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Wat Mongkolratanaram

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Phone
  
+1 510-849-3419

Affiliation
  
Buddhism

Wat Mongkolratanaram

Location
  
1911 Russell St, Berkeley, CA

Address
  
1911 Russell St, Berkeley, CA 94703, USA

Similar
  
Wat Boston Buddha Vararam, Wat Buddhanusorn, Wat Pasantidhamma, Vajiradhammapadip Temple, Wat Buddhavas of Houston

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For the Thai temple in Tampa, see Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa

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Wat Mongkolratanaram (Thai: วัดมงคลรัตนาราม) is a small Thai Buddhist temple located in Berkeley, California. A wat, it mainly attracts Thai American Buddhists, including many who are students at the University of California, Berkeley, but it also draws in many local, non-Buddhists who come searching for the authentic Thai food public brunch on Sundays or attend its frequent cultural events. The temple is home to a Thai school for San Francisco Bay Area youth, as well as Berkeley's Thai Cultural Center.

In 2001, it marked 25 years of being a temple by completing renovations to its Victorian house that customized it in temple style.

In February 2009, a group of neighbors sought to shut down the Sunday public brunch, citing litter and traffic. The Zoning Adjustments Board of Berkeley voted 8 to 1 to keep the Sunday brunch, and the board chair "praised the temple for being a positive influence" in the neighborhood. The brunch runs on donations; visitors pay for tokens and exchange them for dishes.

The Thailand-born Ajahn Manat is the current abbot of Wat Mongkolratanaram.

In 1997 the Wat was home to the East Bay chapter of the Cypherpunks.

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References

Wat Mongkolratanaram Wikipedia