Please join us in celebrating the end of the 2023 vassa (rains retreat) at San Fran Dhammaram Temple on Sunday, October 29. There will be a food offering at 11:00 a.m. and a Dhamma sermon at 11:15 a.m. On Sunday, October 29, there will be a post-vassa alms round in front of the temple at [...]
San Fran Dhammaram Temple's 2023 Kathina Please join us in sponsoring and attending San Fran Dhammaram Temple’s 2023 Kathina fundraiser event at the Hall of Flowers (9th Ave & Lincoln Way) in Golden Gate Park. Sunday, November 12, 2023 10:00 a.m. Alms round 10:30 a.m. Food offering 12:00 p.m. Sangha-dana offering 12:30 p.m. Kathina [...]
Spring enrollment period is December 10–30, 2023. Spring ’24 classes will begin on January 6, 2024 and end on May 19, 2024. Students will learn Thai language, music, and culture. Classes are open to children aged 5 years and up. New students are required to take a placement test. For further details, please email watsanfranschool@gmail.com.
Wat San Fran School is looking to hire a Thai teacher to join our team. The teacher will be expected to help teach children ages 5-15 Thai language and culture, Buddhism, and to help prepare for school events. Requirements - Fluency in Thai - Conversational English - Ability to create course/teaching materials to enhance Thai [...]
Start off the New Year with a meritorious deed by taking part in our Eight Precept observance program from Friday, December 29 at 7 a.m. to Monday, January 1 at 7 a.m. Receive the Eight Precepts Friday morning and spend your time studying the Dhamma, chanting, doing volunteer work at the temple, and learning Dhamma [...]
Every New Year’s Eve, we gather to chant blessings to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one. The chanting will start at 11:30 p.m. on December 31 and end at 12:15 a.m. Reserve your spot now by contacting us at watsanfran@yahoo.com or (415) 753-0857.
Every New Year, San Fran Dhammaram Temple and our members come together to make merit and start the new year. The ceremony begins with a formal request to the monks for an opportunity to make merit by accepting alms in their bowls in front of the temple. The ceremony continues inside, where members offer food [...]
Join us for the next observance on the following dates: Jan 26-28 You will formally receive the Eight Precepts when you arrive. You will participate in daily chantings, lunch offerings, hear sermons, and read Dhamma books. If you have any questions, the monks and nuns are happy to guide you in your search for answers. [...]
Join us for the next observance on the following dates: Feb 23-25 You will formally receive the Eight Precepts when you arrive. You will participate in daily chantings, lunch offerings, hear sermons, and read Dhamma books. If you have any questions, the monks and nuns are happy to guide you in your search for answers. [...]
Join us as we commemorate the occasion in which over 2,500 years ago on the night of the full moon of the third lunar month, the Buddha’s first 1,250 enlightened disciples gathered without being summoned and the Buddha delivered the ovada-patimokkha. To honor Magha Puja, Sunday, February 25, 2024, we still start off with an [...]