SeattleBuddhistCenter.org
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Seattle Buddhist Center
Description
About Us
The Seattle Buddhist Center is part of an international Buddhist movement known as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) which aims to make available the teachings and practices of Buddhism in a form accessible to those in the West. The Center offers a wide range of activities and resources to further these aims. The center caters to a range of activities and features shrine rooms for meditation, Dharma book sales, Dharma merchandise, lending library, and conversation areas.
The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order was founded by Venerable Sangharakshita who, although English by birth, spent twenty years in Asia studying and practicing under teachers from the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions. Returning to England he became convinced of the need for a new Buddhist movement in the West, which would communicate the ideals of Buddhism by drawing inspiration not only from the three main Buddhist traditions but also from the cultural and artistic heritage of the West.
The FWBO has established centers in many countries with each center encouraging the leading of a Buddhist life based on sound ethical principles and the creation of a more spiritually helpful environment by participation in meditation classes, study, retreats, residential communities and right livelihood businesses. At the heart of the FWBO is the Western Buddhist Order.
Contact
- Seattle Buddhist Center
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- Seattle WA
- US 98115
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- +1.2062421155
