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Vajrapani Institute
Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center located in Boulder Creek, California.
Tse Chen Ling Center, San Francisco, California
Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (FPMT) in San Francisco, Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Resident Teacher. Schedule of teachings, classes, and practice. Contact information.
Thubten Dhargye Ling
A center for the study of Tibeten Buddhism and Culture. Long Beach, CA.
The Path of Liberation Teachings
http://www.compassionbuddha.org/
Started in 1994, Land of Compassion Buddha is a Tibetan Buddhist center, within the Gelugpa lineage; directed by Geshe Lobsang Tsephel, it is located in Rowland Heights, California.
Soquel: Land of Medicine Buddha
http://www.medicinebuddha.org/
Non-profit retreat center gives courses in qigong, yoga, Buddhist teachings. Lama Thubten Yeshe, founder.
San Francisco: Tsa Tsa Studio - Center for Tibetan Sacred Art
A center devoted to the education and promulgation of tsa tsas and other forms of sacred art. Includes a catalog and event schedule.
San Francisco: Shambhala Center
http://www.shambhala.org/centers/san-francisco/
Teaches mindfulness-awareness meditation, as passed from teacher to student for 2500 years. Includes event calendar and details of Shambhala training.
San Francisco: Dharma Fellowship of His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa
http://www.dharmafellowship.org/
American Buddhist Community in the tradition of the Kagyu Order of Tibet. Includes teaching schedules, essays, and teachings.
San Francisco Diamondway Buddhist Center
Diamond Way Buddhist Center in San Francisco is part of a worldwide network of Buddhist centers in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Orgyen Dorje Den
http://www.orgyendorjeden.org/
A center affiliated with Yeshe Nyingpo dedicated to the study and practice of Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition. Founded by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche. Schedule of practice and special event, and contact information.
Nyingma Institute Homepage
http://www.nyingmainstitute.com/
Located in the Berkeley hills overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay, the Nyingma Institute offers Buddhist education for our time. This unique and many-faceted approach blends meditation practice, study of traditional Buddhist subjects, and Dharma work to bring the Buddha's teachings into daily life.
Nyingma In The West
The Nyingma Centers were founded by Head Lama Tarthang Tulku, an incarnate master within the Nyingma tradition. Nyingma, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its unbroken lineage through the centuries to the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasambhava (8th Century). Berkeley, California.
Mother Tara Sakya Center
Teaching schedule and contact information.
Mahamudra Meditation Center
http://www.mahamudracenter.org/
Established in Petaluma, California in 1991 to facilitate the instruction, study and practice Mahamudra under the guidance of a leading Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.
Lion's Roar Mandala Dharma Center
Located in Sacramento, the center teaches Integral Dharma - a western form of Tibetan Buddhism in the tradition of the Dalai Lama. It was founded by Geshe Lama Lobsang Gyatso and is directed by Lama Steve Walker. Schedule, description of classes, contact information.
Kagyu Droden Kunchab
Kagyu Droden Kunchab Center of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in San Francisco.
Junction City: Chagdud Gonpa Foundation
http://www.snowcrest.net/chagdud/
An international Nyingma Buddhist organization, founded by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. Includes a history of the Foundation, and a directory of affiliated centers.
Gyuto Vajrayana Center
A center in San Jose in the Gelugpa tradition under the direction of Gen Thupten Donyo. Schedule of events, teaching, regular practices, and contact information.
Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center
A registered non-profit organization located in San Jose, California associated with the FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition). Contains teaching and event schedule, news items, contact information, and directions.
Gomede USA - Leggett
The Retreat Center of the Chokling Tersar Foundation in North America. Schedule of events with online registration, location and travel directions, contact information.
Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center
Established to provide an opportunity for the practice and study of Tibetan religion and culture. The basic meaning of Ewam is the integration of method and wisdom, compassion and voidness. Choden simply means "possessing the dharma". We feel that the union of compassion and wisdom is especially relevant for this age. Located in Kensington, CA.
Diamond Way Buddhism in Los Angeles
Diamond Way Buddhist web site of Los Angeles represents the centers founded by Lama Ole Nydahl which are under the spiritual guidance of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje. We are the lay practitioners meditating in the Karma Kagyu tradition of the Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism.