General Information on Buddhism
The links in this section are to web pages that contain general Buddhist overviews.
Buddhanet
Buddhist Education and Information Network
This site is a great resource for everything Buddhist.
History of Buddhism
From Buddhist-temples.com
http://www.buddhist-temples.com/history-of-buddhism.html
This page gives very brief information. Its perfect for an “at a glance” quick reference.
Following the Buddha’s Footsteps
Instilling Goodness School
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Talmage, CA 95481
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/footsteps.htm
This is an enjoyable article, and also very thorough.
The History of Buddhism
Dr. C. George Boeree
Shippensburg University
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhahist.html
This is an excellent survey of the history of Buddhism and of the various Buddhist schools.
Tibetan Buddhism
The links in this section are of web pages containing basic information that applies to all Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Official website of HHDL & the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
http://www.dalailama.com
This website, among many other things, contains excellent webcasts of his Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings.
Tibet Online
This may be an activist site for Tibetan Freedom, however it does have a lot of useful information about Tibetan culture.
Drikung Lineage
The links in this section are of web pages containing basic information that applies to the Tibetan Buddhist Drikung lineage.
Official Website of the Drikung Kagyu Lineagewww.drikung-kagyu.org This website serves as the primary resource for the entire worldwide Drikung community.
Tibetan Meditation Center
Frederick Maryland
http://drikungtmc.org/index.html
We are closely affiliated with TMC. All of our teachers reside at this center.
Garchen Buddhist Institute
Chino Valley Arizona
http://www.garchen.net/
The Garchen Buddhist Institute was founded by H. E. Garchen Rinpoche in 1997.
Songtsen Library
Center for Tibetan & Himalayan Studies
Dehra Dun India
http://www.songtsen-library.net/
The Library was founded by H. H Chetsang Rinpoche, not only for the preservation of the Drikung Lineage, but also to preserve Himalayan Culture.
Vajra Publication
This is the North American publishing house for the Drikung Kagyu Lineage.
U.S. Drikung Centers that are not already listed above
CALIFORNIA
Escondido
Drikung Kyobpa Chöling
COLORADO
Aura, Boulder and Greely
Colorado Ratnashri Sangha
http://www.coloradoratnashri.net/
FLORIDA
Gainesville
Tibetan Meditation Center-Gainesville
Orlando
Drikung Tresung Chöling
Tampa bay
Ratna Sangha of Tampa Bay
http://www.ratnashri-tampabay.org/
Katsel Dharma Center
http://www.meditationtampa.com/
Tallahasse
Florida Drikung Dzogchen Community
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Chicago Ratna Shri Sangha
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Bodhicitta Foundation
http://buddhism.inbaltimore.org/
Gaithersburg
Drikung Mahayana Center
http://drikungmahayanacenter.org/
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Drikung Meditation Center
NEW JERSEY
Denville
Gampopa Vajrayana Center
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Rigdzin Dharma Foundation
NEW YORK
Rochester
White Lotus Society
http://www.whitelotusdharma.org
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
Urban Dharma North Carolina
OHIO
Dayton
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center
VERMONT
Bristol
Drikung Dzogchen Community-Vermont
Lincoln
Vajradakini Nunnery
http://www.vajradakininunnery.org/
Virginia
Portsmouth
Karma Kagyu Lineage
http://www.hamptonroadsbuddhism.com/
