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Welcome!
We invite you to consider a life of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in the California Tendai Monastery, and we are at your service.
In Japan the Tendai Sect goes back 1200 years, while here in America we are now pioneering a site chosen for its proximity to a mountain where the ascetic walking meditation (kaihogyo) can be practiced, where a special temple could be built specifically for fire offering (goma), where waterfall purification is possible, and where meditation can be done in seclusion.
Both in this website and in the earlier websites linked below there is a wealth of information. We encourage your contact and welcome you to stay with us for a while to see if the Buddhist practice at California Tendai Monastery is what you are seeking.
Please explore the site, ask any questions, and plan your visit. We hope your experience here will be a key step in your bodhisattva path.
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Our Other Sites
Tendai Buddhist Open Teachings, 1994-2004
Buddha Dendo, 2004-2008
MapQuest for Cobb
How Remote Is It?
People who contact us for the first time have sometimes said that suspicions were aroused because they don't see a physical address and the phone number is not in phone books. Both are due only to the remoteness of the location.
The monastery is four miles south of the town of Cobb, population 1500 with a grocery store, motel, restaurant, and post office. The physical address (not the mailing address) is 18935 Ford Flat Road, and is on a section of the road gated by the geothermal power company Calpine. This means that first-time visitors will not be able to get here based on the address alone, but will need to make arrangements by email or phone.
There is good vehicular access, electrical power, and excellent water, but lacking the possibility of a phone line, we use cell phones and satellite-connected internet, which are not 100 percent reliable, especially during stormy weather. Nevertheless, visitors are welcome any day from 8AM to 8PM.
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