Members (cont.) Contact: Dr. Kongsak, [email protected]

Vietnamese Buddhist (314) 421-3450 Association of St. Louis (Viet Minh Temple) 5234 Bulwer Ave., St. Louis, MO 63147 cil of G un rea St. Louis Shambhala Ellen Ranney o te Meditation Group (314) 973-3620 C r t ( Tradition) [email protected] s S i t 425 Marshall Ave St. Louis, www.stlouis.shambhala.org . h MO 63119 United States L d

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203 E Dunklin St., [email protected] B Jefferson City, MO 65101 www.vipassanabuddhist- church.org Mission Family Group Joan Scherry Founded in June 1999, The Buddhist Council of Greater Blackburn Park, (314) 625-4224 St. Louis is a collaborative effort among various Buddhist Webster Groves [email protected] organizations in the Greater St. Louis region aiming to promote cooperation among St. Louis Buddhists and Midwest Moon Lori Dowd/Daniel Smith to share the awakened way of life with all beings. ( Tradition) www.MidwestMoon 475 East Lockwood Ave., Sangha.com Webster Groves, MO 63119 info@midwestmoonsang- & Plum Village: ha.com Thich Nhat Hanh http://plumvillage.org/

Sunday Sangha Christine Schutz (Insight Meditation/ (314) 580-9908 Mindfulness) [email protected] 220 Spring Avenue, Webster Groves, MO 63119

◆Denotes active member of Council as of May 2015 Members Contact: Dr. Kongsak, [email protected]

◆Buddhanara Temple Bhikkhuni Sungak ◆ Phrasriratanaram, 314-839-3115 of America (Korean (314) 993-0185 Thai of [email protected] Zen – ) (314) 239-9068 Greater St. Louis www.stlhaitemple.org 874 Berick Drive, [email protected] (Thai Theravadin) www.facebook.com/ St. Louis, MO 63132 http://www.buddhanara.net 890 Lindsay Lane, thaitemplestl Activities Florissant, MO 63031 ◆Do-Ngak Choling Venerable Rinchen (Tibetan – Nyingma) Phuntsok Wat Buddhamanee (314) 771-7195 Members of The Council meet monthly to organize several ◆ 7528 Gannon Ave., Sharon Benjamin Rattanaram Laotian annual events: University City, MO 63130 (314) 862-3117 Temple [email protected] 2832 Cherokee Street, 1. Socially-Engaged Seminar conduct- Saint Louis, MO 63118 ed in early March of each year, with presentation of ◆Fo Guang Shan St. Louis Venerable Jue Huang thought-provoking talks and group discussions about Buddhist Center (314) 209-8882 ◆Boundless Buddha Venerable Haewon application of Buddhist teachings to social, economic, (Chan – Mahayana) Zen Society (314) 420-0961 and political issues we faced with every day. 3109 Smiley Road, [email protected] (Korean Zen) [email protected] Bridgeton, MO 63044 http://en.fgsstlbc.org/ 6208 Wanda Ave., www.bbzs.org 2. International Day celebration commemorating St. Louis, MO 63116 the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death (pari-nirva- ◆Shinzo Zen Meditation Reverend Kalen na: death of an enlightened being) in the spring. This is Center & Inside [email protected] Blue Lotus Dharma Center Ngakpa Chökyi Lodü our largest event. (Zen, Socially Engaged) 607 E. Lockwood, Suite106, (314) 614-7370 6403 Clemens Ave., Webster Groves, MO 63119 bluelotusdharmacenter@ 3. The Mindfulness Day Seminar is conducted during University City, MO 63130 gmail.com each fall season, with guidance on , www.bluelotusdharma based upon the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, to ◆Mid-America Buddhist Venerable Kungshih center.org gain Mindfulness, self-awareness, and Insight Wisdom. Association (MABA) (636) 482-4037 Chanmyay 4. Walk to Feed the Hungry around the end of October (Chan – Mahayana) [email protected] Resident Abbot U Gunasiri 299 Heger Lane, www.maba-usa.org Vihara (217) 726-9601 of each year, in collaboration with the Buddhist Global Augusta, MO 525 Bruns Ln., P.O. Box [email protected] Relief, led by Ven. . Proceeds from the 5508, Springfield, IL 62705 www.chanmyayusa.org Walk supports the Buddhist Global Relief to provide ◆Missouri Zen Center (314) 961-6138 direct food aid to people afflicted by hunger and malnu- () [email protected] Kagyu Droden Kunchab Kati Guerra trition, and promote ecologically sustainable agriculture, 220 Spring Avenue, www.missourizencenter.org (KDK) — Saint Louis (314) 809-2441 to support the education of girls and women, and to give Webster Groves, MO 63119 [email protected] (Mahayana & www.kdkstl.org Vajrayana Buddhism) women an opportunity to start right livelihood projects ◆Pure Mind Center and Tailing Chin 10073 Manchester Rd., to support their families. Buddhist Library (636) 825-3889 St. Louis, MO 63122 (Chan – Mahayana, www.puremindcenter.org Dharma Drum Mountain) [email protected] St. Louis Mindfulness Elizabeth Fryer 7825 Olive St., (Vipassanā) [email protected] St. Louis, MO 63130 88 N. Gore Ave., https://stlmindfulness.com/ Webster Groves, MO 63119

◆Denotes active member of Council as of May 2015