City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
萬佛聖城
The mountain gate to the city
Religion
AffiliationChan Buddhism
OwnershipDharma Realm Buddhist Association
Location
Location4951 Bodhi Way
MunicipalityUkiah
StateCalifornia
CountryUnited States
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is located in Northern California
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Location in Northern California
Geographic coordinates39°08′02″N 123°09′36″W / 39.134°N 123.160°W / 39.134; -123.160 (City of 10,000 Buddhas)
Architecture
StyleKirkbride Plan
FounderHsuan Hua
Date established1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Groundbreaking1925[1]
Completed1933[1]
Construction cost$331,545[1]
Specifications
Direction of façadeSouth
Site area700 acres (280 hectares)
Elevation627 ft (191 m)[2]
Website
www.cttbusa.org

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (traditional Chinese: 萬佛聖城; ; pinyin: Wànfó Shèngchéng; Vietnamese: Chùa Vạn Phật Thánh Thành) is an international Buddhist community and monastery founded by Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism. It is one of the first Chan Buddhist temples in the United States, and one of the largest Buddhist communities in the Western Hemisphere.

The city is situated in Talmage, California, a rural community in southeastern Mendocino County about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ukiah and 110 miles (180 km) north of San Francisco. It was one of the first Buddhist monasteries built in the United States. The temple follows the Guiyang school of Chan Buddhism, one of the Five Houses of Chan. The city is noted for its close adherence to the vinaya, the austere, traditional Buddhist monastic code.

  1. ^ a b c "Mendocino State Hospital - Asylum Projects". www.asylumprojects.org. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Talmage". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved September 22, 2019.