San Francisco Buddhist Center

San Francisco
United States

The San Francisco Buddhist Center is located in a beautiful yellow building right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd. You can learn about Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness here. There are two types of meditation practices offered: samatha and vipassana. Whatever stage you are at in your journey you are welcome in the center.

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About the Place

and its People

The San Francisco Buddhist Center is located in a beautiful yellow building right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd. You can learn about Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness here. There are two types of meditation practices offered: samatha and vipassana. Whatever stage you are at in your journey you are welcome in the center.

The centre is easy to find, right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd and between Valencia and Mission. It's a 3 floor yellow house with a large red door, between the back of New Mission Theater and Santora Sales. The San Francisco Buddhist Center is just 2 blocks from 24th Street Bart Station and close to several bus stops. They highly recommend taking public transport, walking, or biking, as parking can be hard at night. There's a place to park your bike (or your car) in the parking lot opposite them, the entrance is on 21st. There is also wheel chair accessibility. There is also another building that is called Dharmadhara, which is their meditaion center. It is located in the remote mountains of Lake County Ca.  The community has been cultivating this space as a refuge of beauty and contemplation for the last nine years and was completed in 2019.

Vipassana

the Path

Vipassana Buddhism, also known as Insight Meditation, is a form of Buddhism that emphasizes the practice of mindfulness and the cultivation of insight into the true nature of reality. The goal of this practice is to achieve enlightenment, or the realization of one's true nature and the end of suffering.

In Vipassana Buddhism, the path to enlightenment is seen as a process of purification and transformation. Through the practice of mindfulness and the cultivation of insight, practitioners aim to see things as they truly are and to gain a deeper understanding of the impermanent and interconnected nature of all things.

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the Place

and its People

The centre is easy to find, right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd and between Valencia and Mission. It's a 3 floor yellow house with a large red door, between the back of New Mission Theater and Santora Sales. The San Francisco Buddhist Center is just 2 blocks from 24th Street Bart Station and close to several bus stops. They highly recommend taking public transport, walking, or biking, as parking can be hard at night. There's a place to park your bike (or your car) in the parking lot opposite them, the entrance is on 21st. There is also wheel chair accessibility. There is also another building that is called Dharmadhara, which is their meditaion center. It is located in the remote mountains of Lake County Ca.  The community has been cultivating this space as a refuge of beauty and contemplation for the last nine years and was completed in 2019.

Vipassana

the Path

Vipassana Buddhism, also known as Insight Meditation, is a form of Buddhism that emphasizes the practice of mindfulness and the cultivation of insight into the true nature of reality. The goal of this practice is to achieve enlightenment, or the realization of one's true nature and the end of suffering.

In Vipassana Buddhism, the path to enlightenment is seen as a process of purification and transformation. Through the practice of mindfulness and the cultivation of insight, practitioners aim to see things as they truly are and to gain a deeper understanding of the impermanent and interconnected nature of all things.

learn more

the Place

and its People

The centre is easy to find, right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd and between Valencia and Mission. It's a 3 floor yellow house with a large red door, between the back of New Mission Theater and Santora Sales. The San Francisco Buddhist Center is just 2 blocks from 24th Street Bart Station and close to several bus stops. They highly recommend taking public transport, walking, or biking, as parking can be hard at night. There's a place to park your bike (or your car) in the parking lot opposite them, the entrance is on 21st. There is also wheel chair accessibility. There is also another building that is called Dharmadhara, which is their meditaion center. It is located in the remote mountains of Lake County Ca.  The community has been cultivating this space as a refuge of beauty and contemplation for the last nine years and was completed in 2019.

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sfbuddhistcenter.orginfo@sfbuddhistcenter.org+1 (415) 282 2018
37 Bartlett Street
San Francisco
94110
United States
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San Francisco Buddhist Center

San Francisco
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United States

The San Francisco Buddhist Center is located in a beautiful yellow building right in the heart of the mission district between 21st and 22nd. You can learn about Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness here. There are two types of meditation practices offered: samatha and vipassana. Whatever stage you are at in your journey you are welcome in the center.

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Vipassana
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