The Bay Area chapter of Chagdud Gonpa Foundation. List of events, contact information, biographies of their teacher, Jigme Tromge Rinpoche.

Dzogchen practitioners inspired by teaching of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Includes teachings, event schedule, and a discussion forum.

Part of an international community of meditation centers led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Includes event schedule and membership details.

Established in 1975 by Tarthang Tulku, a master of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Odiyan is a creative working environment dedicated to the preservation and transmission of the Buddhist teachings.

Offer meditation practice, classes and retreats taught by teachers in the Kagyu lineage. Includes teachers' gallery, and event schedules.

Site has pages with study materials including The Tree of Enlightenment - An Introduction to the Major Traditions of Buddhism. Also present is a calendar of sittings and events for the group.

A center of teaching and practice in the Dudjom lineage of the Nyingmapa.

Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs throughout the Bay Area.

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.

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.

The Retreat Center of the Chokling Tersar Foundation in North America. Schedule of events with online registration, location and travel directions, contact information.

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.

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.

An international Nyingma Buddhist organization, founded by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. Includes a history of the Foundation, and a directory of affiliated centers.

Kagyu Droden Kunchab Center of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in San Francisco.

Idyllwild 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.

Shambhala Training is a secular path of spiritual training. The Shambhala Training path is one of fearless and gentle action in the world; it is open to people who follow any spiritual tradition or who have chosen no particular spiritual tradition. Shambhala Training is founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems.

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.

Teaching schedule and contact information.

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.

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.

East Bay meditation and retreat center founded by Jetsun Kusho Chime Luding. Information on events, classes, teachers, and projects.

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.

A Karma Kagyu Buddhist Meditation Center of His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, and a direct affiliate of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, the Seat of His Holiness Karmapa in North America.

Palyul Lineage center. Schedule of events and contact information. Links to other centers.

A Karma Kagyu Center offering classes in meditation and Buddhism to all levels of students. Includes event calendar.

Berkeley, California

A Karma Kagyu Buddhist meditation 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.

American Buddhist Community in the tradition of the Kagyu Order of Tibet. Includes teaching schedules, essays, and teachings.

Teaches mindfulness-awareness meditation, as passed from teacher to student for 2500 years. Includes event calendar and details of Shambhala training.

A center devoted to the education and promulgation of tsa tsas and other forms of sacred art. Includes a catalog and event schedule.

Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs.

A Dharma center affiliated with the Bodhipath Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation Centers, and part of the Karma Kagyu lineage.

Established by the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa for the listening, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhism.

Offers reading and discussion of book chapters and other articles by masters of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings. Includes calendar of events and recommended reading.

San Francisco East Bay Dharma Classes. Saraha Buddhist Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs.

A center for healing and the preservation of the Segyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Techniques used in the clinics are based on Buddhist psychology and Tibetan Tantric Medicine.

Homepage to share special tibetan buddhist events, links, practices and compassionate projects, especially in Southern California, Los Angeles and North County of San Diego.

Non-profit retreat center gives courses in qigong, yoga, Buddhist teachings. Lama Thubten Yeshe, founder.

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.

A center for the study of Tibeten Buddhism and Culture. Long Beach, CA.

Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (FPMT) in San Francisco, Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Resident Teacher. Schedule of teachings, classes, and practice. Contact information.

Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center located in Boulder Creek, California.

Waken Temple is established in 1995 by Master Allen Hou, serving southern California region. Waken Temple is a modern tibetan temple with weekly service on Sundays.