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Featured Organizations:

Chuang Yen Monastery & Temple of Enlightenment (Buddhist Association of the United States)

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Dharma Drum Mountain Retreat Center & Chan Meditation Center New York
法鼓山紐約東初禪寺 & 法鼓山紐約象岡禪修中心

dharmadrumretreat.org
chancenter.org

Opened in 1997 (formerly a summer camp site), the 125 acre Dharma Drum Retreat Center in rural New York offers a quiet place for retreats, with contemplation hall, dining hall, and dormitories.

Mahayana Temple (Manhattan Chinatown) & Mahayana Temple (Leeds NY)

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Amitabha Buddhist Society of Philadelphia - Mituo Village Pennsylvania (Pure Land Association)

Pure Land chanting group featuring both Chinese and Vietnamese diaspora who come together to this rural retreat center convenient to New York City often for mindful recitation, including overnight retreats. A fire affected them before, but rebuilding includes a 20-foot tall Amitabha Buddha statue, thought to be the tallest indoor Amitabha Buddha statue in North America.

mituovillage.com

Bodhi Monastery New Jersey

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Fo Guang Shan New York & Deer Park Retreat Center

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Tzu Chi New York Service Center

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Manhattan Chinatown, New York City

Guan Ji Temple: 85 Hester St, New York, NY 10002

Sung Tak Buddhist: 15 Pike St, New York, NY 10002

Chung Te Buddhist: 152 Henry St, New York, NY 10002

Amitabha Buddhist Society of NY Chinatown: 55-59 Chrystie Street, New York NY 10002

Faith-Vow-Deed Buddhist Association: 130 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, New York,NY 10013

Ling Yan Shan Buddhist Temple of New York: 121 Bowery 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10002

American Buddhist Association: 13 Monroe St. New York, NY 10002

Cheng Chio: 16 Allen St, New York, NY 10002

Chinese Temple: 18 Allen St, New York NY 10002

World Buddhist Center: 158 Henry St, New York, NY 10002

Grace Buddha: 48 E Broadway St, New York NY 10002

Buddhist Society of Wonderful Enlightenment: 99 Madison St, New York, NY 10002

Bok Yee: 11 Allen St, New York, NY 10002

The majority of these groups in Manhattan Chinatown are small apartment or “storefront” congregations, mostly speaking Cantonese or Mandarin or Taishanese, without any activities in English. Perhaps the largest of these (about the size of an average Christian church) is the Mahayana Temple on Canal at Bowery Street, open for tours daily.
Tzu Chi is a Buddhist charity with many missions including Food Pantry for the needy, Mobile Health Clinic for the Underprivileged, Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Chinese School, and so forth.

Mahayana Temple: 133 Canal St, New York, NY 10002
www.mahayana.us
https://www.facebook.com/mahayanatemple/

Tzu Chi Manhattan Branches:
101 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10013
229 E. 60th Street New York, NY 10022

https://tzuchi.us/offices/ny
https://www.facebook.com/TzuChiNY/
Chinese School: http://www.nytcschool.org/

Pu Chao Buddhist: 20 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002

Eastern Buddhist Association: 83 Division St, New York, NY 10002

Guang Ming Buddhist: 214 Centre St, New York, NY 10013

Fa Wang Temple: 245 Canal St # 2, New York, NY 10013

Eastern States: 64 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Transworld Buddhist Association: 7 E Broadway, New York, NY 10038

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Brooklyn Chinatown, New York City

Most of the groups in the smaller Brooklyn Chinatown are also small residences. In addition, Tzu Chi USA Buddhist Compassionate Relief is active throughout New York City.

Western Buddhist Association Fan Yin Temple 梵音寺 5601 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11219 http://fanyintemple.org

Hsi Fang Temple: 5101 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220

Fa Yuan Si: 7927 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11214

America Buddhist Chants: 1543 71st St, Brooklyn NY

Benevolent Buddhist: 7116 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11228

Universal Temple: 519 53rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11220

Tzu Chi USA - Brooklyn Branch: 5721 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220
https://tzuchi.us/offices/ny
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Queens / Flushing / Elmhurst Chinatown, New York City

The eastern side of New York City has a vibrant Taiwanese and Chinese community. Here are the Chinese Buddhist groups. A few are large, but most are small and located in just residences / brownstones.

Fo Guang Shan New York 佛光山紐約道場
154-37 Barclay Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355
http://www.fgsny.org/
Facbook: https://www.facebook.com/fgsnewyork/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hJW0ZT6ynO9YM0ldBrsEg

Branch of Fo Guang Shan Monastery - International Buddhist Progress Society headquartered in Taiwan and founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the Fo Guang Shan New York center offers many activities, including summer camp, flower arrangement, Chinese school, traditional medicine, Chinese musical instruments, and more. Members also can use the Fo Guang Shan Deer Park Retreat Center, a rural facility about an hour to two outside of NYC.

Chan Meditation Center NY / Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association New York City 法鼓山紐約東初禪寺
90-56 Corona Avenue, Elmhurst, New York, NY 11373
http://chancenter.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChanMeditationCenter Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DDMTV05

Founded in 1979 by the late Venerable Master Sheng Yen, the Dharma Drum New York branch Chan Meditation Center in Elmhurst and Dharma Drum Retreat Center, its large rural retreat facility about 90 minutes away from NYC in Pine Bush NY, offer activities in both English and in Chinese. Zen meditation classes and group sits and practices are frequently bilingual. Children’s summer camp and other events are also held regularly.

Tzu Chi USA Northeastern Regional Headquarters / Tzu Chi Academy Chinese School 紐約慈濟/ 人文學校
137-77 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354
tzuchi.us
https://www.facebook.com/TzuChiNY/
http://www.nytcschool.org/

Tzu Chi, now a global Buddhist charitable organization, was founded in 1969 by Venerable Master Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun in Taiwan, and a small group of female supporters. With its worldwide growth, Tzu Chi USA was founded in 1989. Tzu Chi New York offers many activities, mostly in Chinese but some in English, including mobile health, vision, and dental services for the indigent, food pantry for the needy, Chinatown community center, a humanitarian Chinese school for children and teenagers, disaster relief outreach, and other compassionate efforts.

Ling Shan Temple 靈山寺 43-18 91st Pl, Flushing, NY 11373

Pure Land Buddhist Association of NY 96-24 Corona Ave, Corona, NY 11368

Ling Yan Shan Temple 8514 Grand Ave, Flushing, NY 11373

China Buddhist Associates 13612 39th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354

Buddha Center 132-11 41 Ave, Flushing, NY 11355

Amitabha Buddhist Society of NY 41-60 Main St., Ste. 211, Flushing, NY 11355

Shiang Guang Shan Ch`an Jing Temple 43-35 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355 http://chanjingcenter.com/

America Golden Buddha Temple 金佛寺 43-08 Main Street, Flushing NY 11355

Hua-Yan Buddhist Federation 20-47 129th Street, College Point NY 11356 https://www.huayaninternational.org

Denan Temple 德南寺 206-15 26 Ave., Bayside, New York, 11360 http://www.denan.org/

World Chan Buddhist Association 3373 154th St, Flushing, NY 11354

Original Buddhism Society 30-20 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354

Fan Yin Monastery 梵音寺 29-30 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354

Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist 133-22 41st Rd, Flushing, NY 11355

Jing Jue Temple 47 Hilton Ave, New Hyde Park NY 11040

Chinese Temple 143-19 Ash Ave. Flushing, NY 11355

Chinese Buddhist Association 146-59 Delaware Ave. Flushing, NY 11355

China Buddhist Assoc 211 Crumelbow Road Hyde Park, NY 12538

纽约法雨精舍 137-61 Kalmia Ave. Flushing, NY 11355

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Bronx

Temple of Enlightenment 大覺寺
3070 Albany Crescent, Bronx, NY 10463
www.BAUS.org

The Buddhist Association of the United States was founded in 1964, with the urban Temple of Enlightenment opening in 1966. The much larger Chuang Yen Monastery opened in 1981 and is now the home of most of the resident monastics in this organization. A small English meditation group meets regularly at the Bronx temple.

Young Men’s Buddhist Association of America
2611 Davidson Ave, Bronx NY 10468

Tzu Ching Collegiate Association Fordham University group
https://www.facebook.com/tccafordhamfamily

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Long Island NY

Tzu Chi East Long Island 慈濟長島支會
4 Milburn Road, South Setauket, NY 11720
TzuChi.us

Tzu Chi Long Island NY and Tzu Chi Academy Long Island Chinese School 紐約州長島慈濟人文學校
60 E. Williston Ave., East Williston, NY 11596
TzuChi.us
http://www.tzuchiacademyli.org/

Tzu Chi Long Island operates closely with Tzu Chi New York branches (Flushing/Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn divisions.) The Tzu Chi Academy Chinese School in Long Island was founded in 1998 and now even includes a youth orchestra for middle and high school students.

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New Jersey Buddhist Culture Center 新州佛光山
1007 New Brunswick Ave, South Plainfield, New Jersey 07080
http://www.ibps.org/newjersey/
https://www.facebook.com/fgsnjbcc

This is the Fo Guang Shan branch temple in NJ, linked to Fo Guang Shan New York and the rest of the International Buddhist Progress Society, propagating Humanistic Buddhism as taught by Venerable Master Hsing Yun.

Dharma Drum Mountain New Jersey 法鼓山新泽西州分會
56 Vineyard Rd, Edison, NJ, 08817
http://www.ddmbanj.org
https://www.facebook.com/ddmbanj/

Part of the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association, the DDM NJ center offers mostly events in Chinese including Chan (Zen) meditation and chanting services, with a few events in English.

Tzu Chi New Jersey and NJ Tzu Chi Academy Chinese School 新澤西州北部慈濟人文學校
150 Commerce Rd., Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
TzuChi.us
http://www.tzuchinj.org/

Part of the Tzu Chi network, surprisingly this Tzu Chi chapter is in their USA Mid-Atlantic Division, separately run from the New York City branches.

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Rural Retreat Centers in New York / NJ / Pennsylvania (near NYC and Philly)

Chuang Yen Monastery 美國佛教會莊嚴寺
2020 Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512
www.BAUS.org

Bodhi Monastery
67 Lawrence Road, Lafayette, New Jersey 07848, USA
https://bodhimonastery.org

Fo Guang Shan NY Deer Park Retreat Center 佛光山鹿野苑
2005 Guymard Turnpike, Godeffroy, NY 12729
http://deerpark.fgsny.org/
https://www.facebook.com/ibpsdeerpark/

Located in rural New York near New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the Fo Guang Shan Deer Park Retreat Center is a 456 acre rural temple in the serene forests of southwest NY state. Formerly a Catholic youth center (Camp Hayes), it is now home to retreats for the International Buddhist Progress Society / Fo Guang Shan / Buddha’s Light International Association order.

Dharma Drum Mountain NY Retreat Center
184 Quannacut Road, Pine Bush, NY 12566
http://www.dharmadrumretreat.org

Mahayana Temple (Upstate New York)
710 Ira Vail Road, Leeds, NY 12451
www.mahayana.us
https://www.facebook.com/mahayanatemple/

Located in South Cairo near the Catskills and not far from Albany, the Retreat and rural monastery of Mahayana Temple opened in 1971 and now sits on 166 acres of forested land.

Mituo Village 弥陀村
343 Conrad Road, Alburtis, PA 18011
www.mituovillage.com

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AABE NJ 福慧寺
123 Second St，Rancocas，NJ 08073
http://aabenj.org/

The organization has been around since 1988 but only in 2012 acquired its current and permanent location, a former church.

Pureland Buddhist Association 南澤西念佛會
139 Gaither Dr, Suite F, Mt Laurel Township, NJ 08054
http://www.purelandnj.org

Tzu Chi Philadelphia 慈濟基金會費城聯絡處
107 North 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
TzuChi.us
https://www.facebook.com/TzuChiPhilly/

Since its founding in 2008, the Philadelphia branch of Tzu Chi has provided a community center in Chinatown, with various activities including low-income tax preparation assistance, soup kitchen for the homeless, healthcare lectures, and so forth.

Fu Quan Chan Temple 福泉禅寺 4400 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124

This temple opened in 2019 in an urban building that had been slated to be converted into 31 apartments and a ground level commercial space.

Fa Yuan Temple 法緣禪寺 6429-31 Castor Ave, Philadelphia PA 19149

Amitabha Temple 1724 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Fo Shou Temple 1015 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19107

Da Jue Temple 大覺禪寺 6332 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

Kai Yuan Temple 开元寺 1811 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

Pho Mon Temple 普門寺 1023-25 Race St 6th Floor, Philadelphia PA 19107 (Closed as of 2020?)

Ru Lai Temple 如來寺 147 Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA

Sino-American Temple 真如寺 1910 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Chua Quan Am 1239 Ridge Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19123 (now mostly Vietnamese)

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Buddhist Association of Central Pennsylvania 宾州州立大学佛学社
800 Stratford Dr, Apt #32, State College, PA, 16801
http://ddmbapa.org

Tzu Chi Pittsburgh and Tzu Chi Academy Pittsburgh Chinese School 匹茲堡慈濟人文學
1333 Banksville Rd. #201, Pittsburgh, PA 15216
TzuChi.us
http://tcapittsburgh.org/