Shasta Abbey is a Buddhist monastery established in 1970 by the late Abbess, Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett. Several important elements of the Serene Reflection tradition are: serene reflection meditation (shikantaza, 'just simply doing one's sitting' neither deliberately thinking about anything nor deliberately not thinking about anything); a correct understanding of the fundamental Buddhist teachings of karma, rebirth, impermanence, no-self, and Nirvana; and the actualization of Buddha Nature in everyday life.
The Abbey is located in Mount Shasta at an elevation of 4000 feet and has an enrollment of about 800. The immediate vicinity of the monastery is an area of coniferous forest, three miles north of the town of Mt. Shasta. The mountain after which the town is named lies six miles to the east of the monastery.
Mt. Shasta is in Siskiyou County.