This service give you information about Buddhist Groups in Santa Cruz County. Information of each group will be in the same format and it is in the convenient form for you to get the information you want. We think this will be very useful for people who would like to know about or participate activities of each group.

If you know any Buddhist group in Santa Cruz County that we don't have information about it, please contact us or tell that organization about this web site. Information  we need for adding in this web site is here.

If you can not find information about some groups in this page, you may see their websites (if they have and we know their web sites) from our Buddhist Links.

Aptos
 

• Students for A Free Tibet, Cabrillo College : a student organization in Aptos.
• Santa Cruz Shambhala Study Group : a group in Tibetan Kagyu and Nyingma lineage in Aptos.

Boulder Creek

• Taungpulu Kaba Aye Monastery : a forest monastic training facility in the Theravada tradition.
• Vajrapani Institute: Tibetan Buddhist retreat center founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe and directed by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

Santa Cruz
 

• Everyday Dharma : a Buddhist group combining loving-kindness (metta ), insight (vipassana ),

and zen (shikan-taza ) techniques in the practice.
• Rigpa North America : an international network of Buddhist centers under the guidance of Sogyal Ripoche.
• Santa Cruz Karma Thegsum Choling (KTB) : a Tibetan Karma Kagyu group established by the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa.
• Santa Cruz Sangha : focuses on mindfulness practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Santa Cruz Zen Center : a  Buddhist group in the Soto tradition.
• Students for A Free Tibet, UCSC : a student organization at UC Santa Cruz.
• Vipassana Santa Cruz : a group of Buddhists and non-Buddhists who meet regularly for Vipassana meditation.

Soquel
 

• Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition : an international organization of Buddhist teaching, meditation and retreat centers.
• Hearth Sangha : focuses on mindfulness practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Land of Medicine Buddha : a Center for Healing and Developing a Good Heart.