Memphis
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              Name: Delta Insight Group
           Address: 715 North Auburndale Street
              City: Memphis
             State: Tennessee
               Zip: 38107-4531
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: Mark W. Muesse
         Telephone: 901/278-0961
               Fax: 901/843-3727
               WWW: http://muesse.religion.rhodes.edu/dig.html
            E-mail: muesse@rhodes.edu
           Lineage: Theravada/Vipassana (Thai/Burmese)
       Description: We are a growing practice group that gathers on
                    Wednesdays for weekly sittings. We meet at the 
                    Eastern Sun Yoga Studio, 3534 Forrest Avenue, 
                    Memphis, at 7:45 PM. We also offer a Sunday morning 
                    dhamma study and discussion group in member's homes.
                    Once a quarter we conduct a daylong silent retreat.
                    Practitioners of all levels of experience are welcome.
           Updated: 5 August 1997
      Sources Used: Mark W. Muesse <muesse@rhodes.edu>

    Contact-person: Clark Buchner
         Telephone: (901) 327-2545
           Updated: 22 Jan 2001
      Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)


Nashville
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              Name: Theravada Dhamma Society of Nashville
    Contact-person: Stan Sitler
         Telephone: 615-383-7965
            E-mail: StanPS@prodigy.net
           Lineage: Theravadan 
Spiritual Director: Ven. U Sacca Vamsa
          Teachers: Ven. U Silananda, Ven U Nanissara
       Description: We are a small sitting group that meets one evening a
                    week at a local Lao temple. This includes one hour of
                    meditation with some chanting usualy followed by
                    reading of a Dhamma book and discussion. We welcome
                    meditators of all traditions and experience levels. 
                    We also occasionally host one day and extended silent
                    vipassana retreats. 
           Updated: 21 Dec 98

    Contact-person: Buddhist Temple
         Telephone: (615) 254-6108
           Updated: 22 Jan 2001
      Sources used: Inquiring Mind (Fall 2000)

              Name: Nashville Insight Meditation
    Contact-person: Lee Olsen, 615-352-5249 or Robert Hood, 615-479-3022
               WWW: http://appliedphilosophy.mtsu.edu/meditation
           Lineage: Theravadan 
           Updated: 11 Mar 2001
            Source: website

Summertown
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              Name: Turtle Hill Sangha
           Address: 50 Myers Road
              City: Summertown
             State: TN
               Zip: 38483
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: Padma Shugchang
         Telephone: 931-964-2219
               WWW: http://members.tripod.com/~Shiloh_x/open.html
            E-mail: bialick@usit.net
           Lineage: Vajrayana, Nyingmapa
 Resident Director: Craig Bialick
Spiritual Director: Padma Shugchang
          Teachers: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal
                    Rinpoche 
       Description: We are a small group of Nyingma householders
                    practicing under the auspices of Khenchen Palden Sherab 
                    Rinpoche.
           Updated: 5 Aug 1999

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