Buddhist Temple Roseville Near Me

4worldlovers:
In May, we celebrate Gotan-E, the birth of the founder of Jodo Shinshu, Shinran Shonin, who was born on May 21, 1173. Shinran never saw himself as a founder of anything and was just trying to spread the nembutsu teaching that he learned from his teacher, Honen. He famously said in the “Record in Lament of Divergences” (a collection of sayings that his student, Yuien-bo, compiled), “for myself, I do not have even a single disciple. For if I brought people to say the nembutsu through my own efforts, then they might be my disciples. But it is indeed preposterous to call persons ‘my disciples’ when they say the nembutsu having received the working of Amida.”


This, Shinran’s understanding of the working of Amida, that anyone who decided to listen to him, follow him, or found something meaningful in what he did, only did so because of external factors, not from his own efforts. Ironically, this attitude is what set him apart from Honen’s other students’ interpretation of the teaching. Shinran emphasized absolute entrusting to Amida Buddha over constant recitation of Namu Amida Butsu. In other words, he stressed the importance of humility over discipline as a practice.


What that means for us, as Jodo Shinshu followers, is that rather than trying to find rigid practice that takes physical and mental fortitude, we should be looking for ways to locate and lessen our vanity, our arrogance, our conceit. This is the way laid out for us to find a life with less suffering. And in the month of May, we express our gratitude to Shinran Shonin for showing us the path.


The Placer Buddhist Church is located at 3192 Boyington Road in Penryn California, County of Placer. It is located at the scenic base of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains just off Interstate 80. It is approximately half way between San Francisco and Reno, Nevada.

4worldlovers: Our classes, practices, and events are in person, online and hybrid (both online and in person).

Lion’s Roar Dharma Center and Do Nga Dargey Temple follow the Buddha Dharma – a new humanism that embraces both the secular and sacred paths of transformation. We recognize and affirm the inherent and indestructible goodness of all beings.

We are in the tradition of the His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Our Temple was founded by Geshe Losang Gyatso and is directed by Lama Yeshe Jinpa and Geshe Damchoe Gurjav. Our Heart Lineage Teacher is Kyabje Jhado Tulku Rinpoche.

What follows is an overview of Kālacakrā practice sessions we offer at Lion’s Roar. For specific times and up-to-date information, please see the Calendar of Events.

Lama Yeshe Jinpa generally teaches every other Sunday morning. On the days when he teaches in the morning, Lama Jinpa has agreed to lead Kalachakra practice at 2 pm PST using a sadhana text adapted from “The Excellent On Nectar Vase of Empty-Form: The Guru Yoga of Glorious Kālacakrā” by Panchen Palden Yeshe, translated by Gelong Tenzin Gyurme at the instruction of Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche. The text is restricted to those who have received either a Kālacakrā Jenang or a full Kālacakrā Empowerment in any lineage. Please consult the Calendar of Events.

On Mondays at 7 pm PST, when Lama Yeshe Jinpa is not teaching the Buddha Dharma Study Group, LRDC sangha gather to practice the same sadhana as above, text adapted from “The Excellent On Nectar Vase of Empty-Form: The Guru Yoga of Glorious Kālacakrā” by Panchen Palden Yeshe, translated by Gelong Tenzin Gyurme at the instruction of Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche. The text is restricted to those who have received either a Kālacakrā Jenang or a full Kālacakrā Empowerment in any lineage. Please consult the Calendar of Events.

4worldlovers: In FP we study six books in great depth, guided in a close

In May we begin a new book, New Heart of Wisdom. By revealing the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings – the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras – this book shows how we can attain pure, lasting happiness through developing special wisdom and universal compassion.


This class is a monthly commitment and pre-registration is required. Anyone is welcome to join.

4worldlovers: Our temple is a center for Buddhist and those interested in Thai culture to meet and explore.

We offer you a place where your knowledge can grow and you can focus on a way of life and living that leads to greater understanding and achievement along the Lord Buddha's great path.

"It is well to reflect about kamma and how each person is — 'owner of kamma, heir to kamma, born of kamma, bound by kamma, determined by kamma' — for such reflection cultivates equanimity. Each person trains himself, a bhikkhu according to his knowledge and ability and a layman likewise."

Every action, word, and even thought in some way touches our kamma. With that in mind, consider reading through Bhikkhu Khantipalo's short essay before your next encounter with Buddhist Monks.

Sabbehi me piyehi manāpehi nānā-bhāvo vinā-bhāvo.

I will grow different, separate from all that is dear & appealing to me.

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and live dependent on my actions.

Yaṃ kammaṃ karissāmi kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā tassa dāyādo bhavissāmi.

Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.

These are the five facts that one should reflect on often, whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained.

"It is just as if a man, traveling along a wilderness track, were to see an ancient path, an ancient road, traveled by people of former times. He would follow it. Following it, he would see an ancient city, an ancient capital inhabited by people of former times, complete with parks, groves, & ponds, walled, delightful. He would go to address the king or the king's minister, saying, 'Sire, you should know that while traveling along a wilderness track I saw an ancient path... I followed it... I saw an ancient city, an ancient capital... complete with parks, groves, & ponds, walled, delightful. Sire, rebuild that city!' The king or king's minister would rebuild the city, so that at a later date the city would become powerful, rich, & well-populated, fully grown & prosperous.

"In the same way I saw an ancient path, an ancient road, traveled by the Rightly Self-awakened Ones of former times. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road, traveled by the Rightly Self-awakened Ones of former times? Just this noble eightfold path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration... I followed that path. Following it, I came to direct knowledge of birth... becoming... clinging... craving... feeling... contact... the six sense media... name-&-form... consciousness, direct knowledge of the origination of consciousness, direct knowledge of the cessation of consciousness, direct knowledge of the path leading to the cessation of consciousness. I followed that path.

"Following it, I came to direct knowledge of fabrications, direct knowledge of the origination of fabrications, direct knowledge of the cessation of fabrications, direct knowledge of the path leading to the cessation of fabrications. Knowing that directly, I have revealed it to monks, nuns, male lay followers & female lay followers, so that this holy life has become powerful, rich, detailed, well-populated, wide-spread, proclaimed among celestial & human beings."

The Middle Way realized by the Tathāgata — producing vision, producing knowledge — leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to Unbinding.

4worldlovers: The City of the Dharma Realm (CDR) is a buddhist education center established in 1992. The founder was Venerable Master Hsuan Hua who brought the proper dharma to the west. He was a direct lineage from Bodhidharma, who brought the dharma from India to China. You can learn more about master Hsuan Hua and his teaching in the Dharma page. In the Branches page you can find a list of the associated buddhist organizations in many cities around the world. To learn about the different events that we host, you can take a look at the Events page. In it you will also see our monthly calendar.