PASADENA BUDDHIST TEMPLE Information

The Pasadena Buddhist Temple belongs to the Jodo Shinshu tradition of Buddhism. Our national organization is the Buddhist Churches of America, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Our temple was established in 1948, and incorporated in 1956. The temple and classrooms were completed in 1958. The annex (Sakai Hall), which is used by the PJAA Bruins organization to conduct basketball practices, was constructed in 1962. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2008. We welcome all to come and learn about the Buddha Dharma. Rev. Gibbs has been our resident minister since January 1, 2014. Family services are held each Sunday. Service begins at 10:00 am and is followed by a separate English speaking Discussion Group. Dharma School meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month following Sunday Service. Sangha Teens and Jr. YBA meet monthly. Monthly Memorial service is conducted the first Sunday of each month in conjunction with the family service. The Temple is located at 1993 Glen Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 . Phone: (626) 798-4781 THERE WILL BE NO SUNDAY SERVICE AT THE TEMPLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Thanks to everyone who has been sending donations to our temple. We are very grateful for your support. We have been posting Rev. Gibb's dharma message on our webpage and on the so you can view it for yourself. Visit the BCA webpage below to chant at home. Practice your mindfulness at home and stay healthy! All other activities will be discontinued until further notice. This includes: Basketball, Tuesday craft, Ikebana, Meditation, and Buddhist Studies are all discontinued until the end of April. Please continue to check back on this web. The Board will be discussing this health issue to respect our sangha's well-being. Here is a link to the BCA webpage where you can click onto recordings of a variety of sutras and gathas. You can also click on the link to the right and view/listen to messages from different temples throughout the BCA. Below is a button to donate online to the Pasadena Buddhist Temple for offertory, ...