List of Buddhist temples in the United States

See also: Buddhist Churches of America

Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission (Japanese) in Honalo, Hawaii – on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

So Shim Sa Zen Center (Korean) in Plainfield, New Jersey

This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States sorted by location.

Arizona

• Arizona Buddhist Temple, Phoenix ^{[1] [2]}

California

Deer Park Monastery meditation hall (Vietnamese) in Escondido, California

Hsi Lai Temple (Chinese) in Hacienda Heights, California – the largest Buddhist temple in the United States

See also: List of sanghas in Central Valley, California and List of sanghas in San Diego County, California

• Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, Redwood Valley
• Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco
• Berkeley Zen Center, Berkeley
• City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Talmage
• Deer Park Monastery, Escondido
• Fresno Buddhist Temple (Mrauk Oo Dhamma)
• Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
• Hartford Street Zen Center, San Francisco
• Hazy Moon Zen Center, Los Angeles
• Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights
• Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
• Metta Forest Monastery, Valley Center
• Mount Baldy Zen Center, Mount San Antonio
• Pao Fa Temple, Irvine
• Pacific Zen Institute, Santa Rosa
• San Fran Dhammaram Temple, San Francisco
• San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco
• Senshin Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles ^[1]
• Shasta Abbey, Mount Shasta
• Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Santa Rosa
• Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre
• Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley
• Walnut Grove Buddhist Church, Walnut Grove
• Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont
• Wat Mongkolratanaram, Berkeley
• Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, near Idyllwild
• Zen Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
• Zenshuji Soto Mission, Los Angeles

Colorado

Shambhala Center (Tibetan) in Boulder, Colorado

• Chöying Dzong, Nyingma Buddhist temple, and Yeshe Khorlo Retreat Center, Crestone
• Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, Drala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes
• Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Nyingma Buddhist Temple, Crestone
• Longmont Buddhist Temple, Longmont ^{[1] [3]}
• Phuntsok Choling, Nyingma Buddhist Temple, Ward
• Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple, Denver ^{[1] [4]}
• Wat Buddhapunyaram, Tai Lü Buddhist Temple, Brighton

Connecticut

• Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut, Middletown
• Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace, Redding

Florida

• Guang Ming Temple, Orlando
• Wat Florida Dhammaram, Kissimmee
• Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa

Georgia

• Atlanta Soto Zen Center, Atlanta

Hawaii

Byodo-In Temple (Japanese) O'ahu, Hawaii

See also: Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii

• Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple, Honolulu
• Byodo-In Temple, Kaneohe
• Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission, Honalo
• Daihonzan Chozen-ji, Kalihi Valley, Oahu
• Hawaii Shingon Mission, Honolulu
• Lāhainā Jodo Mission, Lahaina
• Wood Valley Temple, Pahala

Illinois

• Buddhist Temple of Chicago, Chicago
• Chicago Zen Center, Evanston
• Daiyuzenji, Chicago
• Midwest Buddhist Temple, Chicago ^[1]

Kentucky

• Furnace Mountain, Stanton
• The Contemplative Garden, Louisville

Louisiana

• Chua Bo De, New Orleans
• New Orleans Zen Temple, New Orleans
• Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram, Bossier City

Maryland

• Kunzang Palyul Choling, Poolesville

Massachusetts

New England Peace Pagoda

• Boundless Way Zen, Worcester
• Cambridge Zen Center, Cambridge
• New England Peace Pagoda, Leverett
• Tsegyalgar East, Conway
• Valley Zendo, Charlemont
• Wat Boston Buddha Vararam, Bedford
• Wat Nawamintararachutis, Raynham

Michigan

• Lake Superior Zendo, Marquette
• Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple, Detroit

Minnesota

A sacred stupa at Minnesota Buddhist Vihara in Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Dharma Field Zen Center, Minneapolis
• Minnesota Buddhist Vihara, Minneapolis
• Minnesota Zen Center, Minneapolis

Mississippi

• Magnolia Grove Monastery, Batesville

Montana

• Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

Nevada

• Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha, Las Vegas ^{[1] [5]}

New Jersey

Empty Cloud Monastery in West Orange, New Jersey

• Empty Cloud Monastery, West Orange
• Seabrook Buddhist Temple, Upper Deerfield Township
• So Shim Sa Zen Center, Plainfield

New Mexico

• Hokoji Zendo, Arroyo Seco
• Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab, Santa Fe
• Upaya Institute and Zen Center, Santa Fe
• Zuni Mountain Stupa, Grants

New York

Palden Padma Samye Ling in 2018

• Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush
• Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center, Batavia
• Chogye International Zen Center, New York
• Chuang Yen Monastery, Kent
• Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji, Livingston Manor
• Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Woodstock
• Mahamevnawa Buddhist Meditation Center of New York, Staten Island
• New York Buddhist Church, Manhattan ^{[1] [6]}
• New York Mahayana Temple, Leeds
• New York Zendo Shobo-Ji, Manhattan
• Palden Padma Samye Ling, Sidney Center
• Rochester Zen Center, Rochester
• Shi Yan Ming, New York
• Vajiradhammapadip Temple, Centereach and Mount Vernon
• Village Zendo, New York
• Zen Center of Syracuse, Syracuse
• Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper

North Carolina

Phật Tích Vạn Hạnh Temple (Vietnamese), Raleigh, North Carolina

• Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram, Bolivia

Ohio

• The Buddhist Temple of Toledo, Toledo
• Cleveland Buddhist Temple, Shaker Heights ^[1]

Oregon

• Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie
• Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple, Ontario ^{[1] [7]}
• Oregon BuddhistTemple, Portland ^{[1] [8]}

Pennsylvania

• Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Chùa Bồ Đề, South Philadelphia
• Preah Buddha Rangsey Temple, Philadelphia
• Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery, Philadelphia

Rhode Island

• Providence Zen Center, Cumberland

Texas

Wat Buddhavas of Houston (Thai) in Houston, Texas

• American Bodhi Center, Waller County
• Chua Buu Mon, Port Arthur
• Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple, Austin
• Jade Buddha Temple, Houston
• Maria Kannon Zen Center, Dallas
• Wat Buddhananachat of Austin, Del Valle

Utah

• Honeyville Buddhist Temple, Honeyville ^[1]
• Kanzeon Zen Center, Salt Lake City
• Ogden Buddhist Church, Ogden ^{[1] [9]}
• Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, Salt Lake City ^{[1] [10]}

Virginia

• Ekoji Buddhist Temple, Fairfax Station ^[1]
• Wat Pasantidhamma, Carrollton

Washington

Kadampa Buddhist Temple in Seattle, Washington

• Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Temple, Seattle
• Mt. Adams Buddhist Temple, Trout Lake
• Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, Seattle ^[1]
• Spokane Buddhist Church, Spokane ^{[1] [11]}
• Sravasti Abbey, Newport
• Tacoma Buddhist Temple, Tacoma ^{[1] [12]}
• White River Buddhist Temple, Auburn ^{[1] [13]}
• Yakima Buddhist Church, Wapato ^{[1] [14]}

Wisconsin

• Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery, Oregon
• Sotekizan Korinzenji, Madison

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
  • Category:Buddhism in the United States
• Buddhists in the United States military
• List of Buddhist temples

Notes

1. "Find a Temple". Buddhist Churches of America . Retrieved July 1, 2025.
2. "Arizona Buddhist Temple". Arizona Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
3. "Longmont Buddhist Temple". Longmont Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
4. "Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple". Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
5. "Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha". Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
6. "Sangha". New York Buddhist Church. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
7. "Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple". Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
8. "Oregon Buddhist Temple". Oregon Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
9. "Ogden Buddhist Church". Ogden Buddhist Church. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
10. "Salt Lake Buddhist Temple". Salt Lake Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
11. "Spokane Buddhist Church". Spokane Buddhist Church. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
12. "Tacoma Buddhist Temple". Tacoma Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
13. "White River Buddhist Temple". White River Buddhist Temple. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
14. "Yakima Buddhist Church". Yakima Buddhist Church. Retrieved July 1, 2025.

Sources

• BuddhaNet's Comprehensive Directory of Buddhist Temples sorted by country
• Buddhactivity Dharma Centres database

External links

• Media related to Buddhist temples in the United States at Wikimedia Commons