Tse Chen Ling Center, San Francisco, California
- Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (FPMT) in San Francisco, Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Resident Teacher. Schedule of teachings, classes, and practice. Contact information.
- http://www.tsechenling.org

Mother Tara Sakya Center
- Teaching schedule and contact information.
- http://taraling.org/

Gyuto Vajrayana Center
- A center in San Jose in the Gelugpa tradition under the direction of Gen Thupten Donyo. Schedule of events, teaching, regular practices, and contact information.
- http://www.gyutocenter.org/

Karma Mahasiddha Ling
- Idyllwild Dharma Center.
- http://www.rinpoche.com/centers/kml.html

Ati Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center
- The Bay Area chapter of Chagdud Gonpa Foundation. List of events, contact information, biographies of their teacher, Jigme Tromge Rinpoche.
- http://www.atiling.org

Mahamudra Meditation Center
- Established in Petaluma, California in 1991 to facilitate the instruction, study and practice Mahamudra under the guidance of a leading Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.
- http://www.mahamudracenter.org

Pasadena: BodhiPath Buddhist Center
- A Karma Kagyu Center offering classes in meditation and Buddhism to all levels of students. Includes event calendar.
- http://www.bodhipath-west.org/pasadena.htm

Orgyen Dorje Den
- A center affiliated with Yeshe Nyingpo dedicated to the study and practice of Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition. Founded by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche. Schedule of practice and special event, and contact information.
- http://www.orgyendorjeden.org/

BodhiPath Buddhist Centers
- Offer meditation practice, classes and retreats taught by teachers in the Kagyu lineage. Includes teachers' gallery, and event schedules.
- http://www.bodhipath-west.org

Soquel: Land of Medicine Buddha
- Non-profit retreat center gives courses in qigong, yoga, Buddhist teachings. Lama Thubten Yeshe, founder.
- http://www.medicinebuddha.org/

San Luis Obispo: Bodhipath
- A Dharma center affiliated with the Bodhipath Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation Centers, and part of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
- http://www.bodhipath-west.org/slo.htm

Gomede USA - Leggett
- The Retreat Center of the Chokling Tersar Foundation in North America. Schedule of events with online registration, location and travel directions, contact information.
- http://www.gomdeusa.org/

San Francisco: Dharma Fellowship of His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa
- American Buddhist Community in the tradition of the Kagyu Order of Tibet. Includes teaching schedules, essays, and teachings.
- http://www.dharmafellowship.org

Lion's Roar Mandala Dharma Center
- Located in Sacramento, the center teaches Integral Dharma - a western form of Tibetan Buddhism in the tradition of the Dalai Lama. It was founded by Geshe Lama Lobsang Gyatso and is directed by Lama Steve Walker. Schedule, description of classes, contac
- http://lionsroarmandala.org

Junction City: Chagdud Gonpa Foundation
- An international Nyingma Buddhist organization, founded by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. Includes a history of the Foundation, and a directory of affiliated centers.
- http://www.snowcrest.net/chagdud/

San Francisco: Shambhala Center
- Teaches mindfulness-awareness meditation, as passed from teacher to student for 2500 years. Includes event calendar and details of Shambhala training.
- http://www.shambhala.org/centers/san-francisco/

San Francisco: Tsa Tsa Studio - Center for Tibetan Sacred Art
- A center devoted to the education and promulgation of tsa tsas and other forms of sacred art. Includes a catalog and event schedule.
- http://www.tsatsastudio.org/

Sebastopol: Healing Buddha Foundation
- A center for healing and the preservation of the Segyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Techniques used in the clinics are based on Buddhist psychology and Tibetan Tantric Medicine.
- http://www.healingbuddha.org/

Berkeley: Shambhala Meditation Center
- Part of an international community of meditation centers led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Includes event schedule and membership details.
- http://www.shambhala.org/centers/berkeley/

Berkeley: Dzogchen Community West Coast
- Dzogchen practitioners inspired by teaching of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Includes teachings, event schedule, and a discussion forum.
- http://www.dzogchencommunitywest.org

Oakland: Sakya Dechen Ling
- East Bay meditation and retreat center founded by Jetsun Kusho Chime Luding. Information on events, classes, teachers, and projects.
- http://www.sakyadechenling.org/

Berkley: Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center
- Established in 1975 by Tarthang Tulku, a master of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Odiyan is a creative working environment dedicated to the preservation and transmission of the Buddhist teachings.
- http://www.odiyan.org/

Vajrapani Institute
- Tibetan Buddhist Retreat Center located in Boulder Creek, California.
- http://www.vajrapani.org/

Dewikoti - Marin
- Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs throughout the Bay Area.
- http://www.kadampas.org/kbba_pgs/marin.html

San Jose: Duldzin Dragpa Buddhist Center
- Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs.
- http://www.kadampas.org/kbba_pgs/sj.html

Saraha Buddhist Center
- San Francisco East Bay Dharma Classes. Saraha Buddhist Dharma Center of Mahayana Buddhism (New Kadampa Tradition) offering systematic, ongoing meditation and study programs.
- http://www.kadampas.org/kbba_pgs/sf.html

Nyingma Institute Homepage
- Located in the Berkeley hills overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay, the Nyingma Institute offers Buddhist education for our time. This unique and many-faceted approach blends meditation practice, study of traditional Buddhist subjects,
- http://www.nyingmainstitute.com/

Chico Dharma Study Group
- Site has pages with study materials including The Tree of Enlightenment - An Introduction to the Major Traditions of Buddhism. Also present is a calendar of sittings and events for the group.
- http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dsantina/

Diamond Way Buddhism in Los Angeles
- Diamond Way Buddhist web site of Los Angeles represents the centers founded by Lama Ole Nydahl which are under the spiritual guidance of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje. We are the lay practitioners meditating in the Karma Kagyu tradition of the Tibetan Vajr
- http://www.diamondway.org/la

Corallitos: Vajrayana Foundation
- A center of teaching and practice in the Dudjom lineage of the Nyingmapa.
- http://www.vajrayana.org/

San Francisco Diamondway Buddhist Center
- Diamond Way Buddhist Center in San Francisco is part of a worldwide network of Buddhist centers in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
- http://www.diamondway.org/sf/

The Path of Liberation Teachings
- Started in 1994, Land of Compassion Buddha is a Tibetan Buddhist center, within the Gelugpa lineage; directed by Geshe Lobsang Tsephel, it is located in Rowland Heights, California.
- http://www.compassionbuddha.org/

Thubten Dhargye Ling
- A center for the study of Tibeten Buddhism and Culture. Long Beach, CA.
- http://www.tdling.com/

Nyingma In The West
- The Nyingma Centers were founded by Head Lama Tarthang Tulku, an incarnate master within the Nyingma tradition. Nyingma, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its unbroken lineage through the centuries to the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasam
- http://www.nyingma.org/

Kagyu Droden Kunchab
- Kagyu Droden Kunchab Center of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in San Francisco.
- http://www.kdk.org/

Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center
- A registered non-profit organization located in San Jose, California associated with the FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition). Contains teaching and event schedule, news items, contact information, and directions.
- http://www.gyalwagyatso.org/

Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center
- Established to provide an opportunity for the practice and study of Tibetan religion and culture. The basic meaning of Ewam is the integration of method and wisdom, compassion and voidness. Choden simply means "possessing the dharma". We feel th
- http://www.ewamchoden.org/