Mahāyāna: places to practise

The "great vehicle": the bodhisattva ideal of awakening for the sake of all beings, and the teaching of emptiness. 50 places in 12 countries.

Mahāyāna in the app

Schools and lineages

United States

Blue Cliff Monastery Monastery · Pine Bush, New York · Plum Village
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery · Ukiah, California · Mahāyāna
Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji Monastery · Livingston Manor, New York · Rinzai Zen
Deer Park Monastery Monastery · Escondido, California · Plum Village
Dharma Drum Retreat Center retreat · Pine Bush, New York · Chan
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center Retreat centre · Muir Beach, California · Sōtō Zen · upcoming events
Magnolia Grove Monastery Monastery · Batesville, Mississippi · Plum Village · upcoming events
Mountain Cloud Zen Center Retreat centre · Santa Fe, New Mexico · Zen · upcoming events
Providence Zen Center (Kwan Um) Monastery · Cumberland, Rhode Island · Kwan Um School of Zen
Rochester Zen Center Temple · Rochester, New York · Zen
San Francisco Zen Center Study centre · San Francisco · Sōtō Zen · upcoming events
Sanshin Zen Community Temple · Bloomington, Indiana · Sōtō Zen
Shasta Abbey Monastery · Mount Shasta, California · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Monastery · Carmel Valley, California · Sōtō Zen · upcoming events
Upaya Institute and Zen Center Retreat centre · Santa Fe, New Mexico · Zen
Zen Center of Los Angeles Temple · Los Angeles · Sōtō Zen
Zen Center of Syracuse Temple · Syracuse, New York · Rinzai Zen
Zen Mountain Monastery Monastery · Mount Tremper, New York · Zen

United Kingdom

Battersea Park Peace Pagoda Pilgrimage site · Battersea Park, London · Nipponzan-Myohoji
Dragon Bell Temple Temple · Shillingford St George, Devon · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Great Ocean Dharma Refuge Temple · Felindre Farchog, Pembrokeshire · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
London Zen Centre (Kwan Um) Centre · London · Zen
Maenllwyd Retreat Centre (Western Chan Fellowship) Retreat centre · Rhayader, Powys · Zen · upcoming events
Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda Pilgrimage site · Willen, Milton Keynes · Nipponzan-Myohoji
Norwich Zen Buddhist Priory Temple · Norwich, Norfolk · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Plum Village UK sanghas Organisation · Plum Village
Portobello Buddhist Priory Temple · Portobello, Edinburgh · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Telford Buddhist Priory Temple · Telford, Shropshire · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Monastery · Carrshield, Northumberland · Sōtō Zen · upcoming events
Turning Wheel Buddhist Temple Temple · Leicester · Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, Sōtō Zen
Zenways Centre · London · Rinzai Zen

Japan

Antai-ji Temple Monastery · Shin'onsen, Hyōgo · Sōtō Zen
Daitoku-ji Temple Monastery · Kyoto · Rinzai Zen
Eihei-ji Temple Monastery · Eiheiji, Fukui · Sōtō Zen
Engaku-ji Temple Monastery · Kamakura · Rinzai Zen
Myōshin-ji Temple Monastery · Kyoto · Rinzai Zen
Sōji-ji Temple Monastery · Yokohama · Sōtō Zen

France

Maison de l'Inspir Monastery · Villeneuve-sur-Bellot · Plum Village
Plum Village (France) Monastery · Saint-Avit-Sénieur, Dordogne · Plum Village
Plum Village Monastery Monastery · Thénac, Dordogne · Plum Village

People's Republic of China

Bailin Temple Temple · Zhaoxian, Hebei · Zen
Nanhua Temple Pilgrimage site · Shaoguan, Guangdong · Zen
Shaolin Monastery Pilgrimage site · Dengfeng, Henan · Zen

Australia

Nan Tien Temple Temple · Berkeley (Wollongong), NSW · Mahāyāna

Germany

European Institute of Applied Buddhism Monastery · Waldbröl · Plum Village

India

Nalanda Mahavihara Pilgrimage site · Nalanda, Bihar · Buddhism, Mahāyāna

South Korea

Haeinsa Monastery · Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam · Seon (Korean Zen)

Taiwan

Fo Guang Shan Monastery Monastery · Dashu, Kaohsiung · Mahāyāna

Thailand

Thai Plum Village Monastery · Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima · Plum Village

Vietnam

Từ Hiếu pogoda Temple · Huế · Plum Village, Zen

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