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A Vision for Peace

The World Peace Café was built to provide a relaxing, serene environment that is ideal for enjoying a healthy meal, working quietly on a laptop, reading a book, or chatting with friends over tea. It is like a true sanctuary in the midst of a busy and stressful world. Operated by the local Sandy Springs Buddhist Center, the Café is a bridge between the Center and the local community. Inspired by the vision of our Spiritual Director, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the World Peace Café is designed to show the example of public service arising from a compassionate, peaceful heart.

Although it is the first full-scale World Peace Café in the United States, there are already World Peace Cafés in Ulverston, England; Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; and Hong Kong, China. Understanding that without inner peace, outer peace is impossible, the Café hopes to serve as a place of refuge which will inspire peace and happiness in our customers. We do not wish to make others Buddhist; we wish to help others find inner peace and happiness.

Good Food, Good People

We strive to use locally grown, organic produce whenever possible. In addition to our menu of blissful vegetarian food, the Café serves a variety of specialty, high-quality organic teas (even our sweet iced tea!), and out-of-this-world desserts.

The World Peace Café has come from the heart of giving, making it a place of good-heartedness, and of peace, purity, and refuge. This intention has motivated those you see working at the Café to volunteer their time and resources to provide you with a place of peace. The World Peace Café is staffed primarily by volunteers who have generously offered their time. The construction of the Café was also almost entirely completed by volunteers, some traveling great distances in order to help develop a vision for world peace. The monetary resources to construct the Café were all made by donations. No bank loans were taken for this World Peace Café, thanks to the kindness of benefactors from Atlanta and around the world! To extend this message of peace and generosity beyond the walls of this Café, we partner with other organizations in the Atlanta area, such as Hands on Atlanta and Project Open Hand.