From Marin to Berkeley to San Jose, there are Tibetan Buddhist learning centers and temples all over the San Francisco Bay Area, accessible by Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike. Whether you are a novice or a devoted student of Buddhism, we hope that this list will help anyone who is interested in learning more.

 

South Bay:

Ananda Dharma Center

Address: 3888 Balcom Road, San Jose CA 95148

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: anandadharmacenter.org

 

Ocean of Compassion (Gyalwa Gyatso) Buddhist Center

Address: 1550 La Pradera Drive, Campbell CA 95008

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: gyalwagyatso.org

 

Palpung Lungtok Choeling

Address: 2175 Santiago Avenue, San Jose CA 95122

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: palpung.com

 

Yongey Buddhist Center

Address: 682 Carlsbad Street, Milpitas, CA 95035

Tradition: Kagyü and Nyingma school

Website: yongey.org

 

North Bay:

Ati Ling

Address: 23125 Fort Ross Road, Cazadero CA 95421

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: atiling.org

 

Kagyu Takten Puntsokling

Address: 5594 Volkerts Road, Sebastopol CA 95472

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: kagyutaktenpuntsokling.org

 

Padma Shedrup Ling

Address: PO Box 117, Fairfax CA 94978

Tradition: Kagyü and Nyingma schools

Website: padmashedrupling.wordpress.com/about

 

Padmasambhava Peace Institute

Address:23125 Fort Ross Road, Cazadero CA 95421

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: padmapeace.org

 

Ratna Ling Retreat Center

Address: 35755 Hauser Bridge Road, Cazadero CA 95421

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: ratnaling.org

 

Sonoma Shambhala Center

Address: W Napa Street # G, Sonoma CA 95476

Tradition: Kagyü and Nyingma school

Website: sonoma.shambhala.org

 

Sukhasiddhi Foundation

Address: 771 Center Boulevard, Fairfax CA 94930

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: sukhasiddhi.org

 

Tibetan Center for Compassion and Wisdom

Address: 160 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: tccwonline.org

 

East Bay:

Berkeley Shambhala Meditation Center

Address: 2288 Fulton Street, Suite 202, Berkeley CA 94704

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: berkeley.shambhala.org

 

Dharma College

Address: 2222 Harold Way, Berkeley CA 94704

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: dharma-college.com

 

Dharmata Foundation

Address: 235 Washington Avenue, Point Richmond CA 94801

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: dharmata.org

 

Dzogchen Buddha Institute

Address: 910 Curtis Street, Albany CA 94706

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: dzogchenbuddha.org

 

Dzogchen Community West Coast

Address: 2748 Adeline Street, Suite D, Berkeley CA 94703

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: dzogchencommunitywest.org

 

Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center

Address: 254 Cambridge Avenue, Kensington CA 94607

Tradition: Sakya Ngor school

Website: ewamchoden.org

 

The Gyuto Foundation

Address: 6401 Bernhard Avenue, Richmond Heights CA 94805

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: gyutofoundation.org

 

Nyingma Institute

Address: 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA 94709

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: nyingmainstitute.com

 

Orgyen Dorje Den

Address: 2244 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda CA 94501

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: orgyendorjeden.org

 

Sakya Dechen Ling

Address: 801 Pierce Street, #3, Albany CA 94706

Tradition: Sakya school

Website: sakyadechenling.com

 

SF Peninsula:

Dalai Lama Foundation

Address: 61 Renato Court, #24, Redwood City CA 94062

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: dalailamafoundation.org

 

Silicon Valley Shambhala Meditation Group

Address: 2483 Old Middlefield Way #110, Mountain View CA 94043

Tradition: Kagyü and Nyingma school

Website: siliconvalley.shambhala.org

 

Tardo Ling

Address: 1808 Sweetwood Drive, Broadmoor Village CA 94015

Tradition: All schools

Website: sites.google.com/site/norboo/tardoling

 

 

San Francisco:

Dharma Fellowship of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa

Address: 75 Hartford Street, San Francisco CA 94114

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: dharmafellowship.org

 

 

Diamond Way Buddhist Center San Francisco

Address: 110 Merced Avenue, San Francisco CA 94127

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: diamondway.org/sf/

 

 

Kagyu Droden Kunchab

Address:1892 Fell Street, San Francisco CA 94117

Tradition: Kagyü school

Website: kdk.org

 

 

Rigpa San Francisco Center

Address: 1033 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109

Tradition: Nyingma school

Website: rigpabayarea.org

 

San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center

Address: 1231 Stevenson Street, San Francisco CA 94103

Tradition: Kagyü and Nyingma school

Website: sf.shambhala.org

 

Tse Chen Ling Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Address: 300-302 Jules Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112

Tradition: Gelug school

Website: tsechenling.org