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Make a one time donation to the Temple using a credit card via PayPal. A PayPal account is only necessary to setup a recurring donation.
A Buddhist Study Course is available at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple and online. See the flyer for details.
The Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple will hold Obon this year. It is tentatively scheduled for July 9th. More details to come.
The use of the montereybt.org domain has bee discontinued by the temple. The montereybuddhist.com URL is the only valid URL for the temple website. Please update your bookmarks.
Services are usually on Sundays from 10:00AM–11:00AM. Check the Temple calendar for specific dates.
Services are also sometimes available here via live stream on YouTube at the same time as in-person services. Here is a Shin Buddhist Service Book that you can use to follow along with the services.
The Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple is located in Seaside, California. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The temple belongs to Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha school of Buddhism. The mother temple, Ryukoku-zan Hongwanji, is located in Kyoto, Japan.
The Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple is a Safe Zone.
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