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S I T T I N G / P R A C T I C E G R O U P S
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USA
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CALIFORNIA - BAY AREA
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Albany
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Name: Community of Mindful Living
Address: 850 Talbot Avenue
City: Albany
State: CA
Voice#: 510-527-3751
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Benicia
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Name: Dharma Gate Sangha
Address: PO Box 1933
City: Benicia
State: CA
Zip: 94510
Description: Sundays, 6:00-8:00pm
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana); Tiep Hien Order (Rinzai)
(Thich Nhat Hanh)
Contact: Patrick Thornton
Voice#: 707-747-9550
Updated: 3 Oct 95
Sources used: Patrick Thornton , and Spirit
Rock Newsletter, Sep 95
Berkeley
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Contact: James Baraz
Address: Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 2304 McKinley Ave.
(Near Bancroft & Berkeley High School)
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Description: Thursdays, 7:30-9:30pm
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Sep 95
Name: Berkeley Zen Center
Address: 1931 Russell Street
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Zip: 94703
Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Contact: Mona Bernstein
Address: 2420 Sacramento Street
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Voice#: 510-486-8107
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Contact: Jennifer Biehn
Address: 2230 Ward Street
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Voice#: 510-843-0548
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Contact: Benita Gould
Voice#: 510-548-1775
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Description: Dharma of Family Life. Third Friday afternoon of month.
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact: Edie Hartshorne
City: Berkeley
Voice#: 510-843-5504
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Contact: Wes Nisker
Address: St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave.
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Description: Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Eureka
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Contact: Michaela Vargas
City: Eureka
State: CA
Voice#: 707-445-8459
Description: Theravada(vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)
Fairfax
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Contact: Evelyn Sweeney
Address: 47 Alhambra Circle
City: Fairfax
State: CA
Zip: 94930
Updated: Mar 94
Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library
Los Gatos
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Name: Jikoji
Address: 12100 Skyline Blvd
City: Los Gatos
State: CA
Zip: 95030
Voice#: 408-741-9562
Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
Description: Saturday 8:45am instruction. 9am zazen
Wednesday 10am zazen, kinhin, zazen
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Mountain View
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Name: Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center
City: Mountain View
State: CA
Voice#: 415-903-1935
Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
Description: Wed: 6:30PM Visitor Instruction;
7:10PM Zazen, Service & Lecture
Sat: 5:30AM-7AM: Zazen & Kinhin;
7AM Service, Potluck Breakfast, Work Period
9AM Zazen
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Muir Beach
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Contact: Wendy Johnson
Address: Highway 1
City: Muir Beach
State: CA
Voice#: 415-383-3134
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Napa
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Contact: Judith Day
City: Napa
State: CA
Voice#: 707-226-3273
Description: Theravada(vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)
Oakland
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Contact: Dan Clurman
Voice#: 510-547-2380
City: Oakland
State: CA
Description: Communication, Spirituality & Inquiry. Monthly, on
Sunday afternoons.
Lineage: Theravada
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact: Margo Tyndal
Voice#: 510-654-8677
City: Oakland
State: CA
Description: Deepening practice. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.
Lineage: Theravada
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact: Leigh Brasington
Voice#: 510-748-2466
City: Oakland
State: CA
Description: Students of Ayye Khema. Weekly, Tuesday evenings.
Lineage: Theravada -- Ayye Khema
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact: Ellen Peskin
Address: 6409 Hillegass Ave
City: Oakland
State: CA
Voice#: 510-654-1810
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
Contact: Jamie Baraz
Address: 6169 Harwood Ave.
City: Oakland
State: CA
Zip: 94618
Voice#: (415) 655-9623
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Group sit Sunday 8:15-9:15pm;
Support group Monday 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: Mar 94
Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library
Palo Alto
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Contact: Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr
Address: Friends Meeting House, 1051 Morse Street
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
Voice#: 408-371-8543
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Jan 95
Redwood City
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Contact: Misha Merrill
City: Redwood City
State: CA
Voice#: 415-851-0934
Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
Affiliation: California Affiliate to Kannon DO
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
San Francisco
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Contact: Eugene Cash
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Voice#: 415-979-4879
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Sundays 7-9pm
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Name: Hartford Street Zen Center
Address: 57 Hartford Street
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip: 94114
Lineage: Zen
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Contact: Howard Cohn
Address: 675 Dolores Street
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip: 94110
Voice#: (415) 821-6378
Description: Tuesdays 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Jan 95
Name: Ratna Shri Sangha
Address: 2245 Cabrillo #4
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip: 94121
Contact: Cindy Chang
Voice#: 415 386 4619
Fax#: 415 673-1100
E-mail: jbeach@slip.net
Lineage: Drikung Kagyu
Affiliation: Tibetan Meditation Center
Spiritual Director: Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen
Updated: 8 Oct 95
Sources used: Jeffery A. Beach
Name: San Francisco Buddhist Center
Address: 37 Bartlett Street
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Voice#: (415) 282-2018
Contact: Paramabodhi
Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Updated: 27 Mar 95
Sources used: Greg Eichler
Name: San Francisco Zen Center
Address: 300 Page Street
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Zip: 94102
Voice#: (415) 863-3136
Updated: Mar 94
Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library
Contact: Sanghapala Vihara
Address: 75 H Lane
City: Novato
State: CA
Zip: 94945
Voice#: (415) 892-7529
Updated: Nov 94
Sources used: Sanghapala flyer
Contact: Helen Stoltfus & Alan Greenberg
Address: 3524 -19th St (off Valencia)
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Voice#: 415-626-0943
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
San Jose
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Contact: Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr
Address: Friends Meeting House, 1051 Morse Street
City: San Jose
State: CA
Voice#: 408-371-8543
Description: Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact: Gustavo Paffen
Affiliate: California Affiliate to Kannon Do
City: San Jose
State: CA
Voice#: (408)-997-9551
Description: Monday: 7PM Instruction, 8:30 Zazen
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Sausalito
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Name: Green Gulch Farm
Address: 1601 Shoreline Highway
City: Sausalito
State: CA
Zip: 94965
Description: Sunday: instruction, meditation, lecture & tea
Updated: 8 Feb 95
Sources used: Jim Lewinson
Sebastopol
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Contact: Marg Starbuck & Bill Boykin
City: Sebastopol
State: CA
Voice#: 707-829-6796
Description: Theravada(vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)
Walnut Creek
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Contact: Ernie Isaacs
City: Walnut Creek
State: CA
Voice#: 510-526-0711
Description: Theravada(vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)
West Marin
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City: West Marin
State: CA
Contact: Gayle Seneca
Voice#: 415-677-1551
Description: Sundays, 7pm
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Updated: 23 Sep 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)
Woodacre
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Contact: Mary Ann Clark
Address: 5000 Sir Francis Drake
City: Woodacre
State: CA
Voice#: 415-488-0164
Updated: May 94
Sources used: Community of Mindful Living
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