Southern California Sitting Groups
Corona
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Contact-person: Charlie or Richard
Telephone: (909) 279-4026
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Glendale
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Contact-person: Jim Hopper
Telephone: (818) 543-0669
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Huntington
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Contact-person: Mark Dixon
Telephone: (714) 965-0104
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Idyllwild
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Name: The Skillful Meditation Project
Address: P.O. Box 1173
City: Idyllwild
State: CA
Zip: 92549-1173
Country: USA
Contact-person: Jason Siff
Telephone: (909) 659-2649
WWW: http://meditationproject.com
E-mail: jsiff@idyllwild.com
Description: Retreats, discussion groups, highly individualized
instruction, sitting groups located in various parts
of Southern California. Internet site offers much
information and meditation instructions.
Updated: 23 Aug 2000
Sources used: Gordon L. Smith <drop@deltanet.com>
Joshua Tree
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Name: Dhamma Dena
Address: HCI - Box 250
Zip: 92252
Contact-person: Ruth Denison
Telephone: (619) 362-4815
Updated: Mar 94
Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library
Laguna Beach
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Name: Insight Meditation Society of Orange County
Address: 639 Pearl Street
Zip: 92651
Contact-person: Greg Smith
Telephone: 949-494-4734
Fax: 949-494-2824
WWW: http://here-and-now.org/IMSOC
E-mail: gmsmith@here-and-now.org
Lineage: Mixed, including Thai forest tradition & Order
of Interbeing (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Director: Visiting teacher is Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Abbot of
Metta Forest Monastery
Description: We are an eclectic practice group which meets in
private homes in Orange County, California.
Newsletter: see http://here-and-now.org/IMSOC
Updated: 15 Jul 99
Sources used: Greg Smith
Los Angeles
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Name: The Skillful Meditation Project
Contact-person: Jason Siff
Address: PO Box 42035
Zip: 90042
Telephone: 213-223-2470
E-mail: drop@deltanet.com
WWW: http://users.deltanet.com/~skill/
Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
Description: Retreats, discussion groups, classes, sitting groups
located in various parts of Southern California. Ask
for a copy of our newsletter, Skillful Means, for
further information.
Updated: 1 Jan 98
Sources used: Gordon L. Smith <drop@deltanet.com>
Name: Ordinary Dharma
Contact-person: Christopher Reed & Michele Benzomin-Maruda
Address: 247 Horizon Avenue
City: Venice
State: CA
Zip: 90291
Telephone: (310) 396-5054
Description: Wed eve 7:30-9:00 pm (Intro Class)
Tue eve 7:30-9:00 pm
1st and 3rd Sundays 9 am - 3p pm
Weekday Mornings 6:30-7:30 am
ALSO: WARNER SPRINGS (619) 782-9223
"Manzanita Village" sittings daily morning and evening
Updated: Jul 95
Sources used: Christopher Reed <74534.3255@compuserve.com>
Contact-person: Michael Attie
Telephone: (213) 655-8659
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Dharma Vijaya
Telephone: (213) 737-5084
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Telephone: (213) 461-5042
Description: gay/lesbian group
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Orange
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Contact-person: Patricia
Telephone: (714) 633-1537
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Palm Springs
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Contact-person: Manoj Cheevers
Telephone: (760) 251-3746
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Pasadena
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Contact-person: Terry Harkin
Telephone: (323) 223-2685
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Paso Robles
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Contact-person: Pat
Telephone: (805) 207-8470
Updated: 18 Apr 2001
Sources used: Patrick Wallen
San Diego
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Contact-person: Rick Avery
Telephone: (619) 291-9308
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Mark Berger
Telephone: (619) 225-0817
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Pat Dunn
Telephone: (619) 274-5328
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Contact-person: Rodney/Bethany
Telephone: (619) 295-5912
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
San Luis Obispo
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Contact-person: Rosemary Donnell
Telephone: (805) 772-4580
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Santa Barbara
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Name: Full Blossom Sangha
Contact-person: Suzanne Knittel
Telephone: (805) 963-4583
Lineage: Zen - Thich Nhat Hanh
Description: Sitting and Walking Meditation. Full Blossom sangha
will celebrate the changing of the seasons with
extended walking meditations open to all.
Updated: Jan 99
Name: Goenka Vipassana Group
Contact-person: Jim Smallwood
Telephone: (805) 962-9953
Lineage: Theravada - Goenka-style vipassana
Description: Anyone who has done a 10-day course with the Indian
teacher Goenka is invited to join. Part of a larger
California Vipassana Group. Call (209) 877-4386 for
newsletter and information on retreats and other
events.
Updated: 1/99
Name: Lesbian Meditation Group
Contact-person: Elizabeth
Telephone: (805) 962-5761
Updated: 1/99
Name: Open Door Sangha
Address: 440 Whitman Street #46
City: Goleta
Contact-person: Thea Howard
Telephone: (805) 685-8787
E-mail: thea@cosmic.physics.ucsb.edu
Description: Sitting, Retreats, Special Events
Updated: 1/99
Name: Santa Barbara Buddhist Center
Address: 206 E. Padre St.
Zip: 93105
Contact-person: Suzan Garner
Telephone: (805) 569-2598
E-mail: nazus3x@aol.com
Description: Open Sitting for all Sanghas on 1st & 3rd Sundays
from 10am-noon; Thursday night classes & sitting;
special events
Updated: 1/99
Sources used: "Buddhist events in Santa Barbara"
Name: Santa Barbara Zen Group
Address: P.O. Box 50252
Zip: 93105
Contact-person: Donna Haber
Telephone: (805) 682-9983
E-mail: DKHaber@aol.com
Description: Weekly sittings on most Sunday mornings at 9:00am as
well as regular one-day retreats. Please call first.
Updated: 1/99
Name: UCSB Buddhist Group
Contact-person: Joel Feigin
E-mail: feigin@humanitas.ucsb.edu
Updated: 12/99
Santa Monica
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Contact-person: Ordinary Dharma
Telephone: (310) 394-6653
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
Valley Center
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Name: Metta Forest Monastery
Address: PO Box 1409
City: Valley Center
State: CA
Zip: 92082
Telephone: (619) 988-3474
Description: Forest monastery in Thai forest tradition.
For more information:
http://users.deltanet.com/~gmsmith/watmetta.html
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Kondanna
Warner Springs
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Name: Manzanita Village
Contact-person: Christopher Reed & Michele Benzomin-Maruda
Telephone: (760) 782-9223
Description: sittings daily morning and evening
Updated: 22 Jan 2001
Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)
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