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Aloka Vihara in San Francisco welcomes visitors. Please view the schedules and calendar below.

Aloka Vihara: 1632 48th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 (Google map)
Telephone: (415) 681-9359 (8-11:45am Pacific time)

DAILY SCHEDULE:

10:00am - visitors are welcome to arrive for meal dana
11:45am - main meal
12:30pm - time for receiving guests and clean up after the meal
7:30pm - evening puja: chanting and meditation (not on Thursdays)
9pm - quiet time in the vihara

REGULAR WEEKLY EVENTS: please check for exceptions on calendar below

Mondays - faith pindapat (alms round); 7:30pm evening puja
Tuesdays - 7:30pm evening puja
Wednesdays - 7:30pm evening puja
Thursdays - quiet day, noble silence, vihara not open for guests
Fridays - 5:30pm tea with guests; 7:30pm puja, precepts, Dhamma talk
Saturdays - 2-4pm Meditation Workshop followed by tea; no evening puja
Sundays - 7:30pm evening puja
Wan Phra (lunar observance day) occurs one day a week—see calendar
Learn More about the Wan Phra

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On Wan Phra* (lunar observance days) at the vihara, we will sit until midnight, have Dhamma sharing and there will be an opportunity to take the Refuges and Precepts.

*Wan Phra is the Thai name for the traditional Buddhist observance days which fall according to the lunar cycle. Wan Phra occurs on full, new, and half moon days, and in monasteries around the world practitioners sit through the night following the taking of the Refuges & Precepts and listening to Dhamma. The monastic communities renew and recite their vows on full and new moon days.

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