Bay Area & South Bay Sitting Groups
(Area Codes 408/415/510/650/925)
Berkeley
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Contact-person: 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: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: 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: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Name: Sanghapala - Berkeley Meditation Group
Address: Berkeley Zen Center, 1931 Russell Street (near MLK Way)
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Contact-person:
Telephone:
WWW: http://www.abhayagiri.org/
E-mail:
Lineage: Theravada (Thai Forest Sangha)
Affiliation: Abhayagiri Forest Monastery
Resident Director:
Spiritual Director: Ajahn Pasanno & Ajahn Amaro
Teachers: Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Amaro; others
Description: Weekly sittings (1st Tues at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery;
all other Tuesday at Berkeley Zen Center). Chanting (in Pali
& English), sitting meditation, Dhamma talk/discusssion,
tea/conversation.
Newsletter: Fearless Mountain includes info pertinant to the
sitting group; info: http://www.abhayagiri.org
Updated: 1 Jan 2001
Sources used: Barry Kapke <kondanna@abhayagiri.org>
Telephone: (510) 222-7787
Description: Group for Lesbians/Bi-Women
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Name: Buddhists of Color
Contact-person: Jessica
Telephone: (415) 789-8359
Lineage: multi-lineage - Vipassana, Zen, Tibetan
Updated: 23 Jan 2001
Sources used: Larry Yang
Fairfax
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Contact-person: Laurel Houghton
Telephone: (415) 454-0391
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Margo Sangster
Telephone: (415) 488-9783
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Inverness
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Contact-person: Gail Seneca
Telephone: (415) 677-1551
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Los Gatos
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Contact-person: Arvis Justi
Telephone: (408) 354-7506
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Mill Valley
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Contact-person: Tobin Giblin
Telephone: (415) 381-5032
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Mark Kapner
Telephone: (415) 924-6102
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Oakland
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Contact-person: Dan Clurman
Telephone: (510) 547-2380
Description: Communication, Spirituality & Inquiry. Monthly, on
Sunday afternoons.
Lineage: Theravada
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact-person: Margo Tyndal
Telephone: (510) 654-8677
Description: Deepening practice. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.
Lineage: Theravada
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Contact-person: Leigh Brasington
Telephone: (510) 748-2466
Description: Students of Ayye Khema. Weekly, Tuesday evenings.
Lineage: Theravada -- Ayye Khema
Updated: 1 Feb 95
Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)
Palo Alto
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Name: Insight Meditation Center of the Midpeninsula
Address: 957 Colorado
Zip: 95125
WWW: http://www.midpeninsight.org
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Affiliation: Spirit Rock (http://www.spiritrock.org)
Director: Gil Fronsdal
Teachers: Gil Fronsdal
Description: URL has copy of current newsletter. Regular
sittings on Monday & Thursday evenings,
monthly potluck, intro classes, book discussion
group, metta series, etc. Also includes
info on San Jose sittings on Wednesday nights
(Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr, teachers)
Updated: 1 June 2000
Sources used: Mark Nokes
Contact-person: Gil Fronsdal
Address: Friends Meeting House, 957 Colorado (near Louis)
City: Palo Alto
Telephone: IMC, (650) 599-3456
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Mondays 7:30-9pm; Thursdays 7-8:30pm
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Pam Eaken
Telephone: (408) 247-3973
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Portola Valley
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Contact-person: Gil Fronsdal
Address: Portola Valley Town Center, 756 Portola Rd
City: Palo Alto
Telephone: IMC, (650) 599-3456
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Most Sundays, 8:30am & 9:25 am (sitting);
10am (dharma talk)
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
San Francisco
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Contact-person: Eugene Cash
Address: 1st Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin St
City: San Francisco
Telephone: (415) 979-4879
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Sundays 7-9pm
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Howard Cohn
Address: 601 Dolores (near 19th St)
City: San Francisco
Telephone: (415) 447-7761
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Tuedays 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Mark Coleman
Address: Noe Valley area
City: San Francisco
Telephone: (415) 332-5800 ext 302
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Mondays 7:30-9:30pm; for people in 20's & 30's
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Nama Rupa Foundation
Telephone: (415) 334-4921
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Name: Buddhists of Color
Contact-person: Jessica
Telephone: (415) 789-8359
Lineage: multi-lineage - Vipassana, Zen, Tibetan
Updated: 23 Jan 2001
Sources used: Larry Yang
Name: Mountain Source Sangha
Address: 1559 26th Ave.
City: San Francisco
Zip: 94122
Telephone: 415-681-9172
Description: a Soto zen community under the guidance of Taigen
Dan Leighton, in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.
We hold weekly sittings in San Francisco & San Rafael,
as well as monthly one day sittings in Bolinas.
Updated: 13 Mar 2002.
San Jose
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Contact-person: Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr
Address: Friends Meeting House, 1051 Morse Street
Telephone: (408) 238-7795
Description: Wednesdays 7:30-9:00pm
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Name: Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship (UUBF) of
the First Unitarian Church of San Jose
Address: 160 N. 3rd Street
Telephone: (408) 292-3858
FAX: (408) 292-4744
WWW: www.blueneptune.com/~jcluney/uubfsjs.html
E-mail: jcluney@blueneptune.com
Contact-person: Jerry Cluney
Updated: 6 Jan 99
Name: The Floating Zendo
Location: 1041 Morse St., San Jose
Contact-person: Carolyn Dille
Telephone: (831) 471-9983
E-mail: cdille@walvis-eng.com
Description: Angie Boissevain, Sensei, leads The Floating Zendo,
teaching in the Soto Zen tradition; she took ordinaion
with Kobun Chino Roshi. Sitting groups meet Tuesdays in
San Jose 6:30 to 8 pm. The Floating Zendo also
offers sesshins and householder retreats several times
a year in San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Willits, CA, and in
Taos, NM. All are welcome. Please contact megkam@aol.com
for further information.
Updated: 15 Mar 2001
San Rafael
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Contact-person: Phillipp Moffitt
Address: Turtle Island Yoga Center, 526 3rd St
Telephone: (415) 435-3141
Description: Theravada (vipassana); Sunday 6-8pm
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Sausalito
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Contact-person: Howard Cohn
Address: Sausalito Playground Cottage, Cloudview Rd
City: Sausalito
Telephone: (415) 821-6378
Description: Theravada(vipassana)
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Southern Marin
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Contact-person: Bev Clarke
Telephone: (415) 331-8654
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Sunnyvale
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Name: The Floating Zendo
Location: 822 Iowa St., Sunnyvale
Contact-person: Julia
Telephone: (408) 738-4259
Description: Angie Boissevain, Sensei, leads The Floating Zendo,
teaching in the Soto Zen tradition; she took ordinaion
with Kobun Chino Roshi. Sitting groups meet Thursdays in
Sunnyvale, 5:45 to 6:45 pm. The Floating Zendo also
offers sesshins and householder retreats several times
a year in San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Willits, CA, and in
Taos, NM. All are welcome. Please contact megkam@aol.com
for further information.
Updated: 15 Mar 2001
Walnut Creek
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Contact-person: Ernest Isaacs
Address: Unity Center, 1871 Geary Road
Telephone: (510) 526-0711
Description: Theravada(vipassana); meditation, q&a, dharma talk;
Tuesdays 7:30-9:30pm
Updated: 8 Jun 2000
Sources used: Ernest Isaacs
Woodacre
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Name: Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Address: 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
City: Woodacre
Phone: (415) 488-0164
Description: MONDAY 7:15-9:15pm - Jack Kornfield & guest speakers
WEDNESDAY 9-11am - Sylvia Boorstein
1st & 3rd WEDNESDAY 7-8:30 - Senior Students Group -
Guy Armstrong & guest speakers (call ext. 299 to apply)
THURSDAY 10am-noon - Meditation for Women - Julie Wester &
Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
FRIDAY 9:30am-12:30pm - Meditation & Yoga - Anna Douglas &
others (newcomers welcome on 1st Friday; no drop-ins)
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
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