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Welcome to Buddha Gate Monastery!

Buddha Gate Monastery is the first overseas branch of the Chung Tai Chan Monastery. It sits in the beautiful town of Lafayette, 25 miles east of the San Francisco Bay. With the views that expand the mind and peaceful air that calms the soul, it is the perfect environment for Zen meditation. Buddha Gate Monastery is within an hour's drive from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and Silicon Valley.

The Zen Hall accomodates over one hundred cultivators. And the Prajna Lecture Hall has been used for sutra studies and lectures. It has a capacity for over 50 people.

Many people who walk into Buddha Gate, newcomers and long-time Buddhists alike, feel immensely enriched by what they have found here. This is a treasure house full of spiritual gems waiting to be discovered. Step inside Buddha's Gate and discover the path to enlightment.

 
 
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