tuesday and Friday starting at 8:00 PM.
Religious Retreat Day - the first Saturday of the month from 9 AM to 6 PM.
- Updated: October 30, 1999.
- Type: S.N. Goenka connection; Theravada
- Contact-person:
- Telephone: (214)521-5258
- Fax: (214)522-5973
- Address: P.O. BOX 190248, Dallas, TX 75219
- Direction: Southwest Vipassana Meditation Center
(35 mins SE of Dallas)
- WWW:
http://www.dhamma.org
- E-mail: vip at onramp . net
- Comment: 10-day intensive insight meditation courses and three-day
mindfulness of breathing courses.
- Updated: April 4, 1998.
- Type: Thai
- Abbot: Pracham Kamchan
- Contact-person:
- Telephone: (281)820-3255
- Fax: (281)931-9743 (fax)
- Address: 6007 Spindle Dr., Houston, TX 77086-3930.
- E-mail: buddhavas at pdq . net
- Direction: one mile off 249 & N. Houston-Rosslyn
- Comment:
Daily meditation from 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Three days retreats during
Magha Puja in March and Visakha Puja in May.
Sunday school: from 9 - 4 PM. The school teaches Thai language, Thai
classical dance., Thai boxing, Thai music-Khim (a tring instrument).
And food fair: every first Sunday of the month from 10 AM to 2 PM.
- Updated: July 10, 2000.
If you want to add your group to this page, or update/correct the info in this
page, please send an E-mail to
tihuang at cs . uh . edu.
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