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Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

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+1 510-848-3440

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2304 McKinley Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703, USA

Ajahn amaro at berkeley buddhist monastery 7 june 2016


The Berkeley Buddhist Monastery is a Chan Buddhist monastery in Berkeley, California affiliated with the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and led by Heng Sure. It is the site of the Institute for World Religions, founded by Hsuan Hua.

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The Monastery opened in 1994. It is located in a building which was once a Nazarene church. The monastery holds public lectures, meditation sessions, meditation classes, and daily ceremonies, in English and Chinese, and occasionally in Vietnamese. The Managing Director, Heng Sure, is a supporter of vegetarianism and of the use of the English language and Western musical styles in Buddhist liturgy.

Avatamsaka sutra lecture at berkeley buddhist monastery 21 january 2017


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Berkeley Buddhist Monastery Wikipedia


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