Major Temples and Monasteries
Xuanfa Temple of Sanger will be located at the headquarters for the Xuanfa Institute at 11507 East Ashlan Avenue (send mail to PO Box 272 ) Sanger, California; 93657. Ven. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche is the Chief Rinpoche for this temple. She can be reached at phone 626-375-6328 and FAX: 559-875-3515; zhaxiz@gmail.com.
Hua Zang Si (Temple) is located in the Mission District in San Francisco on Twenty-second Street near the Mission Street BART station. Hua Zang Temple opened December 26, 2004. Services and teachings are conducted in Chinese with some English translation available. They can be reached at 3134 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-3219, PHONE: (415) 920-9816, FAX: 415-920-9836, or click for E-mail. Click for web site. Ven. Dharma Teacher Long Hui Shih and Jue Hui Fa Shih are the abbots of this temple. Click for more BACKGROUND information or CALENDAR of EVENTS. They also have a branch temple at 4836 North Cedar Avenue, Fresno, California 93726 and The Holy Dharma Discourse Center at 10 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 245, Sausilito, California 94965. This dharma center is headed by Master Shannon Pattillo and does offer classes in English.
Macang Monastery (formerly known as the Temple of Good Fortune and Wisdom or Fu Hui Si and pictured to the right) is located at 1822 Eddy Street, San Francisco, California 94115. The temple opened March 18, 2006. Hsi-Jao Ken-Teng Palden Lodoe, a disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, is Dharma King of this temple. Dharma King Palden Lodoe has been recognized by Khenchen Rinpoche as the true incarnation of Venerable Hsi Jao Seng Ge, who was the founder of the Macang Sect.
Bodhi Monastery represents a group of Chinese-speaking nuns dedicated to the practice and teaching of the correct dharma. Their main temple is at 6449 Berwickshire Way, San Jose, CA 95120, PHONE: (408) 323-9966. They also have facilities at other locations.