Shasta Abbey

Shasta Abbey is a Zen Buddhist monastery located on 16 acres of land near Mount Shasta, California. It was established by the Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett in 1970. The dozen or so buildings that make up Shasta Abbey are of stone and wood, like most of the architecture around Mt. Shasta. Some of the buildings are even constructed around older trees, with their trunks reaching up to the sky through open roofs and gables. There is a rock garden and an outdoor gathering place, as well as a series of prayer rooms and temples, and the main cloister area, where the two dozen or so resident monks live as well as visitors.