Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, Buddhist farm and monastery in Muir Beach, United States
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center is a Buddhist meditation facility on a rural property in a valley north of San Francisco, where organic farming and spiritual practice coexist on the same land. The site includes vegetable plots, fruit trees, flower gardens, and several buildings where visitors can observe daily work and join meditation sessions.
This center was established in 1972 by Buddhist practitioners seeking to combine meditation practice with daily farm work as a spiritual path. The founding philosophy remains the basis for how the place operates and how community members live together today.
Buddhist practices shape daily life here, with meditation sessions and teachings that visitors can observe and join throughout the week. The way people move and communicate on the grounds reflects these spiritual traditions woven into ordinary routines.
The property is best explored on foot, and visitors should plan time to walk through gardens and observe the landscape as part of the experience. Comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing are helpful, since much of the site is outdoors and the terrain varies.
The center grows vegetables, fruit, and flowers using organic farming methods, with learning happening through hands-on work in the fields and gardens. This blend of labor and spiritual discipline differs from many other Buddhist centers that focus primarily on meditation.
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