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Aro Ter Lineage
Alameda Practice Group
Founders: Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen
Web site: www.aroter.org
Email: ogdor@hotmail.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa, Aro Ter lineage
American Buddhist Seminary
PO Box 12035-2423, Berkeley CA 94704
510-845-4843
FAX: 510-644-9739
Bay Zen Center
5600-A Snake Road, Oakland, CA 94611
Tel: (510) 482-2533, Fax: (510) 482-9531
Email: info@bayzen.org
Web site: www.bayzen.org
Tradition: Ordinary Mind Zen School (Charlotte Joko Beck)
Contact: Lance Ashdown
Bell Spring Foundation
448 Ignacio Blvd # 257 Novato, CA 94949
Contact: Bob Roberts
Tel: (415) 883-8996
Email: bob@bellsprings.org
Web site: www.bellsprings.org
Tradition: Theravada, Thai Forest Tradition
Lineage: Ajahn Chah
Berkeley Buddhist Church
2121 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Rev. Seiegn Yamaoka
Phone: (510) 841 1356
Fax: (510) 841 1435
Internet : http://home.pacbell.net/bsangha/
E-mail : bsangha@pacbell.net
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 848-3440, Fax: (510) 548-4551
Email: paramita@dnai.com
Web site: www.drba.org/bbm.htm
Tradition: Ch'an (Zen)
Affiliation: The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Contact: Rev. Heng Sure
Berkeley Buddhist Priory
1358 Marin Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Tel: (510) 528-1876
Email: prior@BerkeleyBuddhistPriory.org
Email: bpriory@jps.net
Web site: www.BerkeleyBuddhistPriory.org
Tradition: Mahayana, Soto Zen Buddhism
Affiliation: Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
Spiritual Director: Rev. Kinrei Bassis
Teacher: Rev. Kinrei Bassi
Berkeley Buddhist Temple
2121 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-1356, Fax: (510) 841-1435
Minister: Rev. Seigen Yamaoka
Email: bsangha@pacbell.net
Web site: home.pacbell.net/bsangha
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Berkeley Shambhala Center
2288 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-6475
Email: shambhal@pacbell.net
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/berkeley
Founder: Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyü lineage
Berkeley Zen Center
1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 845-2403
Email: bzc@berkeleyzencenter.org
Web site: berkeleyzencenter.org
Tradition: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
Buddha Gate Monastery
3254 Gloria Terrace, Lafayette, CA 94549
Tel: (925) 934-2411, Fax: (925) 934-2911
Email: mail@buddhagate.org
Web site: www.buddhagate.org
Buddha Sasana Foundation
45 Oak Road, Larkspur CA 94939
510-381-6905
Tradition: Theravada
Tradition: Chinese Ch'an (Zen)
Lineage: Dharma descendent of Master Empty Cloud
Affiliation: Chung Tai Chan Monastery (Master Wei Chueh, Taiwan)
Abbot: Ven. Jian Hu
Buddhist Church of Oakland
825 Jackson Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 832 5988, Fax: (510) 832 0709
Minister: Rev. Seigen Yamaoka
Email: BCO825@aol.com saeemi@aol.com
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pureland)
Buddhist Fellowship of Concord
3165 Treat Bd., Concord, CA 94518
C/o Mr. Calvin Fujinaga : 1418 Stonehedge Dr.,
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone: (510) 372 6610
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
PO Box 4650, Berkeley CA 94704
510-525-8596
FAX: 510-525-7973
1840 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
Contact: Bob Lyons
Tel: (510) 655-6169 x 311, Fax: 510-655-1369
Email: bpf@bpf.org
Web site: www.bpf.org
Tradition: Socially Engaged Buddhist
Affiliation: International Nonprofit Peace Organization
Spiritual Director: Alan Senauke
Buddhist Temple of Alameda
2325 Pacific Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel: (510) 522 5243, Fax: (510) 522 1034
Email: zuikei@jps.net
Minister: Rev. Zuikei Taniguchi
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
California Buddhist Vihara Society
4797 Myrtle Drive, Concord CA 94521
510-845-4843
Tradition: Theravada
California Diamond Sangha
PO Box 2972, Santa Rosa CA 95405
510-531-5779 (Berkeley)
Tradition: ZenCommunity of Mindful Living
850 Talbot Avenue, Albany CA
510-527-3751
Community of Mindful Living
P.O. Box 7355, Berkeley, CA 94707
Tel: (510) 486-8107
Vietnamese Zen
Community Congregation Sitting Group
Church of Belvedere-Tiburon,
1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (415) 845-2403
Zen (Japanese Soto)
Deer Run Zendo
Kanzeon Zen/ Yoga Center
25 Deer Run
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tel: (510) 924-5322
Zen (Japanese Rinzai)
Dhammachakka Meditation Center
Box 206, 2124 Kittredge Street, Berkeley CA 94702
510-531-1691
Tradition: Theravada
Dharmadhatu
2288 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-3242
Email: shambhal@pacbell.net
Web site: www.shambhala.org/center/berkeley
Tradition: Tibetan - Kagyu - /Vajrayana/Dzogchen
Lama Chogyam Trungpa
Dharma Eye Zen Center
333 Bayview Street, San Rafael, CA 94941
Contact: Steve Stucky
Tel: (415) 258-0802
Email: sjsleo@attbi.com
Tradition: Soto Zen
Spiritual Director: Steve Stucky
Dharma Gate Insight Meditation Community
Corner of J & 1st St. Benicia, CA 94510
Tel: (707) 328-6167
Email: drpthorton@earthlink.net
Vipassana
Dharma Net International
PO Box 4951, Berkeley CA 94704
510-465-7403 E-mail: dharma@netcom.com
East Bay Vietnamese American Buddhist Association
8237 E. 14th, Oakland CA
510-569-7714
Tel: (925) 689-7238
Fax: (925) 689-7168
Email: dharma@dharmanet.org
All traditions
Dudjom International Foundation
PO Box 40155, Berkeley CA 94704-0155
510-849-9928
Tradition: Tibetan/Vajrayana/Dzogchen
Dudul Nagpa Ling
7436 Sea View Place, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Tel: (510) 528-8151
Email: yeshetar@aol.com
Web site: www.kilaya.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma
Spiritual Director: His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa
Dzalandhara Buddhist Center
953 Arlington Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707
Tel: (510) 559-8183
Email: Dzalandhara@comcast.net
Web site: www.kadampas.org
Tradition: Tibetan, New Kadampa Tradition
Teacher: Gen Choyang
Dzogchen Community West Coast
2748 Adeline, Suite D, Berkeley CA 94703
Contact: Nary Mitchell
Tel: (510) 644-2260
Email: aha@dzogchencommunitywest.org
Web site: www.dzogchencommunitywest.org
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhist
Spiritual Director: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
East Bay Community Center (SGI)
9943 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Tel: (510) 527.4402, Fax: (510) 527.8559
Web site: www.sgi-norcal.org
National SGI web site: www.sgi-usa.org
Tradition: Mahayana
Founder: Nichiren Daishonin
East Bay Dharma CenterThursdays 730-930pm
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave (at Bancroft), Berkeley, CA 94703
http://www.eastbaydharma.org/
Enlightened Experience Celebration
410 Albany Ave, #302 Albany, CA 94706
Email: dorje1@mindspring.com
Tradition: Tibetan (FPMT)
Coordinator: Bill Kane
Empty Gate Zen Center
2200 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 845-8565
Email: egzc@emptygatezen.com
Web site: www.emptygatezen.com
Guiding Teacher: Zen Master Bon Soeng
Tradition: Korean Zen (Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Empty Gate Zen Center
1800 Arch Street, Berkeley CA 94709
510-548-7649
Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center
254 Cambridge Ave., Kensington, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 527-7363
Email: lamakunga@hotmail.com
Web site: www.ewamchoden.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya Ngor lineage
Spiritual Director: Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche
Hung Kar Ling
6444 Pine Haven Road, Oakland, CA 94611
Founder: Orgyen Kusul Lingpa Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingmapa
Web site: www.kilaya.org
Contact: John & Amy Kriebel - San Raphael, CA
Tel: (510) 528-8151
Interracial Buddhist Council
PO Box 11211, Oakland CA 94611
Voice: 510-869-2767
Institute of Buddhist Studies
1900 Addison Street, Berkeley CA 94704
510-849-2383
Fax: 510-849-2158
Tradition: Pure Land
Institute for World Religions & Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 848-3440, Fax: (510) 548-4551
Email: paramita@dnai.com
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
Tradition: Mahayana, Ch'an (Zen)
Affiliation: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association.
Lesbian Buddhist Sangha (LBS)
Berkeley, California
Contact Person: Carol Newhouse
Email: Carolnewh@aol.com
Tradition: Vipassana Insight Meditation
Lotus Organization
1053 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Contact Person: Susan Verby
Tel/Fax: (510) 525 5562
Email: inquiry@thelotus.org
Web site: www.thelotus.org
Affiliation: Tibetan, Western
Teachers: Padma Tenzin Sol / Robin Bello
Mountain Source Sangha
2818 Russell Street, Berkeley CA 94705
Contact: Taigen Leighton
Tel: (510) 649-0663
Email: taigendan@earthlink.net
Web site: www.mtsource.org
Tradition: Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage
Affiliation: San Francisco Zen Center
Teacher: Taigen Dan Leighton
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research
2620 Warring Street, Berkeley CA 94704
510-843-4128
Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (510) 843-6812
Email: Nyingma-Institute@nyingma.org
Web site: www.nyingmainstitute.com
Tradition: Tibetan. Nyingma Vajrayana/Dzogchen
Contact: Abbe Blum
Oakland Zendo - Pacific Zen Institute
4033 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Contact: David Weinstein
Tel: (51) 531-5779
Web site: www.pacificzen.org
Tradition: Zen, Harada/Yasutani, Rinzai/Soto
Affiliation: Pacific Zen Institute
Spiritual Director: John Tarrant, Roshi
Teacher: David Weinstein
Ratna Shri Center at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Tel: (510) 843-2967
Email: RatnaShri@aol.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Kagyu, Drikung
Contact: Ven. Lama Osal Dorje
Rigpa Fellowship
PO Box 7866 (816 Bancroft Way), Berkeley CA 94707
408-454-9103
Tradition: Tibetan/Vajrayana/Dzogchen
Rigpa Center
Berkeley, California
Tel: (510) 644-1858
Founder: Sogyal Rinpoche
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma (Rigpa)
Sakya Dechen Ling
1709 Myrtle Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 465-2202
Email: info@sakyadechenling.org
Web site: www.sakyadechenling.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya Lineage
Spiritual Director: Her Eminence Jetsun Kusho Chime Luding
Contact: Ms Katherine Pfaff
Samatha Buddhist Meditation in Northern California
Meetings: The Upper Room, Grace North Church
2138 Cedar Street Berkeley, CA 94709
Contact: David Steinsaltz
Tel: (510) 595-7228
Email: samatha_meditation@earthlink.net
Web site: www.samatha.org
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Samatha Trust, UK
Sang-ngak-cho-dzong
2508 Eagle Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
Tel: (510) 865-1394
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma
Sixth Patriarch Zen Center
2584 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 486-1762, Fax: 883-0461
Email: sixthpat@zenhall.org
Web site: www.zenhall.org
Tradition: Korean Rinzai Zen
Spiritual Director: Venerable Hyunoong Sunim
Contact: Jaguang
Sixth Patriarch Zendo
946 Taylor St. Albany, CA 94706
Zen
Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church
32975 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 945587
Fax: (510) 489 3556, Tel : (510) 471 2581
Email: sacbc@worldnet.att.net
Web site: www.geocities.com/sacbcnet
Resident Minister: Rev. Dr. Shoyo Taniguchi
Affiliation: Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
San Francisco Myoshinji Temple
2631 Appian Way, Pinole, CA 94564
Tel: (510) 222-8372
San Francisco Myoshinji Temple
Email: contact@nichirenshoshumyoshinji.org
Web site: nichirenshoshumyoshinji.org
Tradition: Nichiren Shoshu
Affiliation: Head Temple Taisekiji, Japan
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (51) 843-6812
Email: Nyingma-Institute@nyingma.org
Web site: www.nyingmainstitute.com
Tradition: Tibetan (Nyingma)
Contact: Abbe Blum
Vajrakilaya Centres
Dudul Nagpa Ling
7436 Sea View Place, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Wat Mongkolratanaram
(Berkeley Thai Temple)
1911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Tel: (510) 849-3419, 840-9034, 510-540-9734
Fax: 845-8150
Abbot: Ajahn Manat
Tradition: Theravada, Thai
Yeshe Nyingpo San Pablo
5224 Riverside Avenue, #1, San Pablo CA 94806
510-524-7913
Tradition: Tibetan/Vajrayana/Dzogchen