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Deer Park Monastery meditation hall (Vietnamese) in Escondido, California Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese) in Hacienda Heights, California – the largest Buddhist temple in the United States See also: List of sanghas in Central Valley, California and List of sanghas in San Diego County, California
School of Buddhism Founder/Date Location Mirror Mind Buddhist Sangha (Center for American Buddhist Practice) Buddhism (regardless of school), non-sectarian Mahayana: ca. 2005 San Diego [citation needed] Pacific Seaside Sangha Buddhism (regardless of school) Gavin Seedorf (2014) 4666 Cass St San Diego Dharma Bum Temple: Buddhism (regardless of ...
Nichiren Buddhist Church Nichiren Shu N/A Sacramento [15] Northern California Koyasan Temple Shingon Esoteric Buddhism 1970 (merger of two older organizations dating back to 1920 and 1940 respectively) Sacramento [16] Placer Buddhist Church Jōdo Shinshū (Pure Land Buddhism) N/A Penryn [17] Quang Nghiem Buddhist Temple (Vietnamese Buddhist ...
Over the years, the temple began opening cultural and religious programs and classes for the local community. Prior to redevelopment in Little Tokyo in the 1980s, Koyasan served as the main hub of Japanese cultural events. In 1987, the temple hosted the Kechien Kanjo ritual, a service rarely conducted outside Japan.
The name is a corruption of Tasajera, a Spanish-American word derived from an indigenous Esselen word, which means "place where meat is hung to dry". [4] [5]The 126-acre mountain property surrounding the Tassajara Hot Springs was purchased by the San Francisco Zen Center in 1967 for the below-market price [6] of $300,000 [5] from Robert and Anna Beck. [7]
Zenshuji follows the 2,500-year-old teachings of Gautama Buddha as passed down by Koso Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) and Taiso Keizan Zenji (1268–1325) who are recognized as the founding patriarchs of Soto Zen.
The city is situated in Talmage, California, a rural community in southeastern Mendocino County about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ukiah and 110 miles (180 km) north of San Francisco. It was one of the first Buddhist monasteries built in the United States. The temple follows the Guiyang school of Chan Buddhism, one of the Five Houses of Chan.
Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a year-round Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. It is a 160 acres (65 hectares) of sacred Native American land and wilderness. Founded 1981 by Taizan Maezumi, Roshi as a summer retreat center for the Zen Center of Los Angeles.