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Atlanta Buddhism Upcoming Special Events
all free and all welcome!
Dharma Jewel Monastery
- Beginner's Zen Meditation Class, starts Spring 2025
- Open drop-in guided meditation, Sunday 11/17 at 10am
- Little Jewel Children's Meditation Class, Sundays at 10am starting January 12, 2025
- Buddhist Ceremony , next January 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 12pm (all welcome for this Sunday Service, bilingual Chinese/English)
dharmajewel.us
Herban Fix Vegan Kitchen
- New extended hours, Wednesday - Sunday 11:30am - 10pm, plus Sunday brunch buffet is back!
herbanfix.com
Prajna Dharma
- New weekly guided meditation online only, Sundays at 9am
https://prajnadharma.org/
Dharma Drum Mountain Atlanta
- Weekly guided meditation now on Sunday mornings at 10am
New location (house)
ddmbaatlanta.com
all free and all welcome!
Dharma Jewel Monastery
- Beginner's Zen Meditation Class, starts Spring 2025
- Open drop-in guided meditation, Sunday 11/17 at 10am
- Little Jewel Children's Meditation Class, Sundays at 10am starting January 12, 2025
- Buddhist Ceremony , next January 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 12pm (all welcome for this Sunday Service, bilingual Chinese/English)
dharmajewel.us
Herban Fix Vegan Kitchen
- New extended hours, Wednesday - Sunday 11:30am - 10pm, plus Sunday brunch buffet is back!
herbanfix.com
Prajna Dharma
- New weekly guided meditation online only, Sundays at 9am
https://prajnadharma.org/
Dharma Drum Mountain Atlanta
- Weekly guided meditation now on Sunday mornings at 10am
New location (house)
ddmbaatlanta.com
[Updated 2024] Schedule of Group Meetings sorted by day of the week:
Mondays:
- Roswell Insight Meditation Community (Roswell) Group meditation & discussion online, 7pm
Tuesdays:
- Drepung Loseling Monastery (Brookhaven)
Public Buddhist Teaching with monk Geshe Phende, great lecture and talk, come any week you are able to! 7pm, back in person and online
Medicine Buddha Puja, a short spiritual practice that offers powerful healing, all welcome every Tuesday at 6pm, back in person and online
- Atlanta Insight Meditation Community (Decatur) group meditation & discussion, 6:30pm, in person at Atlanta Friends Meeting or via Zoom
Wednesdays:
- Georgia Meditation Circle at Dhammakaya Meditation Center (Dunwoody), 7pm
-- First Wednesday of the month: Dharma Talk and Meditation with Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple (Intown Atlanta), 7:30pm
Saturdays:
- Buddhanara Temple (Buford) small group meditation, 9am
- Atlanta Meditation Center Mahamevnawa (Woodstock) - Theravada meditation, 7:30pm
Sundays:
- Open Drop In Guided Meditation One Hour Sessions, Sunday Nov 17 at 10am at Dharma Jewel Monastery
- Beginner's Meditation at Drepung Loseling Monastery , 11am weekly in person and online.
- Chan (Zen) Meditation Practice & Study Group at Dharma Drum Atlanta (Peachtree Corners) , 10am - 12pm
- Second Sundays of the month: Basic Guided Meditation with Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple (Intown Atlanta), 2pm
- Red Clay Sangha (Chamblee) Meditation on Sunday mornings starting at 9am
- Open House & Meditation at Atlanta Shambhala Center (Decatur), 10am
- Mindful Chanting (in Chinese) at Atlanta Pure Land Association, every Sunday morning 9am - noon
Tzu Chi Atlanta Academy 亞特蘭大慈濟人文學校 is now enrolling for the 2023 semester, Chinese and humanitarian classes on Sundays for children and adults:
https://tzuchi.us/academy/atlanta
Chinese Buddhist Zen Ceremony - Sunday Service at Dharma Jewel Monastery: All welcome for mindful recitation of sutras and mantras - this chanting is in Mandarin with English translation. Next: January 5, 2025
- Roswell Insight Meditation Community (Roswell) Group meditation & discussion online, 7pm
Tuesdays:
- Drepung Loseling Monastery (Brookhaven)
Public Buddhist Teaching with monk Geshe Phende, great lecture and talk, come any week you are able to! 7pm, back in person and online
Medicine Buddha Puja, a short spiritual practice that offers powerful healing, all welcome every Tuesday at 6pm, back in person and online
- Atlanta Insight Meditation Community (Decatur) group meditation & discussion, 6:30pm, in person at Atlanta Friends Meeting or via Zoom
Wednesdays:
- Georgia Meditation Circle at Dhammakaya Meditation Center (Dunwoody), 7pm
-- First Wednesday of the month: Dharma Talk and Meditation with Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple (Intown Atlanta), 7:30pm
Saturdays:
- Buddhanara Temple (Buford) small group meditation, 9am
- Atlanta Meditation Center Mahamevnawa (Woodstock) - Theravada meditation, 7:30pm
Sundays:
- Open Drop In Guided Meditation One Hour Sessions, Sunday Nov 17 at 10am at Dharma Jewel Monastery
- Beginner's Meditation at Drepung Loseling Monastery , 11am weekly in person and online.
- Chan (Zen) Meditation Practice & Study Group at Dharma Drum Atlanta (Peachtree Corners) , 10am - 12pm
- Second Sundays of the month: Basic Guided Meditation with Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple (Intown Atlanta), 2pm
- Red Clay Sangha (Chamblee) Meditation on Sunday mornings starting at 9am
- Open House & Meditation at Atlanta Shambhala Center (Decatur), 10am
- Mindful Chanting (in Chinese) at Atlanta Pure Land Association, every Sunday morning 9am - noon
Tzu Chi Atlanta Academy 亞特蘭大慈濟人文學校 is now enrolling for the 2023 semester, Chinese and humanitarian classes on Sundays for children and adults:
https://tzuchi.us/academy/atlanta
Chinese Buddhist Zen Ceremony - Sunday Service at Dharma Jewel Monastery: All welcome for mindful recitation of sutras and mantras - this chanting is in Mandarin with English translation. Next: January 5, 2025
Chan (Zen) meditation practice retreat and study group, Sundays at Dharma Drum Atlanta
New schedule: The meetings at Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Atlanta Chan Meditation Center are Sunday mornings now.
Join us morning, afternoon, or all day on Sundays! All welcome.
10:00 - 12:00 基礎禪修 Beginner Meditation Session
12:00 - 1:00 午餐 (共享) Vegetarian Lunch
DDMBA Location: NEW - 4977 Dillards Mill Way, Peachtree Corner GA 30096 (a house)
Free. We welcome your donations.
Atlanta Chan (Zen) Meditation Center Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association (DDMBA) is at 4977 Dillards Mill Way, Peachtree Corner GA 30096
www.ddmbaatlanta.com
New schedule: The meetings at Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Atlanta Chan Meditation Center are Sunday mornings now.
Join us morning, afternoon, or all day on Sundays! All welcome.
10:00 - 12:00 基礎禪修 Beginner Meditation Session
12:00 - 1:00 午餐 (共享) Vegetarian Lunch
DDMBA Location: NEW - 4977 Dillards Mill Way, Peachtree Corner GA 30096 (a house)
Free. We welcome your donations.
Atlanta Chan (Zen) Meditation Center Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association (DDMBA) is at 4977 Dillards Mill Way, Peachtree Corner GA 30096
www.ddmbaatlanta.com
Current Atlanta-area In-Person Meditation Groups, all welcome:
Note that each group has different meditation styles and teachers, we recommend trying more than one!
Atlanta's Zen Buddhism and Meditation Course:
Dharma Jewel Monastery - Thursdays at 7pm for fall 2024 , plus separately in Chinese, and for Children on Sundays
Plus, free guided meditation most Sundays at 10am open to all on 11/17/24
2550 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30345
https://dharmajewel.us/
Atlanta Pure Land Association Mietoville - Sunday mornings, Mindful recitation (Amitabha Buddha name chanting in Chinese with English translation),
2800 Simpson Circle, Norcross GA 30071
Meditation in Decatur / Dekalb:
Atlanta Shambhala Center - Sundays at 10am, Open House meditation
1447 Church St. Decatur, GA 30030
Meditation intown Atlanta ITP:
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Sundays at 11am, Beginner's guided meditation at this Tibetan Buddhist center (both in person and livestream online)
1781 Dresden Drive, Atlanta Georgia 30319
Meditation in Roswell / Alpharetta:
Roswell Insight Meditation Community - Mondays at 7pm now online
Meditation inside the perimeter (between ATL downtown / East Atlanta Village):
Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple - first Wednesdays at 7:30pm and second Sundays at 2pm
1168 Benteen Avenue Southeast, Atlanta GA 30312
Meditation in Atlanta / Brookhaven:
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Tuesdays at 6pm (Medicine Buddha Practice) and 7pm (Public Buddhist Teaching) back in person AND online
Brief Tibetan Buddhist service for spiritual healing and cleansing; followed by talk with a monk on Buddhist topics. Come for one or both any week, all welcome.
Livestream link at Drepung.org
Meditation in Sandy Springs / Marietta:
Sandy Springs Insight Meditation - at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation
GROUP HAS ENDED AFTER 14 YEARS, NO MORE
Meditation in Dunwoody / Perimeter / Doraville:
Georgia Meditation Circle - Wednesdays at 7pm, at Georgia Meditation Center (Wat Dhammakaya temple)
4522 Tilly Mill Rd, Atlanta, GA 30360
Meditation in In Town Atlanta / Druid Hills:
Emory Buddhist Club - meets Thursdays at 6pm in Cannon Chapel for Emory students, faculty, staff, and University affiliates while college is in session
Meditation in Stonecrest / Lithonia:
Georgia Buddhist Vihara - TBD
Vipassana meditation and sutta study led by monk Bhante Deepankara, via Zoom
3153 Miller Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038
Meditation in Buford / Mall of Georgia / Gwinnett:
Buddhanara Temple - Saturdays at 9am, Zen meditation practice (silent walking & sitting meditation)
2197 Gravel Springs Road, Buford GA 30519
Meditation in Lilburn / Duluth / Norcross:
Jun Dung Sa Temple - TBD
Zen meditation and small group lay-led discussion
900 Beaver Ruin Rd, Lilburn GA 30047
Meditation in East Cobb / Woodstock / Cherokee:
Mahamevnawa Buddhist Center - Saturdays at 7:30pm. Guided meditation with a Theravada monk
518 Stell Rd, Woodstock GA 30188
More events at centers like:
Dharma Jewel Monastery, Drepung Loseling Monastery, Atlanta Soto Zen Center, Mahamevnawa Buddhist Meditation Center of Atlanta, America Dhamma Society Pa Auk Monastery Ellijay, Atlanta Buddhism Association, and a few others.
Note that each group has different meditation styles and teachers, we recommend trying more than one!
Atlanta's Zen Buddhism and Meditation Course:
Dharma Jewel Monastery - Thursdays at 7pm for fall 2024 , plus separately in Chinese, and for Children on Sundays
Plus, free guided meditation most Sundays at 10am open to all on 11/17/24
2550 Henderson Mill Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30345
https://dharmajewel.us/
Atlanta Pure Land Association Mietoville - Sunday mornings, Mindful recitation (Amitabha Buddha name chanting in Chinese with English translation),
2800 Simpson Circle, Norcross GA 30071
Meditation in Decatur / Dekalb:
Atlanta Shambhala Center - Sundays at 10am, Open House meditation
1447 Church St. Decatur, GA 30030
Meditation intown Atlanta ITP:
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Sundays at 11am, Beginner's guided meditation at this Tibetan Buddhist center (both in person and livestream online)
1781 Dresden Drive, Atlanta Georgia 30319
Meditation in Roswell / Alpharetta:
Roswell Insight Meditation Community - Mondays at 7pm now online
Meditation inside the perimeter (between ATL downtown / East Atlanta Village):
Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple - first Wednesdays at 7:30pm and second Sundays at 2pm
1168 Benteen Avenue Southeast, Atlanta GA 30312
Meditation in Atlanta / Brookhaven:
Drepung Loseling Monastery - Tuesdays at 6pm (Medicine Buddha Practice) and 7pm (Public Buddhist Teaching) back in person AND online
Brief Tibetan Buddhist service for spiritual healing and cleansing; followed by talk with a monk on Buddhist topics. Come for one or both any week, all welcome.
Livestream link at Drepung.org
Meditation in Sandy Springs / Marietta:
Sandy Springs Insight Meditation - at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation
GROUP HAS ENDED AFTER 14 YEARS, NO MORE
Meditation in Dunwoody / Perimeter / Doraville:
Georgia Meditation Circle - Wednesdays at 7pm, at Georgia Meditation Center (Wat Dhammakaya temple)
4522 Tilly Mill Rd, Atlanta, GA 30360
Meditation in In Town Atlanta / Druid Hills:
Emory Buddhist Club - meets Thursdays at 6pm in Cannon Chapel for Emory students, faculty, staff, and University affiliates while college is in session
Meditation in Stonecrest / Lithonia:
Georgia Buddhist Vihara - TBD
Vipassana meditation and sutta study led by monk Bhante Deepankara, via Zoom
3153 Miller Rd, Stonecrest, GA 30038
Meditation in Buford / Mall of Georgia / Gwinnett:
Buddhanara Temple - Saturdays at 9am, Zen meditation practice (silent walking & sitting meditation)
2197 Gravel Springs Road, Buford GA 30519
Meditation in Lilburn / Duluth / Norcross:
Jun Dung Sa Temple - TBD
Zen meditation and small group lay-led discussion
900 Beaver Ruin Rd, Lilburn GA 30047
Meditation in East Cobb / Woodstock / Cherokee:
Mahamevnawa Buddhist Center - Saturdays at 7:30pm. Guided meditation with a Theravada monk
518 Stell Rd, Woodstock GA 30188
More events at centers like:
Dharma Jewel Monastery, Drepung Loseling Monastery, Atlanta Soto Zen Center, Mahamevnawa Buddhist Meditation Center of Atlanta, America Dhamma Society Pa Auk Monastery Ellijay, Atlanta Buddhism Association, and a few others.
More online groups at www.sfzen.org/virtualchurch
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WWGYD: “What Would Guan Yin do?” is our weekly virtual session with Venerable Jin He from Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. Small group Buddhist study focusing on how to apply Dharma to our daily lives! For summer 2021, we will use the Sixth Patriarch Platform Sutra to see how the Dharma plays a role in our daily lives. Suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners alike.
Every Friday at 8:00 PM Eastern Time The Sixth Patriarch Sutra Text Book for this class: https://www.buddhisttexts.org/collections/sutra-texts/products/the-sixth-patriarchs-dharma-jewel-platform-sutra Register at www.georgiabuddhistcamp.com |
To get a notification when Zen meditation classes resume at Dharma Jewel Monastery later in 2022, email us at info@georgiameditation.org
Upcoming In Person Events (all times Eastern US):
- Jun Dung Sa Temple Zen Meditation Group (English), register in advance for "School of Life" serires
All welcome for mindful sitting meditation and small group Zen discussion at this Korean temple. Entrance on the left side (to the left of the main doors) . Newcomers suggested arrive a few minutes early for brief instructions. We start with a short Heart Sutra chanting and stretching exercise / prostration , then 30 minutes quiet sitting meditation, followed by small group discussion on Zen topics. Join any week.
900 Beaver Ruin Rd, Lilburn GA 30047
http://www.atlantajundungsa.org/
- In person meditation Saturday mornings at 9am at Buddhanara Temple
All are welcome for quiet sitting meditation indoors and walking meditation around the lake, every Saturday at 9am
2197 Gravel Springs Rd, Buford GA 30519
- Saturday evening meditation in the northwest side of town / Cobb County!
Up in Woodstock Georgia: The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Center is a Theravada temple (small house), and a monk will guide the small group meditation every Saturday night at 7:30pm, all are welcome!
518 Stell Rd, Woodstock GA 30188
- Roswell Insight Meditation Community meditates on Monday evenings
All are welcome for guided meditation every Monday evening at 7pm at UU Unitarian Universalist Metro Atlanta North Universalist Unitarian Church
UUMAN - 11420 Crabapple Rd., Roswell GA --> currently only on Zoom
http://roswellinsightmeditation.org/
- Atlanta Tzu Chi Academy Chinese language Sunday school now enrolling 亞特蘭大 慈濟人文學校!
Atlanta Tzu Chi Academy - Chinese Language Weekend School now enrolling! Register now for Sunday school! Tzu Chi is perhaps the world's largest Buddhist charity, founded from humble roots in Taiwan in 1966 by nun Dharma Master Cheng Yen, who encouraged poor housewives to save one cent each day to help the needy. Today, Tzu Chi Foundation has activities in over a hundred countries with its “Four Major Missions” consisting of Charity, Medicine, Education, and Humanity. There are over two dozen Tzu Chi Academy Chinese language schools across the United States, with the Atlanta branch established in 1998 - bilingual teachers!
Tzu Chi Atlanta Academy is at 3120 Medlock Bridge Rd, Building E, Norcross GA 30071
www.tzuchi.us
Chinese School Website: https://tzuchi.us/academy/atlanta
In person meditation retreats have resumed at several Southern centers!
Tallahassee Chan Center (Florida)
https://tallahasseechan.org/
Southeast Vipassana Center (Jessup, GA)
https://www.patapa.dhamma.org/
Magnolia Grove Monastery in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition (Mississippi)
https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/
- Jun Dung Sa Temple Zen Meditation Group (English), register in advance for "School of Life" serires
All welcome for mindful sitting meditation and small group Zen discussion at this Korean temple. Entrance on the left side (to the left of the main doors) . Newcomers suggested arrive a few minutes early for brief instructions. We start with a short Heart Sutra chanting and stretching exercise / prostration , then 30 minutes quiet sitting meditation, followed by small group discussion on Zen topics. Join any week.
900 Beaver Ruin Rd, Lilburn GA 30047
http://www.atlantajundungsa.org/
- In person meditation Saturday mornings at 9am at Buddhanara Temple
All are welcome for quiet sitting meditation indoors and walking meditation around the lake, every Saturday at 9am
2197 Gravel Springs Rd, Buford GA 30519
- Saturday evening meditation in the northwest side of town / Cobb County!
Up in Woodstock Georgia: The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Center is a Theravada temple (small house), and a monk will guide the small group meditation every Saturday night at 7:30pm, all are welcome!
518 Stell Rd, Woodstock GA 30188
- Roswell Insight Meditation Community meditates on Monday evenings
All are welcome for guided meditation every Monday evening at 7pm at UU Unitarian Universalist Metro Atlanta North Universalist Unitarian Church
UUMAN - 11420 Crabapple Rd., Roswell GA --> currently only on Zoom
http://roswellinsightmeditation.org/
- Atlanta Tzu Chi Academy Chinese language Sunday school now enrolling 亞特蘭大 慈濟人文學校!
Atlanta Tzu Chi Academy - Chinese Language Weekend School now enrolling! Register now for Sunday school! Tzu Chi is perhaps the world's largest Buddhist charity, founded from humble roots in Taiwan in 1966 by nun Dharma Master Cheng Yen, who encouraged poor housewives to save one cent each day to help the needy. Today, Tzu Chi Foundation has activities in over a hundred countries with its “Four Major Missions” consisting of Charity, Medicine, Education, and Humanity. There are over two dozen Tzu Chi Academy Chinese language schools across the United States, with the Atlanta branch established in 1998 - bilingual teachers!
Tzu Chi Atlanta Academy is at 3120 Medlock Bridge Rd, Building E, Norcross GA 30071
www.tzuchi.us
Chinese School Website: https://tzuchi.us/academy/atlanta
In person meditation retreats have resumed at several Southern centers!
Tallahassee Chan Center (Florida)
https://tallahasseechan.org/
Southeast Vipassana Center (Jessup, GA)
https://www.patapa.dhamma.org/
Magnolia Grove Monastery in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition (Mississippi)
https://magnoliagrovemonastery.org/
Upcoming Tibetan Buddhist Events:
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Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc.
is honored to present Tibetan Buddhist teachings Atlanta, Georgia details at www.drepung.org The Foundations Series - Saturday Retreats 2025• Zoom Only - Registration Required Insight meditation (Vipassana) - Tuition Requested for this Foundations Series Introduction to Meditation Sundays • 11am IN PERSON and Online All are welcome every Sunday for beginner's meditation service. Medicine Buddha Practice Tuesdays at 6pm In Person AND Online All are welcome for this spiritual healing practice with brief chanting of mantras and meditation, evoking the power of compassion and wisdom within all of us. Public Buddhist Talk Tuesdays at 7pm • In Person AND Online Teaching topic varies each week, led by a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Online on Drepung Loseling Facebook and YouTube and at: vimeo.com/drepungloseling |
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Now accepting donations: We appreciate your donation. You can give online with a credit card via PayPal (no account or registration needed) to our friends at Georgia Buddhist Summer Camp - a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. You may qualify for eligible tax deductions. Thank you for your support of our all-volunteer organization!
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