Address, E-mail and Telephone:

    1999 South Valley Road             814 735-2129  
    Crystal Spring, PA  15536          240 498-6191  
 
                    e-mail: admin@pabuddhistvihara.net

Directions:

From Washingon D.C. area:  Drive north on Route 270 to Frederick, then west on Route 70, past Hancock and into Pennsylvania.  About 20 minutes drive from the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, take Exit 151 (Crystal Spring).  Turn LEFT at the stop sign onto S. Valley Rd. (PA Route 915).  You will see a lumber store on your left.  Go about 2 miles, and after you pass a pond and as you get near the top of a hill, see the Center on your left, with a Buddhist flag.

From Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh: Take Route 76 toward Breezewood, and exit onto Route 70 East.  Drive about 4 miles and take Exit 151 (Crystal Spring).  Turn RIGHT at the stop sign onto S. Valley Rd (PA Route 915), drive about 2 miles, and after you pass a pond and as you get near the top of a hill, see the Center on your left, with a Buddhist flag.


Current Activities:

IBSP sponsored and celebrated the multicultural International Vesak on May 2, 2010 at the Washington DC Buddhist Vihara, 5016 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC.  

The Center is still undergoing renovation, and the resident monks are now in Sri Lanka.

All programs are free of charge. 


Retreat Center:

Sadaham Sevana is a nice quiet venue for a meditation, Buddhist or yoga retreat.  Monks or groups of lay practitioners who are seeking a such a venue are invited to email us for details.


Chief Incumbent:

 Ven. Karaputugala Indaratana Maha Thero is the Spiritual Director and Chief Incumbent of IBSP.  He has a Master's Degree in Pali, Buddhist Philosophy and Western Philosophy, and he has been a Theravada Buddhist Monk for 35 years.  He is the Chief Incumbent of the Thalarukkaramaya Buddhist temple in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and the Chief Incumbent, spiritual director and founder of  the International Buddhist Society of Pennsylvania.  He is associated with several temples in the U.S., U.K, and Japan.  He is the Director and founder of an orphanage of 25 children at his temple in Moratuwa, which has been operating since 1993.  He has visited Italy and Thailand, and took part in Japanese Buddhist conferences in Washington DC in 2002.  He is a member of the Japanese Pagoda Saama Chaitiya Association to maintain Buddhist holy shrines, in Sri Pada, Walapane (Hill country), Ampare, and Galle.  He worked 12 years as a teacher in the Education Department of Sri Lanka.  He housed 1800 Tsunami refugees at his temple in Moratuwa, and, jointly with an NGO, provided housing for 250 Tsunami refugee families.  He has a Diploma in Astrology and is a very experienced  and accomplished Vedic Astrologer.