City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Sangha & Laity Training

A life of practice, study, discipline, and service

Sangha & Laity Training

Training at CTTB integrates meditation, ceremony, Buddhist study, ethical discipline, work, and service. Monastic and lay practitioners follow distinct paths within a shared community rhythm.

The purpose is not simply to acquire knowledge, but to transform habits of body, speech, and mind through steady practice.

Sangha Training

Precepts, deportment, meditation, recitation, study, and the responsibilities of monastic life.

Laity Programs

Ceremonies, lectures, retreats, volunteer service, and periods of residential practice.

Refuge & Precepts

Preparation and ceremonies are offered at announced times.

Daily Foundations

Morning and evening ceremonies, mindful work, study, and respect for life.