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What are Buddhists building in Berry Hill? A new temple.

by Holly Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK, Feb. 8, 2018

Construction is underway on a new Tibetan Buddhist temple in Davidson County.
Berry Hill, TN (USA) -- The Padmasambhava Buddhist Center of Tennessee is adding the small, 600-square-foot meditation hall called the Yeshe Tsogyal Temple at its Berry Hill location, said Dolly Carlisle, a board member for the the center.

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Buddhist Scholars Illuminate Spirituality Amidst Today's Chaos at Houston Symposium on Tibetan Buddhism

The Buddhist Channel, Oct 10, 2017

HOUSTON, TX (USA) -- Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism hosted their celebratory symposium, Beyond Hard Knocks: Creative Buddhist Voices on Learning from Experience, on September 15 and 16, 2017 to illuminate the art of being mindful amidst today's chaos.

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Buddhist temple welcomes all

by By Alex Perry, Suffolk News Herald, February 20, 2017

Buddhist monks have extended an open invitation to their serene Carrollton location for a celebration.
Suffolk, VA (USA) -- Wat Pasantidhamma in rural Carrollton is holding its Magha Puja ceremony from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. Hundreds of people from many backgrounds are expected at the Thai Theravada Buddhist temple, and everybody is welcome to attend at no cost.

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Advisors to Dalai Lama share Buddhist teachings in Ark

by Brejamin Perkins, KTHV, October 24, 2016

LITTLE ROCK, AR (USA) -- The spiritual advisor to the Dalai Lama is touring Arkansas this month. Today, he and other Buddhist Monks participated in a ceremony, "Silence, Stillness and Interfaith Harmony" at the Arkansas House of Prayer at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Little Rock.

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New Multi-Lineage Retreat Center(

The Buddhist Channel, Aug 22, 2016

Hendersonville, NC (USA) -- Heartwood Refuge, a Retreat and Conference Center founded by Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa with their local community, is now open for its first retreat.

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Buddhist talk for teens describes finding peace and compassion within

Buddhist Monks Share Artistry At Augie

Buddhist forest monastery approved for Englewood

McClung Museum has public events about Buddhist art

Buddhist event intended to heal area 10 monks from the Nechung Monastery in Dharamsala, India, visit General Gomez Arts and Event Center on Monday

Buddhist retreat eyed near Plantation at Leesburg

Buddhist structure emerging in Ozarks

Baton Rouge Buddhist temple to celebrate anniversary

Temple puts down Buddhist roots in Charlotte

Local Buddhist community builds shrine in Pineville yard

Buddhism in the Bible Belt

Zen and the Alexandria Open Meditation Group

Lejeune Buddhist Sangha group meets a local hospital

Buddhist monk comes to Bible Belt

Triangle Buddhists celebrate Earth Day with interfaith service,

Eastern Kentucky University Student chosen to visit Buddhist retreat

Speaking of the Dalai Lama: Buddhist human rights leader to begin dialogue in preparation for October visit

Buddhist student wins suit

A little Lhasa

Tomoka inmates find Buddhism

ACLU, parents of Buddhist student in N. La. sue Christian educators for religious harassment

Don’t want to be hassled by creationist teacher? Give up Buddhism, Louisiana public school says

A Bridge Between Western Science and Eastern Faith

Distant Violence Shatters a Texas Buddhist Group’s Quiet

Tibetan Buddhist monks complete, dismantle sand mandala in Savannah

Tibetan Buddhist Monks Begin Ritual for World Peace

Crews lift 40-ton statue into place at Buddhist Center

Dalai Lama offers lessons at Buddhist-centered sessions

Buddhist ceremony in BR enchants visitors

Durham Buddhist center teaches learning to let go

Taking it to the streets: Urban Dharma brings Buddhist teachings to the heart of Asheville

Buddhist Monk returns to Hopkinsville Community College

Oprah Store Taken Over by Buddhist Center

Buddhist groups gather weekly in Martin, Indian River counties

An unusual Buddhist center spreads a West Coast author's teachings to Middle Tennessee

Questions of Faith: Knox Buddhism

Canadian monk to lecture on Buddhist worldview, ideas

Buddhist lama leads contemplative life in India

A Place to Call Om: Athens Buddhists lack community, find practice

Seeking new Buddhist monk to fill the place of another still mourned

Buddhist temple thrives in the heart of Montrose

Rite of passage: Another monk joins Buddhist temple in South Dade

Buddhist monk accused of Alabama temple killing

400 Buddhist monks to march in Little Saigon

New Buddhist retreat opens in Blount County

Buddhists welcome Year of the Dragon

Tenzin Palmo to share her views at Florida Atlantic University

For Vietnamese Buddhists in south Alabama a goddess of mercy is a powerful figure

Buddhist monks live simple life at rural temple

Buddhist temple to open hall

Zen Buddhism Center offers study and meditation

Some Texas inmates learn from meditation

A Buddhist temple beckons in Sarasota

Vietnamese monk to visit Pensacola

Louisiana's first Thai Buddhist temple opens in Algiers

Buddhism practitioners mark birthday day with meditation

Buddhist conference in Bolivia

Buddhism blossoms with compassion

Orlando temple celebrates Buddha's birth

Virginia Beach Buddhist monk community finds permanent home, city OKs permit

Buddhist monk leads discussion of karmic forces in Morristown

Thai student’s road to Buddhism comes to San Antonio

Dalai Lama nephew killed along A1A in Florida

Buddhist monk speaks to students about love, compassion

Buddhist temple in Kannapolis celebrates one year

Prosecutors: more victims of accused monk possible

Tibetan Buddhist center settles in at home

Zen Center abbot offers talks

County officials meet with Buddhist monks

Buddhist monastery in Bolivia to host about 100 monks next year

Buddhist: Tolerance an outgrowth of love

Dalai Lama to Make 5th Atlanta Visit

Buddhist monk says he'll try again for permit to open monastery

Tuscaloosa’s Buddhists travel the Eightfold Path

Supervisors say Buddhist worship center in violation of ordinances

Gere to join Dalai Lama at Emory in October

Tibetan monks offer music, sand painting and a window on their culture

Order builds Triangle's largest Buddhist temple

Upstate Becomes Buddhist Pilgrimage Site

Bonita law firm helps bring nuns, monks from Vietnam to U.S.

Buddhist Temple right of way is almost done deal

Buddhists consecrate temple

Buddhist monk says U.S. can benefit from example of monastic

A blessing for Buddhists to ring in the Thai New Year

Dalai Lama returns to Emory this fall

Buddhist tradition thrives in Austin

Buddhist temple vandalized for second time in two weeks

In Fort Worth, Buddhists are raising a temple

Indiana loses a Buddhist pioneer

The Buddhists in our backyard

Buddhist Monastery Opens in Bowling Green

Buddha finds home in Farmersville

Buddhist temple opens with festival

Buddhism practice soothes mind and soul

Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars

Driver's license for Buddhist monk is his key to assimilation, improving harmony

Buddhist Temple Consecrated in Zuni Mountains

Event offers introduction to Buddhism

Lao-American Buddhist community working to rebuild burned temple

Instructor shares his own path at northwest Dallas meditation center

Virginia Buddhist monks to relocate, educate

Children explore Buddhism and Thai culture in the Redland

Lao Buddhists honor monk with elaborate funeral

Meditate to find inner peace, Buddhist monk tells Pasco audience

Ex-con blossoms with Buddhist enlightenment

Dalai Lama offers $100,000 to save religion department

Small Lexington Buddhist community learns the Tibetan way

Sunday school class explores Buddhism

Years of work paying off for Buddhists' retreat

Spence to lead Zen retreat at Great Tree temple

Tulsa Buddhist statue proposal advances

Buddhist statue is too big

City of Virginia Beach, monks reach agreement

Vietnamese Buddhists form congregation in Manatee

Savannah Buddhists to build new temple

Professor to link Tibetan meditation with cancer treatment in lecture

New University of Virginia's Tibet center bring together Chinese and Tibetan research

Buddhist scholar to create sand mandala, symbol of peace, at UA bookstore

Buddhists kindle good luck, happiness at new year service

St Louis Secrets: Buddhist temples

Buddhist assembly seeks bigger temple

Course Examines Buddhism Through Storytelling

Buddhists Seek Enlightenment

Interfaith prayers at Putnam County to mark new year

Dr. C.T. Shen, one of the world's most compassionate men

Monk takes basics of Buddhism behind bars at Jefferson County's federal pen

Possible Hate Crime At Charlotte Buddhist Temple

Buddhist Temple Reconstruction Going To Court

Bauxite houses a bounty of Buddhist relics

Buddhist relics bring enlightenment to the world

Buddhist devotees in US donate wheel chairs to disabled Army soldiers

New trial ordered in 1991 Buddhist temple killings

Alumnus discusses new book on Buddhism

Buddhist exhibit in Boca Raton said to inspire kindness

Zen temple opens in Alexandria

Elections and Buddhism in America

Buddhist relics on display at Clearwater church

Japanese Buddhist temple moved to US South

Annual Kathina ceremony held at Indiana Buddhist Temple

Three Buddhist teachers coming to Tallahassee

Federal judge to decide if Buddhist monks stay or go

Buddhist monks allowed to resume services for now

Lecture uncovers the oasis of Dunhuang

Monks sue Va. Beach over permit denial

Buddhist monks file federal lawsuit

Buddhist monks can't use house as temple

Virginia Beach monks seek to keep temple location

Buddhist monks to paint with sand

Buddhists hope to remain in rural house

Beach oversteps on temple's treatment

Rosenberg Library exhibits Buddhist objects

Planners urge monks to close down their temple

Airman initiates Buddism group

Upaya Zen Center's Buddhist Chaplaincy Training program - a visionary program for imperiled world

From Irvine to India

Upaya’s summer practice period: Essence of Engaged Buddhism

Local Church Excited for Lama Rinpoche's Visit

Monks take part in Buddhist ritual

Dhamma Day celebrates Buddhist teachers

Buddhists benefit from veggie dining

Buddha statue brought to the US, welcomed by dozens in Arlington

Parbawatiya Buddhist Center opens new temple at Safety Harbor

Buddhist temple thrives in Pensacola

Monks will bring Buddhist blessings to Socastee business

Buddhist ceremony honors all creatures great and small

Buddha on the Bayou

The Karmapa of Tibet builds in Earleton

Orlando Temple Raises Money, Prayers For Chinese Earthquake Victims

Buddhist monastery fights power line

Kileen Buddhist temple celebrates anniversary, Thai New Year

Monk sees life's beauty in ocean's waves

Creating Tibetan art for world peace

Local Buddhist temples plan for April 13 new year observance

An American monk in Charleston

Monks Lead Pro-Tibet Demonstration in Raleigh

Irvington's Thai Buddhist Temple catches fire

State Supreme Court Upholds Results Of Buddhist Temple Election

Arkansas high court hears Buddhist temple case

Thai community in Miami struggles to complete Buddhist temple

David Loy to lecture on consumerism and ecology at Vanderbilt

Arkansas University’s Outstanding Faculty Award goes to Tibetan Geshe professor

Buddhist blessings in South Florida

Quest for enlightenment

Buddhist community grows in South Florida along with Thai temple

A Thai Buddhist temple near Miami

Vote On New Leadership At Biloxi Buddhist Temple Creates Arguing And Finger-Pointing

Emotions, drama at Biloxi temple's presidential election

Police break up two disputes at Buddhist temple

Buddhism's role in peace discussed at ECU event

Zen Center utilized as meditation space, homework resource

Meet Emory's newest professor: The Dalai Lama

Port Arthur monk puts new face on Buddhism

Thousands Hear Message of Inner Peace and Tolerance

Dalai Lama: Try 'inner disarmament'

Dalai Lama gives lesson on Buddhism

Dalai Lama's Atlanta schedule

How is Atlanta like Tibet?

Simply letting go

Hermitage celebrates milestone

First American Nun Installed as Resident Minister of U.S. Nichiren Temple

Virginia Beach says rural home is no place for Buddhist center

Oklahoma's Buddhists to gather for conference

Buddhist fest lets Nashville in on the secret of inner peace

Buddhists celebrate parents, ancestors on Sunday

The vote is in, Buddhist's given a year to worship in their home

Buddhist monks continue to seek the right to worship at home

South Florida Buddhists gather for annual water repentance ceremony

Buddhist temple a spiritual haven in Port Arthur

Food, peace, love and understanding

A flourishing temple embraces its community

Atlanta gets first Zen master

Prayers, chants lead the way on one life's journey

Growing Buddhist congregation in Austin and Williamson County areas

Tibet's “Oracle” to visit Miami, Florida

West Virginian Buddhist monastery initiates petition

Chanting a path to Peacefulness

Lake Santa Fe Buddhist center mostly draws praise, excitement

Buddhist Priests Solicit Support For Temple

India wanderer shares insights in Lake County

A blessing in sand

Buu Mon hosts official Vesak celebration

West Virginian Monk Receives Higher Ordination

Buddhists plan retreat in Gainsville

Buddhist centers in southern New Mexico offer Tibetan culture and traditions

Everyone's capable of compassion

Monk promotes peace during pilgrimage

New Buddhist Meditation Center Opens In Nashville

Buddhist nun's path to peace leads to Florida

Monk commanded to leave Norcross temple

Officials close jailhouse door to Buddhist chaplain

The Chung Mei Buddhist Temple focuses on simple, soulful foods

Children learn to meditate in Buddhist method at center

Dalai Lama accepts Atlanta professorhip

The Heart of Reality

Monk reflects on a growing faith

Buddhist monks to demonstrate Mandala sand painting at college

Building big for Buddha

Hundreds view relics of Buddha in Jacksonville

Buddhist relics tour comes to Charlotte

Explore Buddhism in Charlotte

Beautiful but transitory sand art teaches lesson, to spread blessing

Monks’ mandala a grand sand aspiration

Tibetan Lama to speak in Hattiesburg

Judge Certifies Results Of Buddhist Election

Control Of Buddhist Temple Could Be Decided By Election

Lecture examines Buddhist traditions

Offering a Buddhism for everyone

Buddhist relief organization aids Coast's healing process

Counselor uses Buddhist faith to guide and teach others

Tibetan groups in North Carolina celebrates Dalai Lama's birthday and World Tibet day

The lesson of the sand mandala

Mysteriously stolen Buddha back where it belongs

A date for enlightenment

Lama to appear for Buddhist events

Judge Resolves Buddhist Temple Dispute

Buddhists celebrate founder's birthday

Biloxi temple to celebrate Buddha's birthday Sunday

Laotians ring in the new year

Sightseers Flock to Buddha Wall

Buddhist monk illustrates belief grain by grain

Mom battling breast cancer finds peace through Buddhism

Buddhism comes to Bible Belt

Nashville?s first Tibetan Buddhist center hosts open house

A Buddhist Monastery in Stafford County

Tibetan monk to bless local Buddhist center

Tibetan monks make it picture-perfect Thanksgiving

A circle of life

Buddhist temple in Catlett reaches out to county neighbors

Emotions run high as Buddhist temple opens

Buddhist temple set to open Sunday

Buddhist festival seeks to transcend boundaries

Buddhist Association comes to assistance of Kent Fire Department

Buddhist Center Formally Opens

Tibetan monks to discuss Buddhist practices at Elon University

Buddhists invite you for a peaceful visit

A Center of Solace for Families

Letter from Master Cheng Yen to Tzu Chi Volunteers

Some wait for word, but word can?t get out

An open-minded approach arrives

Temple offers Buddhists a place of peace

Birth of Buddhism

Buddhist Monastery to Build New Temple

Panel denies rezoning for Buddhist association

Teens charged with vandalizing Buddhist temple

Buddhist Temple Vandalism

Buddhist temple in Tampa donates housing to tsunami victims

Dean leads trip to Buddhist institution

A different path

Please, chant me serenity!

Couple weds at Buddhist temple

Temple celebrates birthday of abbott

Buddhist Ritual: Tsunami victims receive prayers

Buddhists Start Year Dolefully

Life's lessons

Tibetan Monk Creates Sand Art For Holiday Season

Ancient Buddhist relics on exhibit in New Orleans

Buddhist teacher comes to USF

From Jew to lama

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