Kim Quang Temple

Very beautiful temple and dharma place with beautiful garden; in fact the whole compound is awesome!
The abbot (lama) and assistant are wonderful. Gave us a tour of the whole place and all good information and advice during «question and answer» session.
Be advised that when you google this site, use
(*not .org) which is a repair shop, I think. The abbot mentioned that it was changed recently to *.net.*

Tried to call the temple to find out when is the meditation classes for non Vietnamese speaker, the lady who answer the phone was so rude…& not helpful. I am disappointed as I thought the temple is open… for everybody.

This is a review for the youth group (Gia Dinh Phat Tu Kim Quang) that has activities every Saturday at this temple. I participate as one of the leaders for the group of younger boys.
This particular chapter is one of the largest (if not the largest) in California. Over the past few years I have seen it grow from about 70 members to well over 150. Because of this, enrollment is now limited to just once a year, around the time a school’s academic year begins.
Kids are taught dharma lessons as well as various extra curricular subjects of interest, that range from art, photography, cooking, baking, dancing, basketball, and even computer programming.
Although the youth group’s purpose is first and foremost to teach the children, we also do our part to help out with various tasks at the temple, especially during special events. I’m not sure what Thomas N. is talking about when he says that the youth group doesn’t help out much. I guess he isn’t at the temple during banquet events, when the youth group sets up the tables, serves the food, and cleans up at the end. Or during other events where all the canopies are set up (like the ones in the photos), sound systems are hooked up and controlled, etc.

This temple is pretty cool I guess. It’s a lot bigger and nicer than it used to be. They did a lot of remodeling. The people are pretty nice for the most part. Everybody here speaks Vietnamese but there are some non-​Asians here too. They have a temple youth club but they don’t really help out much. All the work around the temple is done by the older people and kids who are voluntold by their parents. For this alone, the temple receives 4 stars from me. Otherwise it would’ve gotten a 5.

Cool spot to attend for Chinese/​Vietnamese New Year. I’m not Buddhist but my wife is and we go there about 2x a year. The temple is very big with hardwood floors and a huge Buddha inside there. When walking around the garden area, you’ll see other status around the facility as seen in my pictures. This temple is open to the public and to anyone who’s non Buddhist and non Asian.

Kim Quang Temple offers a meditation and Dharma class for English speakers every Friday evening from 7 — 9 PM. I have been attending this class for about two years now and have benefited tremendously. The temple grounds are beautiful, and the monastics at the temple as well as the lay people have been extremely supportive.