City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
萬佛聖城
The mountain gate to the city
Religion
Affiliation	Chan Buddhism
Ownership	Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Location
Location	4951 Bodhi Way
Municipality	Ukiah
State	California
Country	United States
Location in Northern California
Geographic coordinates	39°08′02″N 123°09′36″W / 39.134°N 123.160°W / 39.134; -123.160 (City of 10,000 Buddhas)
Architecture
Style	Kirkbride Plan
Founder	Hsuan Hua
Date established	1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Groundbreaking	1925[1]
Completed	1933[1]
Construction cost	$331,545[1]
Specifications
Direction of façade	South
Site area	700 acres (280 hectares)
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)[2]
Website
www.cttbusa.org

The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (traditional Chinese: 萬佛聖城; ; pinyin: Wànfó Shèngchéng; Vietnamese: Chùa Vạn Phật Thánh Thành) is an international Buddhist community and monastery founded by Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism. It is one of the first Chan Buddhist temples in the United States, and one of the largest Buddhist communities in the Western Hemisphere.

The city is situated in Talmage, California, a rural community in southeastern Mendocino County about 2 miles (3.2 km) 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. The temple follows the Guiyang school of Chan Buddhism, one of the Five Houses of Chan. The city is noted for its close adherence to the vinaya, the austere, traditional Buddhist monastic code.