• The San Francisco Zen Center FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
  San Francisco Zen Center was established in 1962 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971) and his American students. Suzuki Roshi is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.
  The purpose of San Francisco Zen Center is to make accessible and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.
  Today, San Francisco Zen Center is one of the largest Buddhist sanghas outside Asia. It has three practice places: City Center in the vibrant heart of San Francisco; Green Gulch Farm, whose organic fields meet the ocean in Marin County; and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center -- the first Zen training monastery in the West -- in the Ventana Wilderness inland from Big Sur. These three complementary practice centers offer daily meditation, regular monastic retreats and practice periods, classes, lectures, and workshops.
  Zen Center is a practice place for a diverse population of students, visitors, lay people, priests, and monks guided by teachers who follow in Suzuki Roshi's style of warm hand and heart to warm hand and heart. All are welcome.
  Zen Center programs also reach out to the community, helping prisoners, the homeless, and those in recovery; protecting the environment; and working for peace. See our outreach program for details. Suzuki Roshi's disciples and students of his disciples now lead dharma groups around the country.
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  City Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
  Main Office: (415) 863-3136 (Open 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 1:30-4:00 p.m., M-F; 8:30-Noon Saturdays)
  Conference Center/Overnight Guests: 255-6530
  Development/Membership: 865-3790
  Guest Student Program: 863-8860
  http://www.sfzc.com/
• The San Francisco Buddhist Center FROM THE WEBSITE:
  The SFBC is part of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), an international Buddhist network of public centers, communities, ethical businesses, and social projects. Founded in England in 1968 by Urgyen Sangharakshita, FWBO draws inspiration from the whole of the Buddhist tradition and is based in central teachings that are common to all the main schools. At the heart of the FWBO is the Western Buddhist Order, made up of men and women from diverse backgrounds who have dedicated their lives to the practice of Buddhism.
  We are located in San Francisco's Mission district, and provide a comprehensive program of Buddhist meditation classes and courses, Buddhism courses, writing and performance events, yoga classes, residential weekend and week-long retreats, nonresidential day retreats, and more! For more information, see our calendar.
  Our community is dedicated to supporting the development of spiritual friendship among those who wish to experience the benefits of Buddhist practice and believe that it can make a constructive contribution to the modern world.
  The San Francisco Buddhist Center
  37 Bartlett Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94110
  www.sfbuddhistcenter.org

• Green Gulch Farm FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
  Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, also known as Green Dragon Temple (Soryu-ji), is a Buddhist practice center in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition offering training in Zen meditation and ordinary work. It is one of three centers that make up San Francisco Zen Center, which was founded by Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.
  Our effort at Green Gulch is to awaken in ourselves and the many people who come here the bodhisattva spirit, the spirit of kindness and realistic helpfulness. This is how we offer our understanding of Buddha's Way.
  Green Gulch Farm is located in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, in a valley that opens out onto the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the temple program of zen and study, it includes an organic farm and garden, as well as a guest house and conference center.
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  Green Gulch Farm, 1601 Shoreline Hwy, Sausalito, CA 94965
  Green Gulch Farm website
• Spirit Rock Spirit Rock Meditation Center is dedicated to the teachings of the Buddha as presented in the Theravadan vipassana tradition. The practice of mindful awareness, called Insight or Vipassana Meditation, is at the heart of all the activities at Spirit Rock. The Center hosts a full program of ongoing classes, daylong, and residential retreats. Spirit Rock Meditation Center
  P.O. Box 169,Woodacre, CA 94973
  located at 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, west Marin.
  Telephone: 415-488-0164 Fax: 415-488-1025
  www.spiritrock.org

• Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
  FROM THEIR WEBSITE:
  Tassajara is located in a remote part of the Ventana Wilderness and for centuries has been visited as a place of healing. In 1966 the first Soto Zen monastery outside of Asia was established at Tassajara by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and the San Francisco Zen Center, to provide a place where students of Buddhism could withdraw from the busy world for a period of intensive meditation and study. During the summer, guests are welcome to come and enjoy the beauty unique to this secluded valley.
  Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
  39171 Tassajara Road, Carmel Valley , CA 93924
  Japanese styled baths with hot plunge.
  Reservations (415) 865-1899
  Information (415) 865-1895
  http://www.sfzc.com/tassajara
  
  

  THE CENTER FOR ATTITUDINAL HEALING In 1975 there was virtually no emotional support system for people affected by catastrophic illness. Most people in the U.S. were no longer living in extended family situations and rarely died at home, as they had a generation before. Instead, illness and dying was largely relegated to hospital rooms where the medical problem was the only focus. In this setting, the emotional experience was often one of fear and painful isolation, with few opportunities for people to open to a deeper experience.

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  Sausalito, North of San Francisco
  

  • THE CENTER FOR ATTITUDINAL HEALING In 1975 there was virtually no emotional support system for people affected by catastrophic illness. Most people in the U.S. were no longer living in extended family situations and rarely died at home, as they had a generation before. Instead, illness and dying was largely relegated to hospital rooms where the medical problem was the only focus. In this setting, the emotional experience was often one of fear and painful isolation, with few opportunities for people to open to a deeper experience.
    
    Today, the Center offers support not only to children but to people of all ages. Nearly 300 people are served every week. All our services are still provided by regular volunteers, not "experts", just as it was in that very first group with children. The primary requirement for volunteering at the Center is a willingness to be unconditionally loving, to listen non-judgmentally, and to be genuine. Certainly, professionals do volunteer at the Center but they leave their titles at the door.
    The Center for attuidinal Healing 33 Buchanan Drive, Sausalito, California 94965 USA 415-331-6161 fax 415-331-4545 CLICK HERE FOR THEIR WEBSITE
    
  • Zen Hospice, San Francisco Living with Grieving Series ... Grief and sorrow are the heart’s natural response to loss. It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. In this series of workshops, we will acknowledge, integrate, and accept the truth of our losses in an atmosphere of support.
    Zen Hospice Project, 273 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
    phone: 415.863.2910, 415.863.1768
    Zen Hospice, San Francisco
    www.zenhospice.org/
    
    
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  • 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
    
  • Dudul Nagpa Ling
    7436 Sea View Place, El Cerrito, CA 94530
    Tel: (510) 528-8151
    Email: yeshetar@aol.com
    Web site: www.kilaya.org
    Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma
    Spiritual Director: His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa
    
  • 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)
    
  • Hung Kar Ling
    6444 Pine Haven Road, Oakland, CA 94611
    Tel: (510) 528-8151
    Web site: www.kilaya.org
    Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma
    Spiritual Director: His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa
    
  • 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) 863-3136v 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
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