City of Ten Thousand

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a unique place containing a Buddhist monastery, nunnery, small university, high school and elementary schools. CTTB is frequented by people from all over the world. Conferences, workshops and seminars are regularly attended by people of all backgrounds.

An international Buddhist community and monastery founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism. CTTB is one of the first Chinese Zen Buddhist temples in the United States, and one of the largest Buddhist communities in the Western Hemisphere.

The City is situated in Talmage, Mendocino County, California. Approximately two miles 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.

There are seventy large buildings established here with over 2,000 rooms of various sizes that can accommodate up to 20,000 persons. Tall street lamps and trees over a hundred years old lined along the road. The grounds also contain the Jyun Kang Vegetarian Restaurant which is open to the public. The entrance to the City is named Mountain Gate and is marked with yellow roof tiles and red brick walls.

For a truly enriching experience you can volunteer at the CTTB. As a volunteer in the monastery, you will be expected to live like a semi-monastic following the daily schedule and guidelines. In ancient China, Chan Master Bai Zhang setup rules for a Chan meditation monastery with the spirit of, "one day without work; one day without food."