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Frontispiece to the Diamond Sūtra, Five Dynasties, China. Digital image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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Buddhist Organizations in the Bay Area
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Back to TopThe Bay Area has been a historic point-of-entry for American Buddhism for nearly two centuries, and it remains home to many sites of Buddhist practice today.
Please note that the list below is by no means exhaustive. Listing of a temple or meditation center here does not constitute an endorsement by the HCBSS.
North Bay
- Abhayagiri (Theravāda), Redwood Valley
- Ati Ling, Cazadero (Nyingma)
- Buddha Gate Monastery, Lafayette (Chan)
- Buddhist Temple of Marin, Mill Valley (Jodo Shinshu)
- Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
- Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach (SF Zen Center)
- Padma Shedrup Ling, Fairfax (Kagyü and Nyingma)
- Padmasambhava Peace Institute, Cazadero (Nyingma)
- Ratna Ling Retreat Center, Cazadero (Nyingma)
- Sonoma Shambhala Center (Kagyü and Nyingma)
- Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center, Woodacre
- Sukhasiddhi Foundation (Kagyü)
- Tamalpais Shambhala, San Rafael (Kagyü and Nyingma)
- The Peaceful Sea Sangha, Fairfax
City of San Francisco
- Buddhist Church of San Francisco (Jodo Shinshu)
- Diamond Way Buddhist Center (Kagyü)
- Fo Guang Shan San Bao Temple(Chinese)
- Golden Mountain Monastery (Chinese)
- Kagyu Droden Kunchab (Kagyü)
- San Francisco Myoshinji Temple (Nichiren)
- San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center (Kagyü and Nyingma)
- San Francisco Zen Center
- Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (Gelug)
East Bay
- Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (Chan)
- Berkeley Buddhist Priory, Albany (Soto Zen)
- Berkeley Buddhist Vihara, Richmond (Theravāda)
- Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center (Kagyü and Nyingma)
- Berkeley Buddhist Temple (Jodo Shinshu)
- Berkeley Higashi Honganji (Jodo Shinshu)
- Berkeley Zen Center
- Buddhist Church of Oakland (Jodo Shinshu)
- Chua Pho Tu, Hayward (Vietnamese)
- Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center, Fremont (Chan)
- Dharmata Foundation, Richmond (Nyingma)
- Dondrubling/Dzogchen Community West Coast, Berkeley (Nyingma)
- Empty Gate Zen Center, Berkeley
- Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center, Kensington (Sakya)
- Fo Guang Shan, Fremont Culture and Education Center, Fremont (Chinese)
- Fo Guang Shan, The Light of Buddha Temple, Oakland (Chinese)
- Gyuto Foundation, Richmond (Gelug)
- Nyingma Institute, Berkeley (Nyingma)
- Oakland Zen Center (Kogin An Zendo)
- Orgyen Dorje Den, Alameda (Nyingma)
- Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church, Union City (Jodo Shinshu)
- True Buddha Vijaya Temple, Oakland
- Tzu Chi Foundation, Oakland
- Universal Chan International Zen Buddhist Center, Kensington
- Wat Buddhanusorn (Thai Temple), Fremont
Peninsula
South Bay
- Ananda Dharma Center, San Jose (Gelug)
- Chung Tai Zen Center Sunnyvale
- Land of Medicine Buddha (Gelug)
- Lieu Quan Buddhist Cultural Center, San Jose (Vietnamese)
- Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center, Campbell (Gelug)
- Palpung Lungtok Choeling, San Jose (Kagyü)
- San Jose Insight Meditation
- Tzi Chi Foundation, San Jose
- Yongey Buddhist Center, Milpitas (Kagyü and Nyingma)