We're delighted that you've chosen to visit our website! The goal of our Center, based on the principles taught by Shakyamuni Buddha and promoted worldwide by His Holiness Dalai Lama, is to nurture healing and the development of a good heart, which includes the cultivation of compassion and loving kindness. As such, the center aspires to teach principles for living that are universally applicable.

Besides offering classes, retreats and rituals relating to the study and integration of Buddhist practices in our daily life...

We have 108 acres of redwood forest and a peaceful meadow for hiking and meditation; genuine customer service performed by a team dedicated to your happiness; simple and comfortable rooms with private bathrooms; vegetarian cuisine using organic products whenever possible, prepared freshly and cooked with love by a team of professional chefs.

We have a meditation hall which provides a harmonious setting for transformational classes and retreats, in the presence of inspirational life size statues and paintings of Buddhas and deities, and a Sand Mandala complete with a multitude of water bowl offerings.

We are a center proud to keep alive amazing Tibetan art forms and holy objects.  A non-profit organization reaching out to the local community, we have on our property the Tara Redwood School (a great local school for young children teaching the values of love and compassion), and Tara Home (a boarding home offering palliative care and hospice services). Recycling is important to us and we are certified "green". We are a center that is full of inspiring projects, such as creating our own organic vegetable garden to help us become more sustainable, and building a magnificent stupa for world peace.