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Mountain Center: Zen Mountain Center
A year-round Zen training center for resident and non-resident students. Affiliated with the Zen Center of Los Angeles and the Harada-Yasutani lineage.
Los Gatos: Jikoji Zen Retreat Center
Soto Zen temple and retreat center located one hour south of San Francisco, California in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Offer workshops and provides facilities for individual and group retreats.
Los Angeles: Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission
The first Soto Zen Temple established in North America, in 1922. North American Headquarters of Sotoshu and a direct branch of Eiheiji and Sojiji, the two head temples in Japan. Offers zazen meditation, Buddist studies, tea ceremony, taiko drumming, clligraphy, Japanese dance,and ikibana. Kid's School and other community events.
Los Angeles: Zen Center of Los Angeles (Buddha Essence Temple )
Founded by Maezumi Roshi in 1967. First center in the US of the Harada-Yasatani School. Offers complete Zen practice schedule.
Los Angeles: The International Buddhist Meditation Center
Founded in 1970 by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Thien-An. The Center offers classes, meditation, and a residency program.
Los Angeles: Kusala.org
http://www.urbandharma.org/kusalaorg/
A web site focused on the work of Rev. Kusala, an American born Zen Buddhist monk living in Los Angeles, California and home to the Los Angeles Buddhist - Catholic Dialogue.
Los Angeles: Hazy Moon Zen Center (Koun-ji Temple)
Soto temple in the lineage of Maezumi Roshi. Offers regular weekly programs and periodic meditation intensives.
Los Angeles: Dharma Zen Center
Member of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Offers daily zazen practice.
Los Angeles: Detroit St Zen Center
http://www.detroitstzencenter.com/
Offers daily zazen and regular sesshins.
Lafayette: Buddha Gate Monastery
A Zen monastery in SF Bay area, in the traditional Chinese Ch'an lineage. Offers Zen meditation and Buddhism classes and lectures, and meditation retreats in both English and Chinese.
Hacienda Heights: Hsi Lai Temple
Practices Humanistic Buddhism, an integration of Ch'an Buddhism (self-power) and Pure Land Buddhism (other-power).
El Monte: Mahayana Zengong
Offers traditional Ch'an and Chi-Kung practices resulting in a complete Buddhist teaching of mind-body unification, as transmitted by Master Miao-Kung.
Cupertino: Bamboo In The Wind
http://www.bamboointhewind.org/
Affiliated with the Udumbara Zen Center. Soto practice.
Costa Mesa: Zen Center of Orange County
Offers daily zazen practice and periodic retreats.
Central California Valley Zen Sangha
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sitting/
Comprises three Zen meditation groups: Fresno River Zen in Fresno, Valley Heartland Zen Group in Modesto, and Empty Nest Zen Group in North Fork. In the Soto-style Bay Area Zen Centers tradition.
Burlingame: Crystal Springs Sangha
http://www.darlenecohen.net/crystalsprings.html
Offers weekly group meditation and regular retreats.
Berkeley: Empty Gate Zen Center
Founded in 1977, member of Kwan Um School.
Berkeley Zen Center
http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/
Soto lineage. Offers an extensive practice schedule.
Bellflower: Sangha of the Compassionate Heart
Soto Zen center offering daily Zen sittings.