                      NORTHWEST DHARMA ASSOCIATION
                DIRECTORY OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION GROUPS

                                Tibetan
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BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP - Tibetan sitting practice.
Rick Harlan, 206-324-4153.

CHAGDUD GONPA AMRITA - students of Lama Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.
Richard Baldwin, 206-376-7377.

CHAGDUD GONPA CANADA - students of Lama Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.
604-873-9390.

DHARMADHATU, SEATTLE - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Alan Ness, 206-860-4060.

DHARMADHATU, VANCOUVER B.C. - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
604-874-8420.

DHARMA FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION - students of Ven. Thubten Chodron.
Lesley Lockwood, 206-633-4715.

KAGYU CHANGCHUB CHULING - est. by the late H.H. Kalu Rinpoche.
Michael Conklin, 503-284-6697.

KARMA KAGYU STUDY GROUP - students of the Gyalwa Karmapa.
Brian Judd, 206-283-9968.

LOJONG BUDDHIST CENTER - Geshe Jamyang Tsultrim, Lama in Sakya tradition.
Geshe Jamyang & Carol De Ment, 206-438-3915.

OLYMPIA MEDITATORS -students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Robert Lovitt, 206-456-1826.

PADMA LING - students of Venerable Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.
Lama Inge Sandvoss & Lama Yontan Yeshe Gonpo, 503-747-1559.

PORTLAND DHARMA STUDY GROUP - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Liza Goldblatt, 503-230-0796.

PORTLAND SAKYA CENTER - students of H.H. Sakya Trizin & Jetsun Chime Luding.
Ven. Ani Paldron, 503-224-3307.

RIGPA - students of Lama Sogyal Rinpoche, in the Nyingma tradition.
Ruth Yeomans, 206-325-1222.

SAKYA TSECHEN THUBTEN LING - students of H.H. Sakya Trizin & Jetsun Chime 
Luding.  604-271-2651.

SAKYA THUBTEN KUNGA CHOLING 
Geshe Tashi Namgyal, 604-385-4828.

SAKYA MONASTERY - H.H. J. Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche.
Adrienne Chan, 206-789-2573.

SHAMBHALA CENTER, BELLINGHAM - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Paul Warwick, 206-647-5413.

SHAMBHALA CENTER, JUNEAU AK - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Susan or Jerry Chapman, 907-780-6299.

SHAMBHALA CENTER, SEATTLE - students of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Susann Lyon, 206-329-7762.

THUBTEN CHOLING, B.A.S.I.S. - Gelugpa tradition.
Jhampa Shaneman, 604-748-6028.

UNFETTERED MIND - Ken McLeod, Kagyu & Shangpo traditions.
Ken McLeod, 310-397-1656.

VAJRAYANA FOUNDATION - students of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.
Susie Iverson, 206-581-1925.

ZURU LING MEDITATION SOCIETY - Gelugpa tradition.
Nancy Harris, 604-736-7361.

                                  Zen
                                  ~~~

BELLINGHAM ZEN PRACTICE GROUP - informal weekly Zen practice.
Tim Burnett, 206-398-1127.

DAI BAI ZAN CHO BO ZEN JI - Rinzai.
Genjo Marinello, 206-328-3944.

DHARMA RAIN CENTER - Soto Zen.
503-239-4846.

DOHN-O ZEN & TAOIST CENTER - Korean Rinzai.
Jin Sung, 206-526-1274.

HAN-MA-UM ZEN CENTER - Korean Zen temple in Anchorage AK.
Hae Il Sunim, 907-278-9228.

LIFE ABUNDANCE ZEN SANCTUARY - Soto Zen Shu & Choe Gae Sa.
Zen Master Thompson, 206-827-9544.

ONE DROP ZENDO - students of Rinzai Zen Master Shodo Harada-Roshi.
Roy Tribelhorn, 206-525-3569.

PEACH TREE SANGHA - students of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese-style practice.
Melanie Weiss, 206-746-5745.

RYOBO ZEN AN - affiliated with Rinzai Zen Master Sha Ku Sokatsu Roshi.
206-254-2320.

SEATTLE DHARMA CENTER - affiliated with Zen Master Seung Sahn.
206-783-8484.

THREE TREASURES SANGHA - Soto practice, affiliated with Aitken Roshi.
Larry Kiel, 206-322-2447.

VANCOUVER ZEN CENTER - Rinzai practice.
206-254-2320.

WIND RIVER ZEN CENTER - Rinzai practice.
509-427-5009.

ZEN CENTRE OF VANCOUVER.
Eshin John Godfrey, 604-253-2572.

ZEN COMMUNITY OF OREGON - Soto.
Jan Chozan Bays, 503-636-9569.

                             Jodo Shin Shu
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SEATTLE BUDDHIST TEMPLE 
Rev. Don Castro, 206-329-0800.

TACOMA BUDDHIST TEMPLE 
206-627-1417.

WHITE RIVER BUDDHIST TEMPLE
206-833-1442

                               Theravadan
                               ~~~~~~~~~~

BUDDHIST VIHARA SOCIETY - study/practice in conjunction with the Burmese 
Buddhist community. Punya Sahabandu, 604-582-7592.

CHUA CO LAM - Vietnamese Buddhism affiliated with the Japanese Koyasan lineage.
Yukan Sensei, 206-723-4741.

THERAVADAN BUDDHIST SANGHA (WAT LAO & COLAM TEMPLE)
Ven. Vira Avalokita, 206-723-4741.

                    Vipassana & Mindfulness Practice
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

COLUMBIA SANGHA - a leaderless group studying techniques of the Insight
Meditation Society. Mike Echols, 503-233-2813.

EUGENE VIPASSANA GROUP - students of Insight Meditation.
Mary Wall, 503-683-3274.

INSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY
503-355-4378.

INSIGHT SEMINARS
Robert Beatty, 503-223-2214.

KARUNA MEDITATION SOCIETY - Vipassana & Zen practitioners studying various
Buddhist traditions.
Susan Fisher, 604-228-8517.

MINDFULNESS TRADITION OF THICH NHAT HANH
Eileen Kiera, 206-592-5248.

NORTHWEST VIPASSANA ASSOCIATION - affiliated with S.N. Goenka.
206-328-4378.

RODNEY SMITH & SHINZEN YOUNG - c/o Northwest Dharma Association.
206-782-9423.

VIPASSANA FOUNDATION - affiliated with S.N. Goenka.
604-732-6664 in Vancouver; 604-479-6641 in Victoria.

VIPASSANA HAWAII
Michele McDonald Smith, 808-373-3641.

VIPASSANA PRACTICE GROUP - students of Insight Meditation.
Mark Hart - 206-527-2766.

VIPASSANA SITTING GROUP - students of Vipassana not affiliated with a specific 
teacher. Kuaya Phillips, 206-323-5503.

WOMEN'S VIPASSANA GROUP - Vipassana silent meditation, open to all women.
Judy, 503-287-1539.

                               New Forms
                               ~~~~~~~~~

AMERICAN ZEN SOCIETY
Colleen Lyons, 503-267-5062
AZS Press, 800-745-7814
Scott Morrison, 206-780-9234.

BELLINGHAM MEDITATION SOCIETY - non-sectarian Buddhist society.
John, 206-647-2066.

CLOUD MOUNTAIN RETREAT CENTER - non-sectarian Buddhist retreat facility.
206-274-4859.

ECUMENICAL BUDDHIST GROUP - morning meditation for all traditions.
Robby Pellett, 206-682-7701.

FLYING ELEPHANT PRACTICE CENTRE - informal sessions of silent meditation.
Dianna or Jim, 206-293-3633.

FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN BUDDHIST ORDER 
Dharmachari Aryadaka, 206-325-3196.

HUMANKIND
Joel & Michelle Levey, 206-632-3551.

LAUGHING FROG SANGHA - students of Thich Nhat Hanh, doing Vietnamese-style 
Vipassana & Zen practice. Carol Ann Stockton, 206-598-4247.

MEDITATION FOR THOSE WITH HIV - group for people with HIV infection, friends,
and supporters. Kerry, 604-687-1936.

NORTHWEST DHARMA ASSOCIATION - non-sectarian Buddhist organization to 
disseminate Buddhist teachings in the Northwest. 206-286-9060.

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[Revised 3/25/94]

[excerpted from GASSHO (ISSN 1072-2971) vol 1, no 4, published by DharmaNet
International, P.O. Box 4951, Berkeley CA 94704-4951 USA.]
