SITTING/PRACTICE GROUPS -- CALIFORNIA ALBANY Community of Mindful Living 850 Talbot Avenue, Albany 510-527-3751 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] BERKELEY Mona Bernstein 2420 Sacramento Street, Berkeley 510-486-8107 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] Jennifer Biehn 2230 Ward Street, Berkeley 510-843-0548 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] Edie Hartshorne Berkeley 510-843-5504 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] COTATI Peggy Denial 9175 Poplar Avenue, Cotati 707-792-2635 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] Ellen Peskin 6409 Hillegass Ave, Oakland 510-654-1810 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] FAIRFAX Evelyn Sweeney 47 Alhambra Circle Fairfax, CA 94930 [Source: DSTL 3/94] JOSHUA TREE Ruth Denison Dhamma Dena HCI - Box 250 Joshua Tree, CA 92252 (619) 362-4815 [Source: DSTL 3/94] LOS ANGELES College of Buddhist Studies 939 S. New Hampshire Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90006 [Source: DSTL 3/94] Gay Buddhist Zen Group Norman McClelland (Rev. Vajra Karuna) P.O. Box 29750 Los Angeles, CA 90029 (213) 461-5042 [Source: DSTL 3/94] Rinzai-ji Zen Center 2505 Cimarron Street Los Angeles, CA 90018 (213) 732-2263 [Source: DSTL 3/94] MUIR BEACH Wendy Johnson Highway 1, Muir Beach 415-383-3134 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] OAKLAND Jamie Baraz 6169 Harwood Ave. Oakland, CA 94618 (415) 655-9623 Group Sit: Sunday 8:15-9:15pm Support Group: Monday 7:30-9:30p [Source: DSTL 3/94] SAN DIEGO Mark Berger San Diego Vipassana Meditation Society 1335 Santa Barbara Street San Diego, CA 92107 (619) 225-0817 [Source: DSTL 3/94] SAN FRANCISCO: Meditation & Dhamma talk by Ajahn Amaro & monastics from the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, England Time: Wednesday evening, 7:30-9:30 pm Where: St. Aidan's Episcopal Church Diamond Heights, San Francisco (Across from Diamond Heights Shopping Center) Please bring sitting zafus and shawls as desired; pews are available. As always, spontaneous dana is the sole means of covering the costs for these evenings. Contact: Sanghapala Vihara, 75 H Lane, Novato, CA 94945 Tel: (415) 892-7529 Directions: * FROM SAN FRANCISCO: get to Diamond Heights Blvd (either from Upper Market St = Portola) or via Duncan Street off of Diamond St. after 28th St.); the Church is directly across street from the Safeway in the Diamond Heights Shopping Center. * FROM THE GLEN PARK BART: take the #52 bus to Diamond Heights Shopping Center. * FROM 101 (NORTH OR SOUTH): get on to 280-West Detour towards Daly City -- get off at 2nd exit, called Monterey Blvd, and at end of ramp (at traffic light) take hairpin turn to the right.. . continue for 50 yds, and take a left at the blinking light onto the foot of Diamond St. (BART is at this corner); 1 block later at the traffic light take a left onto Bosworth -- then approximately l/4 mile turn right on Elk St. (this is at the crest of a hill, with playgrounds to the left) -- ++ CONTINUE ++ Up the steep hill as this road changes its name to Diamond Heights Blvd.; after a second stop sign near the crest of the hill, St. Aidan's Episcopal Church is on the left at the corner of Gold Mine * FROM 280-NORTH: bear right towards San Francisco as 280 divides (and splits to 19th Ave to the left), and continue 2 miles to exit at San Jose-Bosworth; the exit ramp goes beneath a short tunnel, and 50 yds. after this take the very first possible right turn at Rousseau St. (Ray Oil Burner Co. is on comer); go down hill this short block and take a right at the stop sign onto Bosworth. ..this curves to the right with another Stop, passes beneath the freeway, and comes up to the traffic light at Diamond (BART is on your left). . . continue on Bosworth through the light, and approximately 1/4 miles later take a right on Elk, ++ CONTINUE ++ AS ABOVE [Source: Sanghapala, 11/94] Gay Men's Vipassana/Zen Sitting Group 155 Dolores Street #5 San Francisco [Source: Greg (geichle@eis.calstate.edu) 5/94] Helen Stoltfus & Alan Greenberg 3524 -19th St (off Valencia), SF 415-626-0943 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] Howie Cohn 675 Dolores Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 821-6378 [Source: DSTL 3/94] San Francisco Zen Center 300 Page Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-3136 [Source: DSTL 3/94] SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz Zen Center 113 School Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (408) 457-0169 [Source: DSTL 3/94] SANTA ROSA Robert Hall CARE 666 -7th Avenue (1 block east of Mendocino) 707-579-0465 Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm [Source: BAYBUDST 1/94] SEA RANCH Dianne McKenzie P.O. Box 337 Sea Ranch, CA 95497 (707) 785-2567 [Source: DSTL 3/94] SEBASTOPOL Mondays, 7pm. Marg Starbuck & Bill Boykin. 707-829-6796. [Source: BAYBUDST 1/94] Thursdays, 7pm. Grendel Winkler. 707-829-7326. [Source: BAYBUDST 1/94] 1st Sunday monthly, 10am-noon. Robert Leverant. 707-823-0818. [Source: BAYBUDST 1/94] 3rd Sunday monthly, 10am-1pm. Carol Browning. 707-823-2349. [Source: BAYBUDST 1/94] SONOMA Marjorie B. Moench P.O. Box 268 Sonoma, CA 95476 (707) 938-2913 [Source: DSTL 3/94] VENICE Christopher Reed Michele Benzomin-Maruda Ordinary Dharma 247 Horizon Avenue Venice, CA 90291 (310) 396-5054 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 [Source: DSTL 3/94] WOODACRE Mary Ann Clark 5000 Sir Francis Drake, Woodacre 415-488-0164 [Source: Community of Mindful Living 5/94] [end]