Sitting group in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage.

A Soto Zen Buddhist Temple in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and the San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers. The center offers regular meditation, meditation instruction, a discussion group, classes, one-day sittings, work practice, lectures and special workshops.

Offers weekly zazen and dharma talks. Affiliated with the Pacific Zen Institute, Harada Yasutani lineage.

Part of the San Francisco Zen Center, Soto lineage. Offers a residency program and an extensive schedule of retreats.

Offers daily zazen practice in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.

Formerly known as the California Diamond Sangha. Offers complete Zen practice in the Harada-Yasutani lineage.

Weekly zazen, dharma talks and Bukido. Provides information about their programs.

Soto Zen group under the direction of Taigen Dan Leighton, dharma heir in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi.

Zen Meditation Community with senior dharma teacher Myogen Steve Stucky, offering zazen, dharma talks, classes, and retreats.

With information City Center, Tassajara, and Green Gulch Zen Centers. Founded by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind).

Offers regular services, zazenkais, and sesshins. Operates in two location, Rancho Penasquitos and Vista. Member of the White Plum Asaga, Harada Yasutani lineage.

Chinese Ch'an Buddhist temple, founded by the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Offers regular services for both its English and Chinese speaking sanghas.

Offers daily zazen practice. Uses Rinzai forms. Loosely affiliated with the Rochester Zen Center.

Affiliate of the Ch'an Meditation Center and Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association.

A learning center based on the Sudden Direct School of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism that is dedicated to the direct investigation of life itself and the naturally meditative mind.

A meditation retreat center affiliated with the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, a monastic and lay order in the Soto Zen tradition.

The Bay Zen Center originated in 1985 as a group of students studying with Charlotte Joko Beck, teacher at the Zen Center of San Diego. After receiving Dharma Transmission from Joko in 1994, Diane Eshin Rizzetto became the teacher and abbot of the Bay Zen Center. BZC, which is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, is open to people of all traditions as well as beginners and experienced students.

Offers weekly Soto Zen practice. Affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center.

Offers Sunday services and dharma talks, and periodic sesshins in the Soto tradition.

A residential Soto Zen center in San Diego county. Practices in the lineage of Bernie Tetsugen Glassman Roshi and Taizan Maezumi Roshi.

Offers practice in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition.

Head temple of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, part of the Soto School of Zen. Provides complete training in the Serene Reflection tradition.

Mt. Baldy Zen Center is the main training facility of Rinzai-ji Inc. which was founded by Joshu Sasaki Roshi. It offers formal practice during the two training periods and less formal practice during the spring and fall.