Despite numerous obstacles that being in the “Bible Belt” sometimes poses, fortunately one can still find the Dharma in small pockets (and even big ones, such as over 160 acres of Magnolia Grove Monastery) across the deep South.
Contents (sorted by region):
Kentucky:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Louisville
(more temples in Louisvile and Bowling Green coming soon!)
Memphis, Tennessee and Northern Mississippi:
Magnolia Grove Monastery / Magnolia Village
Tu Viện Quan Am (Guan Yin Monastery)
(eventually will add more temples in Western TN)
Nashville, Mursfreesboro, and Middle Tennessee:
Cambodian International Buddhist Temple
Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Tennessee
Music of the Heart Sangha Nashville
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center of Tennessee
Chùa Phật Ân (Phat An Temple)
Chùa Phước Bình (Middle Tennessee Buddhist Association)
Chùa Tịnh Tâm (Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Nashville)
Saddhama Gon Yaung Myanmar Buddhist Temple
The Buddhist Temple of Nashville
Wat Amphawan
Wat Lao Antioch
Wat Lao Buddharam
Wat Lao Buddha Phatip
12South Dharma Center (Nashville Zen; One Dharma Nashville, Against the Stream Nashville) – coming soon! *2022 update: This place closed a few years ago, actually!*
Chattanooga Area:
Wat Lao Buddha Manodham
Kentucky:
Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, public talk with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, KFC Yum Center Arena, Louisville KY 2013
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qnTa6FegCWN78SsW8
Mississippi:
Tu Viện Mộc Lan / Lang Mộc Lan
Magnolia Grove Mindfulness Practice Center / Magnolia Village, Batesville MS, 2012 (New temple constructed 2013 not in photos)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ha3PZtuPcUvbHMB2A
Western Tennessee:
Tu Viện Quan Am (Guan Yin Monastery), Memphis TN, 2012
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FYuiBXsRcQZGexFg8
Middle Tennessee Buddhist Associations:
Cambodian International Buddhist Temple, Nashville TN, 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/22MBMLJaXENeypMY8
Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Tennessee, Murfreesboro TN (Nashville area), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/EP7krGCe45TYzvmh7
Music of the Heart Sangha Nashville (A lay Mindfulness Community in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh)
Mindfulness Retreat 2012:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RgkmkJRPQp4Vf6HM8
Mindfulness Retreat 2013:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SmKyW5eLbeca5dbVA
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center of Tennessee, Nashville TN 2011 – 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7RZXdPdprTeDSviSA
Chùa Phật Ân (Phat An Temple), Antioch TN (Nashville area Vietnamese monastery), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/piXAvu5baaNpPD1bA
Chùa Phước Bình, Phuoc Binh Monastery, Middle Tennessee Buddhist Association, Millersville TN (Nashville area Vietnamese temple), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FUyNvdp7VZguygcw7
Chùa Tịnh Tâm, Nashville Vietnamese Buddhist Association, Nashville TN, 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cZHQQRE9Ci3JAb5X7
Saddhama Gon Yaung Myanmar Buddhist Temple, Nashville TN 2014 (Construction planning!)
The Buddhist Temple, Nashville TN 2010-2013
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eEhWB7kyEcd4pMyKA
Wat Amphawan, Murfreesboro TN (Nashville area Thai temple), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z3ccUUeiqCq8KfZh9
Wat Lao Antioch, Antioch TN (Nashville area), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8Drk6uWhnVUV3TLR9
Wat Lao Buddharam, Murfreesboro TN (Nashville area), 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SMkMpgxEf9ipABg9A
Wat Lao Buddha Phatip, Nashville TN, 2014
https://photos.app.goo.gl/r4aaR6PWrQgDfna2A
Wat Lao Buddha Manodham, Chickamauga GA (Chattanooga TN area), 2014
The Rabbit's Horn 