land of medicine buddha
Land of Medicine Buddha is a Center devoted to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values through teaching, meditation and community service, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsong Khapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Land of Medicine Buddha is a unique facility providing Tibetan Buddhist teachings, retreats, healing, a beautiful physical environment, and much more...
Vajrapani
Vajrapani Institute is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation retreat center located in the beautiful redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains in northern California.
Built by the disciples of the late Lama Thubten Yeshe on 75 acres at the ford of two creeks, amidst tall trees and local wildlife, our extremely blessed land has been visited by generations of spiritual practitioners including such holy beings as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Creating Awakening For over 30 years, Vajrapani has been providing a quiet and sacred place for practitioners of all traditions to improve their hearts and minds through extended isolated spiritual practice, known as retreat.
Built by the disciples of the late Lama Thubten Yeshe on 75 acres at the ford of two creeks, amidst tall trees and local wildlife, our extremely blessed land has been visited by generations of spiritual practitioners including such holy beings as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Creating Awakening For over 30 years, Vajrapani has been providing a quiet and sacred place for practitioners of all traditions to improve their hearts and minds through extended isolated spiritual practice, known as retreat.
Inner Light ministries
Inner Light Ministries is an Omnifaith outreach ministry dedicated to spiritual transformation. We provide “Tools for Living”™ that encourage the practical application of Universal Spiritual Principles to all of life’s circumstances. Our aim is healing through the energy of love and the revealing of our own Inner Light. It was conceived as an outreach ministry dedicated to healing, transformation, and teaching the practical application of Universal Spiritual Principles. It has quickly grown into a dynamic umbrella ministry with multiple ministries active within it. Ongoing programs include Sunday Services and the Education Ministry which provides workshops and on-going classes.
santa cruz zen center
The Soto Zen practice lineage at Warm Jewel Temple comes from Shakyamuni Buddha who lived in India in the fifth century B.C., through 28 Indian ancestors including the great sage of the subtle middle way, Nagarjuna; revealer of all as only mind, Vasubandhu; and the mysterious Great Teacher Bodhidharma, pointing directly to the human heart, who brought the lineage from India to China in the fifth century.
In China, Bodhidharma passed on the lineage through 23 generations of Chinese ancestors including Huineng, the great sixth ancestor of Zen in China, expounding nonduality at Caoxi; and Zen Teacher Dongshan revealing the luminous mirror-like nature of mind. The names of these two masters were combined into “Cao-dong” (“Soto” in Japanese) which formed the name of this unique lineage of Zen in the ninth century.
In China, Bodhidharma passed on the lineage through 23 generations of Chinese ancestors including Huineng, the great sixth ancestor of Zen in China, expounding nonduality at Caoxi; and Zen Teacher Dongshan revealing the luminous mirror-like nature of mind. The names of these two masters were combined into “Cao-dong” (“Soto” in Japanese) which formed the name of this unique lineage of Zen in the ninth century.
ocean gate zen center
Welcome to Ocean Gate Zen Center’s website. At Ocean Gate we are committed to encouraging the integration of Buddhist teaching and practice into everyday life.
Guided by the Bodhisattva precepts and teachings of Soto Zen, our aim is to create a compassionate and open environment for all people interested in the study and practice of Buddhism. We offer zazen, dharma talks, study opportunities, ceremony, and outreach to the wider community.
Guided by the Bodhisattva precepts and teachings of Soto Zen, our aim is to create a compassionate and open environment for all people interested in the study and practice of Buddhism. We offer zazen, dharma talks, study opportunities, ceremony, and outreach to the wider community.
everyday dharma zen center
Everyday Dharma Zen Center is a Buddhist community dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom. Our effort is directed toward reducing suffering, both our own and that of others. We train ourselves in the meditation practices of mindfulness, of stillness, and of loving-kindness, making an effort to bring these qualities into our everyday lives.
Our experience is that we suffer less if we can learn to notice our thoughts, reactions, and emotions as quickly as possible. Such mindful awareness expands our freedom, allowing us to make more skillful choices that create less suffering for ourselves and others. By cultivating stillness, we can begin to erode our negative habits, and respond more openly in our everyday lives. And developing a sense of universal friendliness helps us to recognize and act upon our many connections within our world.
Our experience is that we suffer less if we can learn to notice our thoughts, reactions, and emotions as quickly as possible. Such mindful awareness expands our freedom, allowing us to make more skillful choices that create less suffering for ourselves and others. By cultivating stillness, we can begin to erode our negative habits, and respond more openly in our everyday lives. And developing a sense of universal friendliness helps us to recognize and act upon our many connections within our world.
insight Santa Cruz (formerly vipassana)
Insight Santa Cruz is a community of people who support each other’s meditation practice and the application of the Dhamma (Dharma) in our daily lives.
Our goal is to reduce the suffering caused by greed, hatred, and delusion; to do this, we cultivate wisdom and compassion. Our vision of community includes formal practice, attention to ethics, and integration of practice through service, study, and discussion. The core of our community is Insight Meditation (Vipassana), one of the central meditation teachings of the Buddha, practiced and passed on within the Theravadan tradition for over 2,500 years. more…
Our goal is to reduce the suffering caused by greed, hatred, and delusion; to do this, we cultivate wisdom and compassion. Our vision of community includes formal practice, attention to ethics, and integration of practice through service, study, and discussion. The core of our community is Insight Meditation (Vipassana), one of the central meditation teachings of the Buddha, practiced and passed on within the Theravadan tradition for over 2,500 years. more…