Buddhist Centers in (Bay Area) California




Aro Ter Lineage
Alameda Practice Group

Founders: Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen
Web site: www.aroter.org
Email: ogdor@hotmail.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa, Aro Ter lineage

American Buddhist Meditation Temple
2580 Interlake Road, Bradley, CA 93426
Tel: (805) 472-9210, Fax: 472-9210
Tradition: Theravada, Thai, Maha Nikaya

Bay Zen Center
5600-A Snake Road, Oakland, CA 94611
Tel: (510) 482-2533, Fax: (510) 482-9531
Email: info@bayzen.org
Web site: www.bayzen.org
Tradition: Ordinary Mind Zen School (Charlotte Joko Beck)
Contact: Lance Ashdown

Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
1710 Octavia Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 776 5600, Fax: (415) 771 6293
Head: Bishop Hakubun Watanabe
Minister: Rev. Kodo Umezu
Email: bcahq@pacbell.net
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pureland)

Buddhist Church of Oakland
825 Jackson Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 832 5988, Fax: (510) 832 0709
Minister: Rev. Seigen Yamaoka
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pureland)

Buddhist Church of San Francisco
1881 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Contact Person: Chizuko Kakiuchi or Jeff Matsuoka (web)
Tel: (415) 776-3158, Fax: (415)776-0264
Email: jeff@bcsfweb.org
Web site: www.bcsfweb.org
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pureland)
Affiliation: BCA (Buddhist Church of America)
Spiritual Director: Rev. Hiroshi Abiko

Buddhist Church of Stockton
2820 Shimizu Drive, Stockton, CA 95203
Tel: (209) 466 6701, Fax: (209) 469 2811
Minister: Rev. Charles Hasegawa
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Buddhist Center San Francisco
110 Merced Ave., San Francisco, CA 94127
Tel: (415) 661 6467, Fax: (415) 665 2241
Email: SanFrancisco@diamondway-center.org
Web site: www.diamondway.org/sf
Head: Lama Ole Nydahl
Tradiition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Affiliation: Diamond Way Buddhism

Buddhist Center San Luis Obispo
c/o Jeff Foster and Betsy Schwartz
282 Ramona Drive, Pismo Beach, CA 93405
Tel: (805) 544 4036, Fax: (805) 173 3902
Email: SanLuisObispo@diamondway-center.org
Head: Lama Ole Nydahl
Tradiition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu
Affiliation: Diamond Way Buddhism

Buddhist Temple of Marin
390 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Tel: (415) 388 1173
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Buddhist Wisdom Meditation Center Gilroy
Mail: 777 First Street, PMB 522, Gilroy, CA 95020-4918
Tel: (408) 847-1890
Contact person: Laura S.
Email: antique@lighthousewoods.com
Web site: www.lighthousewoods.com/buddhist.html
Tradition: Non-sectarian, Vipassana, Theravadin, Shambhala

Berkeley Buddhist Temple
2121 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-1356, Fax: (510) 841-1435
Minister: Rev. Seigen Yamaoka
Email: bsangha@pacbell.net
Web site: home.pacbell.net/bsangha
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 848-3440, Fax: (510) 548-4551
Email: paramita@dnai.com
Web site: www.drba.org/bbm.htm
Tradition: Ch'an (Zen)
Affiliation: The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Contact: Rev. Heng Sure

Berkeley Buddhist Priory
1358 Marin Avenue, Albany CA 94706
Tel: (510) 528-1876
Email: Prior@BerkeleyBuddhistPriory.org
Web site: www.BerkeleyBuddhistPriory.org
Tradition: Mahayana, Soto Zen
Affiliation: Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
Spiritual Director: Rev. Kinrei Bassis
Teacher: Rev. Kinrei Bassis

Berkeley Shambhala Center
2288 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-6475
Email: shambhal@pacbell.net
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/berkeley
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage

Berkeley Zen Center
1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 845-2403
Email: bzc@berkeleyzencenter.org
Web site: berkeleyzencenter.org
Tradition: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)

Buddha Zendo
167 Vernon Street, San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel: (415) 452-3013
Tradition: Tendai Kengyo

Chagdud Gompa
San Francisco Practice Group, San Francisco, CA
Tel: (415) 282-6030
Founder: H. E. Chagdud Tulku
Web site: www.chagdud.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa

Community of Mindful Living - Deer Park Monastery
2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA 92026
Tel: (760) 291-1003, Fax: (760) 291-1172
Email: deerpark@plumvillage.org
Web site: www.iamhome.org
Tradition: Vietnamese Zen (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Affiliation: Order of Interbeing

Compassion Meditation Center
17327 Meekland Ave., Hayward, CA 94541
Tel: (510) 481-7002
Email: photu@jps.net
Web site: www.compassiontemple.org
Tradition: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh

Delano Buddhist Church
Delano, CA
Tel: (805) 725 8135
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Dharmadhatu
2288 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-3242
Email: shambhal@pacbell.net
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/berkeley
Tradition: Tibetan - Kagyu - Lama Chogyam Trungpa

Diamond Way Buddhist Center
110 Merced Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127
Tel: (415) 661-6467, Fax: (415) 665-2241
Email: dwbc@diamondway.org
Web site: www.diamondway.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Karma Kagyu Lineage

Drukpa Kargyud San Francisco
348 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: (415) 255-0470, Fax: (414) 255-2016
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyu, Drikung

Empty Gate Zen Center
2200 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 845-8565
Email: egzc@emptygatezen.com
Web site: www.emptygatezen.com
Tradition: Korean Zen (Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen

Enlightened Experience Celebration
410 Albany Ave, #302 Albany, CA 94706
Email: dorje1@mindspring.com
Tradition: Tibetan (FPMT)
Coordinator: Bill Kane

Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center
254 Cambridge Ave., Kensington, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 527-7363
Email: lamakunga@hotmail.com
Web site: www.ewamchoden.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya Ngor lineage
Spiritual Director: Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche

Fresno Betsuin Buddhist Church
1340 Kern Street, Fresno, CA 93706
Tel: (209) 442 4054, Fax: (209) 442 1978
Minister: Rev. Joko Yoshii
Email: betsuin FR@aol.com
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Gold Mountain Sagely Monastery
800 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 421-6117, Fax: (415) 788-6001
Email: drbagmm@jps.net
Web site: www.drba.org
Founder: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Tradition: Mahayana, Ch'an (Zen)

Green Gulch Zen Center
1601 Shoreline Highway, Sausalito, CA 94965
Tel: (415) 383-3134
Tradition: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)

Guadelupe Buddhist Church
1072 Olivera Street, Guadalupe, CA 93434|
Tel: (805) 343 1053
Minister: Rev. Jim Yanagihara
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu

Hartford Street Zen Center (Issanji)
57 Hartford Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: (415) 863-2507
Email: Baizan@yahoo.com
Web site: www.hartfordstreetzen.com
Tradition: Soto zen (Suzuki roshi)
Affiliation: San Francisco Zen Center
Contact Person: Lynne Menefee

Hayward Buddhist Center
27878 Calaroga, Hayward, CA 94545
Tel: (510) 732-0728, Fax: (510) 732-2731
Email: ttpghw@jps.net
Web site: home.jps.net/~ttpghw
Tradition: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh

Healing Buddha Center
Segyu Gaden Pelgye Ling
2369 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel. (831) 423-8700
Email: HBC-scruz@healingbuddha.org
Web site: www.healingbuddha.org
Tradition: Tibetan (Segyu lineage of the Gelug School)

Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula
1205 Hopkins Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Tel: (650) 599-3456
Email: info@midpeninsight.org
Web site: www.midpeninsight.org
Tradition: Vipassana
Spiritual Director: Gil Fronsdal
Contact Person: Ines Freedman

Institute for World Religions
& Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

2304 McKinley Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 848-3440, Fax: (510) 548-4551
Email: paramita@dnai.com
Founder: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Tradition: Mahayana, Ch'an (Zen)

International Meditation Center
1331 33rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122
Tel: (415) 731-1941
Tradition: Theravada (Burmese)

Jewel Heart San Francisco Center
Tel: (415) 248-2656
Web site: www.jewelheart.org
Spiritual Director: Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelupa

Jr. Young Buddhist's Association of San Francisco
1881 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Contact Person: Lika Sasaki (President)
Tel: (415) 776-3158, Fax: (415) 776-0264
Email: minidora24@excite.co.jp
Web site: www.geocities.com/bcsfhome/yba.html
Tradition: Jodo shinshu (Pureland)
Affiliation: Yound Buddhists Association of America
Teachers: Shizuko Siegel

Kagyu Droden Kunchab
1892 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Tel: (415) 752-5454
Web site: www.kdk.org
Tradition: Tibetan
Affiliation: Founded by Kalu Rinpoche
Contact: Lama Lodru

Kamtsang Choling USA.
33 Marne Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127
Tel: (415) 661-6467
Email: 74034.1033@compuserve.com
Tradition: Tibetan - Kagyu - Shamar Rinpoche

Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center
292 College Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040
Tel: (650) 903-1935
Email: howard@howardwade.com
Web site: www.kannondo.org
Tradition: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)

Karma Thegsum Choling
Buddhist Meditation Center
677 Melville Avenue, Palo Alto
Tel: (650) 967-1145
Contact: Katherine Penny
Tradition: Tibetan, Kaygu

Koyasan Shingon Tenchi-ji Temple
Box 3757, Fresno, CA 93650-3757
Tel: (559) 435-0507
Affiliated to: Koyasan Shingon-shu Kongobuji Temple, Japan
Web site: www.shingon.org/sbii/sbii.html
Founders: Rev. Eijun Eidson, Rev. Shoken Harada
Email: beidson@shingon.org
Web site: www.koyasan.org

Lesbian Buddhist Sangha (LBS)
Berkeley, California
Contact Person: Carol Newhouse
Email: Carolnewh@aol.com
Tradition: Vipassana Insight Meditation

Lieu Quan Buddhist Cultural Center
1425 Claton Road, San Jose CA 95127
Tel: (408) 272 5765
Email: thichphapchon@yahoo.com
Web site: www.chualieuquan.com
Tradition: Mahayana, Vietnamese
Spiritual Director: The Most Ven. Thich Hai An
Affiliated to: Tu Dam Pagoda, Hue Vietam
Teacher: Ven. Thich Phap Chon

Lotus Organization
1053 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Contact Person: Susan Verby
Tel/Fax: (510) 525 5562
Email: inquiry@thelotus.org
Web site: www.thelotus.org
Affiliation: Tibetan, Western
Teachers: Padma Tenzin Sol / Robin Bello

Mettananda Vihara
4619 Central Ave., Fremont CA 94536
Tel: (510) 795-0405
Tradition: Theravada, Burmese
Vipassana Meditation-Mahasi Method
Spiritual Director: Ashin Dhammapiya
Teachers: Ashin Kawthida & Ashin Nyarnika

Middlebar Monastery
2503 Del Rio Drive, Stockton, CA 95204
Tel: (209) 462-9384
Email: bjames@oco.net
Tradition: Sotozenshu (for American culture and customs)
Affiliation: loose affiliation with Soto Zen in Japan
Spiritual Director: Daino Doki MacDonough, Roshi
Teachers: MacDonough Roshi and Brother James, his disciple.

Mountain Source Sangha
1559 26th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122
Contact Person: Stephen Damon
Tel: (415) 681-9172
Email: cleolucky@aol.com
Web site: www.mtsource.org
Tradition: Soto Zen
Affiliation: San Francisco Zen Center
Spiritual Director: Taigen Dan Leighton

Mountain View Buddhist Temple
575 Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043-3102
Tel: (650) 964-9426, Fax: (650) 964-6159
Minister: Jay Shinseki
Email: mvbt@aol.com
Web site: www.bcacoast.org/mtview/announce.html
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Japanese Shinshu Buddhism

Nalandabodhi - Bay Area study Group
105 Palm Ave. #12 San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: (415) 422-0002
Email: sjohnston@nalandabodhi.org
Web site: www.nalandabodhi.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa/Kagyu
Contact: Stephanie Johnston

Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (510) 843-6812
Email: Nyingma-Institute@nyingma.org
Web site: www.nyingmainstitute.com
Tradition: Tibetan. Nyingma
Contact: Abbe Blum

Oakland Zendo - Pacific Zen Institute
4033 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
Contact Person: David Weinstein
Tel: (510) 531-5779
Web site: www.pacificzen.org
Tradition: Soto/Rinzai
Lineage: Harada/Yasutani
Affiliation: Pacific Zen Institute
Spiritual Director: John Tarrant, Roshi
Teacher: David Weinstein

Oxnard Buddhist Church
Tel: (805) 483 5948, Fax: (805) 483 2353
Minister: Rev. Kakei Nakagawa
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Padma Shedrup Ling
Box 117, Fairfax, CA 94978
Tel: (415) 485-1356
36054 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
Tel: (510) 790-2294 or 2296, Fax: (510) 796-9043
Tradition: Theravada (Thai)
Teacher: Phramaha Somchai
Contact: Phramaha Suchart

Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
2751 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Tel: (415) 856 0123, Fax: (415) 856 9130
Minister: Rev. Hiroshi Abiko
Web site: www.sonic.net/~enmanji/
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Palo Alto Shambhala Meditation Group
956 Bonita Avenue
Unit 1 Mountain View, CA 94040
Tel: (650) 938-2356
Email: polard@wenet.net
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/palo-alto
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Director: Henry Polard

Purple Lotus Buddhist School
33615 9th Street, Union City, CA 94587
Tel: (510) 429-8808
Email: webmaster@purplelotus.com
Web site: www.purplelotus.org
Tradition: Mixed (Vajrayana, Pure Land, Taosim)

Purple Lotus Temple
636 San Mateo Ave., #1, San Bruno, CA 94587
Tel: (650) 952-9513, Fax: (650) 952-9567
Email: webmaster@purplelotus.com
Web site: www.purplelotus.org
Tradition: Mixed (Vajrayana, Pure Land, Taoism)

Ratna Shri Sangha
2245 Cabrillo Street #4, San Francisco, CA 94121-3724
Contact: Cindy Chang (415) 386-4619 or
Jeff Beach (415) 386-4619
Email: gyaltsen@earthlink.net c/o Jeff Beach
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyu, Drikung

Ratna Shri Center at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Tel: (510) 843-2967
Email: RatnaShri@aol.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyu, Drikung
Contact: Ven. Lama Osal Dorje

Rigpa - USA National Headquarters
449 Powell Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94102
(Walk-in entrance at 521 Sutter Street)
Tel: (415) 392-2055, Fax: (415) 392-2056
Web site: www.rigpa.org
Teachers: Sogyal Rinpoche and H.E. Dzogchen Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma

Rigpa Center
Berkeley, California
Tel: (510) 644-1858
Founder: Sogyal Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma (Rigpa)

Sakya Dechen Ling
1709 Myrtle Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 465-2202
Email: info@sakyadechenling.org
Web site: www.sakyadechenling.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya Lineage
Spiritual Director: Her Eminence Jetsun Kusho Chime Luding
Contact Person: Katherine Pfaff

Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
PO Box 2021, Santa Cruz, CA 95063-2021
Tel: (415) 646-0530
Email: info@sati.org
Web site: www.sati.org
Tradition: Theravada

San Francisco Buddhist Center
37 Bartlett Street, between 21st & 22nd Streets &
between Valencia & Mission Streets (in the Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: (415) 282-2018
Email: amigo@sfbuddhistcenter.org
Web site: www.sfbuddhistcenter.org
Head: Sangharakshita, founder of the Western Buddhist Order
Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Contact: Paramananda, Viveka, Karunadevi, Viradhamma, Khajit, Lisa Cullen

San Francisco Myoshinji Temple
2631 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
Tel: (510) 222-8372
San Francisco Myoshinji Temple
Email: contact@nichirenshoshumyoshinji.org
Web site: nichirenshoshumyoshinji.org
Tradition: Nichiren Shoshu
Affiliation: Head Temple Taisekiji, Japan

San Francisco Shambhala Center
1630 Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA 94116
Tel: (415) 731-4426
Email: sfshambhala@yahoo.com
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/san-francisco
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Directors: Debra Seibel and Bregman

San Francisco Nichiren Buddhist Church
1570 17th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122
Tel: (415) 665-4063
Tradition: Nichiren Shu

San Francisco Zen Center
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 863-3136
Email: secretary@sfzc.org
Web site: www.sfzc.com
Tradition: Soto Zen - Suzuki Roshi

San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin
640 N 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
Tel: (408) 293 9292, Fax: (408) 293 0433
Rinban Masanori Ohata
Minister: Rev. Gerald Sakamoto
Email: sjbc@sjbetsuin.com
Web site: www.sjbetsuin.com
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

San Jose Myokakuji Betsuin
3570 Mona Way, San Jose, CA 95130
Tel: (415) 246-0111, Fax: (415) 246-3543
Tradition: Nichiren Shu
Contact: Bishop Matsuda

San Luis Obispo Buddhist Church
6996 Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Tel: (805) 595 2625
Minister: Rev. Jim Yanagihara
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

San Mateo Buddhist Temple
2 S. Claremont Street, San Mateo, CA 94401
Tel: (415) 342 2541, Fax: (415) 342 0576
Minister: Rev. Eijun Kujo
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Sang-ngak-cho-dzong
2508 Eagle Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel: (510) 865-1394
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma

Saraha Buddhist Center
PO Box 12037, San Francisco, CA 94112
Tel: (415) 585-9161, Fax: 585-3161
Web site: www.kampadas.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Kadampa Mahayana Buddhism (NKT).

Saraha Buddhist Center
43 South 14th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
Tel: (408) 297-6840, Fax: (408) 97-6840
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa
Affiliation: Manjushri Mahayana Buddhist Centre, Ulverston, UK

Siddhartha's Intent Western Door
c/o Kathryn Meeske, President
P.O. Box 15566, Fremont, CA 94539
Tel: (213) 739-0246 or (415) 675-0337
Email: siwd_main@hotmail.com
Spiritual Head: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan

Sixth Patriarch Zen Center
2584 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 486-1762, Fax: 883-0461
Email: sixthpat@zenhall.org
Web site: www.zenhall.org
Tradition: Korean Rinzai Zen
Spiritual Director: Venerable Hyunoong Sunim
Contact Person: Jaguang

Soka Gakkai International - USA
606 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: (310) 260-8900, Fax: (310) 260-8917
Email: sgi-usa@sgi-usa.org
Web site: www.sgi.org
Tradition: Mahayana
Founder: Nichiren Daishonin

Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church
32975 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 945587
Tel: (510) 471 2581, Fax: (510) 489 3556
Minister: Rev. Naoki Kono
Email: sacbc@aol.com
Web site: www.sonic.net/~enmanji
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Woodacre, CA 94973
Tel: (415) 488-0164, Fax: (415) 488-0170
Email: SRMC@spiritrock.org
Web site: www.spiritrock.org
Tradition: Mixed
Affiliation: Insight Meditation Society (MA)
Teachers: Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Sylvia Boorstein, Anna Douglas

Theravada Buddhist Society of America / Dhamananda Vihara
17450 S Cabrillo Highway, Hal Moon Bay, CA 94019
Contact Person: U Osadha
Tel/Fax: (650) 726-7604
Email: osadha@tbsa.org
Web site: www.tbsa.org
Tradition: Theravada, Burmese / Mahasi Vipassana
Spiritual Director: U Silananda
Teachers: U Sobhana, U Jotalankara, U Osadha, U Nandisena

Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (51) 843-6812
Email: Nyingma-Institute@nyingma.org
Web site: www.nyingmainstitute.com
Tradition: Tibetan (Nyingma)
Contact: Abbe Blum

Tsa Tsa Studio/ Center for Tibetan Sacred Art
Contact: Roberta Raine
4 Joost Ave., San Francisco CA 94131
Tel: (415) 206-0313, Toll-free: 1-877-OM-AH-HUM
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelupa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Email: tsatsafpmt@aol.com
Web site: www.tsatsastudio.org

Tse Chen Ling
4 Joost Ave., San Francisco CA 94131
Tel: (415) 333-3261, Fax: (415) 333-4851
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelupa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Email: tclcenter@aol.com
Web site: www.tsechenling.com
Contact: Lobsang Chokyi

Vajrakilaya Centres:
Dudul Nagpa Ling
7436 Sea View Place, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Hung Kar Ling
6444 Pine Haven Road, Oakland, CA 94611
Founder: Orgyen Kusul Lingpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa
Contacts: John & Amy Kriebel - San Raphael, CA
Tel: (510) 528-8151

Viet-American Buddhist Youth Association
Hayward Buddhist Center
27878 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward, CA 94545-4659
Tel: (510) 732 0728, Fax: 732 2731
President: Rev. Thich Tu-Luc
Email: ttuluc@jps.net

Wat Brahmacariyakaram
4485 South Orange Avenue, Fresno, CA 93725
Tel: (559) 264-5644
Tradition: Theravada, Thai

Wat Buddhanusorn
36054 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536-1563
Tel: (510) 790-2294, Fax: (510) 796-9043
Email: t_setkorn@hotmail.com
Web site: www.watbuddha.iirt.net
Tradition: Theravada, Thai

Wat Buddhapradeep of San Francisco
310 Poplar Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066
Tel: (650) 615-9528, 615-9688
Fax: (650) 583-8083, 742-6657
Email: wat-thai@wat-thai.com
Web site: www.wat-thai.com
Tradition: Theravada, Thai

Wat Chaobuddha of San Bernardino
3495 Gray Street, San Bernardino, CA 92407
Tel: (909) 880-2762, Fax: 880-2762
Tradition: Theravada, Thai

Wat Mongkolratanaram
(Berkeley Thai Temple)
1911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 849-3419, 840-9034, Fax: 845-8150
Abbot: Ajahn Manat
Tradition: Theravada, Thai

Wat Nagara Dhamma
(Wat Nakorntham)
3225 Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA 94122
Tel: (415) 665-7566, Fax: (415) 665-9892
Tradition: Theravada

Zen Hospice Project
273 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 863-2910, Fax: 863-1768
Email: mail@zenhospice.org
Web site: www.zenhospice.org
Residential care

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