Thank you! This is an annoying thing about how things are named. Many groups choose to call themselves “centers” because people are put off by religious words, but others don’t, and there’s no clear standardization of terms for what it is that you want because in the West we’ve created a category of thing that didn’t exist before: a place where lay people engage in what were traditionally monastic practices. So a “center” is not a monastery, and it’s not a temple, but it’s also not exactly not either of those things, either.
Realistically, you’re probably just going to have to go and see how it is.
Thank you! This is an annoying thing about how things are named. Many groups choose to call themselves “centers” because people are put off by religious words, but others don’t, and there’s no clear standardization of terms for what it is that you want because in the West we’ve created a category of thing that didn’t exist before: a place where lay people engage in what were traditionally monastic practices. So a “center” is not a monastery, and it’s not a temple, but it’s also not exactly not either of those things, either.
Realistically, you’re probably just going to have to go and see how it is.