Buddhism
in Philadelphia
We are a collection of Buddhist groups in the Philadelphia area who came together in 2002 to create "Change Your Mind Day," a program sponsored by Tricycle [hyperlink?] magazine. At this event, representatives from various local Buddhist groups gave teachings in their tradition. They also hosted booths for people interested in finding out more about their group. An outgrowth of producing these programs was greater cooperation between the different Buddhist groups involved.
To further facilitate cooperation and sharing Buddhist teachings, we created this website to help people discover Buddhist programs and events outside of their particular group. Participating groups also use it to avoid conflicts which arise when different groups schedule important teachers on the same weekend. Our hope is that scheduling conflicts will be minimized by having a central site showing the activities of all participating groups, increasing everyone's access to the wide variety of Buddhist teachings in our area.