Cambridge Buddhist Association

Cambridge Buddhist Association
Religion
Affiliation	non-sectarian
Status	Closed as of September 2011 (as place of practice)
Location
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Country	United States
Architecture
Founder	D.T. Suzuki, Hisamatsu Shinichi, John & Elsie Mitchell
Completed	1957

The Cambridge Buddhist Association was informally founded in 1957 when D.T. Suzuki moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts and befriended John and Elsie Mitchell, who ran a vast library of books on Buddhism and held zazen for various practitioners. The institution was incorporated in 1959 and remains active. In 1979 Maurine Stuart, a Rinzai rōshi, became President of the organization, and several influential Buddhist teachers in the United States have been members.

The Cambridge Buddhist Association ceased to offer a place of practice in September 2011, when the property that housed the Zendo was sold.

Spiritual directors

• Dokuro R. Jaeckel (2004 - 2011)
• Maurine Stuart (deceased)

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Taylor, Eugene (1999). Shadow Culture: Psychology and Spirituality in America. Counterpoint. ISBN 1-58243-080-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)