The saffron arches symbolize the passage from Ukiah, a city of about 16,000 people, into the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, or CTTB, an international and public monastery with around 350 residents.
It's hard to imagine how a campus teeming with life at the foot of Wonderful Enlightenment Mountain was formerly a state asylum for the criminally insane and home to some of the most violent inmates ever to have been committed in California.
A haven for education and spiritual growth, the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas stands as a testament to transformation, meshing community and sacred practices.
Nearly 50 years after founder Master Hsuan Hua left San Francisco to establish the monastic sangha in Mendocino, the Buddhist city remains committed to education and enlightenment.
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