Dhamma Mahavana

California Vipassana Center
Dhamma Mahavana
P. O. Box 1167
North Fork, CA 93643 USA
(559) 877-4386
info@mahavana.dhamma.org
http://www.mahavana.dhamma.org

Offering courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Dharmapala Institute

http://www.buddhistvihara.net/
Dharmapala Institute
409 S. Temple Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035.
Tel:(408) 934-3985
Email: temple@buddhistvihara.net

Our mission is to guide the young and the old who seek peace and contentment by opening to them a door to understand reality about self, and about the world, through Buddhist meditation techniques, Buddhist philosophical teachings, and the Buddhist way of thinking and living.

Family Sangha -- Bonny Doon

Family Sangha
Sunday 10:30am-2pm (every other month)
530 Sunlit Lane, Bonny Doon
Nicole Amadora
831-426-6599

Sangha of the Community of Mindful Living in Northern California
Practicing in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh (Voicemail: 510-595-5574)

Family/Child-Friendly Sangha

Family/Child-Friendly Sangha
Joyce Selkow & Rod Fujita
510-339-1862
joyceselkow@msn.com

Sangha of the Community of Mindful Living in Northern California
Practicing in the Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh (Voicemail: 510-595-5574)

Wat Buddhanusorn

Wat Buddhanusorn
http://www.watbuddha.iirt.net
36054 Niles Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94536-1563
buddhanusorn@hotmail.com
(510) 790-2294

Wat Buddhanusorn, meaning “temple for the dedication of the Buddha” in the Thai language, was founded in 1983 and in keeping with Thai Theravadan Buddhist traditional has always relied on donations and volunteer work for its support. The main objectives behind the founding of the temple community are for propagating the Buddha’s teachings and practice, to teach and promote Thai art, language, and culture to all those who are interested, and to serve as a pillar of the Thai community.

Tathagata Meditation Center

Tathagata Meditation Center
http://www.tathagata.org/
1215 Lucretia Ave.
San Jose, CA 95122
Tel: 408 294-4536

Burmese Theravada Retreat Center. Has lots of regular programming. Check web site for details.

Theravada Buddhist Society of America

Theravada Buddhist Society of America
Dhammananda Vihara Monastery
http://www.tbsa.org/
17450 South Cabrillo Hwy.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
650-726-7604

Burmese Monastery and retreat center. The Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA) was founded in 1980 to support the sasana activities in general and the Dhammananda Vihara activities in particular.

Purple Lotus Buddhist School

Purple Lotus Buddhist School
http://www.purplelotus.org
33615 9th St
Union City, CA 94587
Phone: (510) 429-8808
Email: school@purplelotus.org

Compassion Meditation Center

Compassion Meditation Center
http://www.compassiontemple.org
17327 Meekland Ave.
Hayward, CA 94541
510-481-7002

"the abbot is Ven. Thich Tu Luc, a wonderful Vietnamese bhikkhu who speaks English as well as his native Vietnamese, and who is quite open to English-speaking students. They operated out of a house for many years then recently moved to a complex of larger buildings as shown on their Website."

Buddhist Temple of Alameda

Buddhist Temple of Alameda
2325 Pacific Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 522-5243

Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church

Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church
http://www.sacbc.org/
32975 Alvarado-Niles Road
Union City, CA 94587
(510) 471-2581

San Mateo Buddhist Temple

San Mateo Buddhist Temple
http://www.sanmateobuddhisttemple.org/
2 South Claremont Street
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 342-2541

Buddhist Church of San Francisco

Buddhist Church of San Francisco
http://www.bcsfweb.org/
1881 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 776-3158
bcsf@sbcglobal.net

Palo Alto Buddhist Temple

Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
http://www.pabt.org/
2751 Louis Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 856-0123

Dharma school

Buddhist Temple of Marin

Buddhist Temple of Marin
http://www.buddhisttempleofmarin.org/
390 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 388-1173

Dharma family services, introductory meditation class.

Enmanji Buddhist Temple

Enmanji Buddhist Temple
http://www.sonic.net/~enmanji/
Rev. C. Myokai Himaka
1200 Gravenstein Hwy., South
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707 823 2252
enmanji@sonic.net

Services are held on Sundays:
9:30am Dharma School - (Sept. thru June) meets in Classes 3, 4, 5. Ages Kindergarten thru Sixth grade.
9:30am Adult Dharma Class - meets in Hondo (main Service hall) for Jr. High and High School students, and adults.
10:30am Family Service - in Hondo

Berkeley Buddhist Temple

Berkeley Buddhist Temple
http://www.berkeleysangha.org/
2121 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 841-1356
Minister: Rev. David Matsumoto
info@berkeleysangha.org

Dharma school, family services

Buddhist Church of Oakland

Buddhist Church of Oakland
http://www.buddhistchurchofoakland.org/
825 Jackson St., Oakland 94607
510.832.5988
bco825@aol.com
Rev. Yamaoka: SaeEmi@aol.com

Family Dharma services, Dharma talks, Japanese School. Check web site for calendar.