Chandler
  ~~~~~~~~
              Name: Desert Lotus Zen Sangha
           Address: Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
                    1700 W. Warner Rd.
              City: Chandler 
             State: AZ
               Zip: 85224
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: James Ishmael Ford
         Telephone: (602) 899-4249
               Fax: (602) 899-2408
               WWW: valley.uus.net/zen
            E-mail: jjford@pop.goodnet.com
           Lineage: Harada/Yasutani/Aitken lineage
       Affiliation: California Diamond Sangha 
 Resident Director: 
Spiritual Director: 
          Teachers: James Ishmael Ford
       Description: A Zen community organized as an activity of the Valley
                    Unitarian Universalist Church, and guided by Sensei
                    James Ishmael Ford, a Zen teacher and ordained
                    Unitarian Universalist minister. Weekly zazen, monthly
                    zenkai, two sesshin a year, Meditation instruction,
                    interviews with the teacher by appointment, other
                    activities as announced.
        Newsletter: 
           Updated: 31 Dec 98
      Sources used: James Ford <jjford@pop.goodnet.com>


  Phoenix
  ~~~~~~~
              Name: Vici Arizona
           Address: 4540 North 44th Street #15
              City: Phoenix
             State: AZ
               Zip: 85018
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: 
         Telephone: 602-955-8673
               Fax: 
               WWW: 
            E-mail: 
           Lineage: Tibetan
       Affiliation: 
 Resident Director: 
Spiritual Director: 
          Teachers: 
       Description: 
        Newsletter: 
           Updated: 1 Mar 95
      Sources used: Tricycle Magazine (Spring 95)


  Prescott
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              Name: Garchen Institute International
              City: Prescott
             State: AZ
    Contact-person: 
         Telephone: 
               Fax: 
               WWW: www.garchen.com
            E-mail: garchen@garchen.com
           Lineage: Tibetan
       Affiliation: 
 Resident Director: 
Spiritual Director: His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche
          Teachers: 
       Description: The Retreat Center, 10 miles or 1 hour by 
                    4-wheel-drive from Prescott, is situated on 80 acres 
                    surrounded by National Forest. Garchen Rinpoche is a
                    master of the Drikung Kagyu and Nyingma Lineages of
                    the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.
        Newsletter: 
           Updated: 20 Oct 98
      Sources used: Loren Taylor


  Tucson
  ~~~~~~
              Name: Bodhisattva Institute
           Address: 714 N. Desert Ave.
              City: Tucson
             State: AZ
               Zip: 85711
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: Lama Jinpa Tharchin
         Telephone: 520-325-2272
               Fax: 520-326-1678
               WWW: http://www.users.qwest.net/~bodhi7777/
            E-mail: bodhi7777@yahoo.com
           Lineage: Tibetan Kagyu
       Affiliation: His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche centers
 Resident Director: Lama Jinpa Tharchin
Spiritual Director: Lama Jinpa Tharchin
          Teachers:
       Description: 7am Tuesday and Thursday, Chenrezig in English
                    7 pm Mon -Sat. Chenrezig in Tibetan (text provided, anyone 
                    can attend
					9:00 am Sunday meditation, facilitated by the lama
                    10:00 am Sunday Chenrezig in Tibetan Dharma talk by the 
                    lama after Thursday evening and Sunday morning puja
        Newsletter: Bodhisattva Institute Newsletter ( quarterly)
           Updated: 03 Apr 2002
      Sources used: email


              Name: Tucson Community Meditation Center
           Address: 2334 East Drachman Street
              City: Tucson
             State: AZ
               Zip: 85719
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: Andy Walker
         Telephone: 
               Fax: 
               WWW: 
            E-mail: 
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
       Affiliation: 
 Resident Director: 
Spiritual Director: 
          Teachers: 
       Description: 
        Newsletter: 
           Updated: 3 Feb 95
      Sources used: Gaia House brochure

              Name: Zen Desert Sangha
           Address: PO Box 44122
              City: Tucson
             State: AZ
               Zip: 85733-4122
           Country: USA
    Contact-person: Gregg Garfin
          Telephone: 520-881-6566
               Fax: 
               WWW: 
            E-mail: zds@azstarnet.com
           Lineage: Zen
       Affiliation: Diamond Sangha (Robert Aitken-Roshi)
 Resident Director: 
Spiritual Director: 
          Teachers: 
       Description: Regular sittings throughout the week; 3 sesshin per
                    year with Pat Hawk-Roshi; monthly zazenkai; large
                    library of books and tapes
        Newsletter: 
           Updated: 17 Jan 1997 
      Sources used: Gregg Garfin <ggarfin@ltrr.arizona.edu

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