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  Albany
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              Name: Community of Mindful Living
           Address: 850 Talbot Avenue
              City: Albany
             State: CA
            Voice#: 510-527-3751
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living


  Benicia
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              Name: Dharma Gate Sangha
           Address: PO Box 1933
              City: Benicia
             State: CA
               Zip: 94510
       Description: Sundays, 6:00-8:00pm
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana); Tiep Hien Order (Rinzai)
                    (Thich Nhat Hanh)
           Contact: Patrick Thornton <DhammaGate@aol.com>
            Voice#: 707-747-9550
           Updated: 3 Oct 95
      Sources used: Patrick Thornton <DhammaGate@aol.com>, and Spirit
                    Rock Newsletter, Sep 95


  Berkeley
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           Contact: James Baraz
           Address: Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 2304 McKinley Ave.
                    (Near Bancroft & Berkeley High School)
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
       Description: Thursdays, 7:30-9:30pm
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Sep 95

              Name: Berkeley Zen Center
           Address: 1931 Russell Street
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
               Zip: 94703
           Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>

           Contact: Mona Bernstein
           Address: 2420 Sacramento Street
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
            Voice#: 510-486-8107
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living

           Contact: Jennifer Biehn
           Address: 2230 Ward Street
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
            Voice#: 510-843-0548
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living

           Contact: Benita Gould
            Voice#: 510-548-1775
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
       Description: Dharma of Family Life. Third Friday afternoon of month.
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

           Contact: Edie Hartshorne
              City: Berkeley
            Voice#: 510-843-5504
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living

           Contact: Wes Nisker
           Address: St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave.
              City: Berkeley
             State: CA
       Description: Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)


  Eureka
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           Contact: Michaela Vargas
              City: Eureka
             State: CA
            Voice#: 707-445-8459
       Description: Theravada(vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)


  Fairfax
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           Contact: Evelyn Sweeney
           Address: 47 Alhambra Circle
              City: Fairfax
             State: CA
               Zip: 94930
           Updated: Mar 94
      Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library


  Los Gatos
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              Name: Jikoji
           Address: 12100 Skyline Blvd
              City: Los Gatos
             State: CA
               Zip: 95030
            Voice#: 408-741-9562
           Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
       Description: Saturday 8:45am instruction. 9am zazen
                    Wednesday 10am zazen, kinhin, zazen
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>


  Mountain View
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              Name: Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center
              City: Mountain View
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-903-1935
           Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
       Description: Wed: 6:30PM Visitor Instruction;
                         7:10PM Zazen, Service & Lecture
                    Sat: 5:30AM-7AM: Zazen & Kinhin;
                         7AM Service, Potluck Breakfast, Work Period
                         9AM Zazen
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>


  Muir Beach
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           Contact: Wendy Johnson
           Address: Highway 1
              City: Muir Beach
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-383-3134
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living


  Napa
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           Contact: Judith Day
              City: Napa
             State: CA
            Voice#: 707-226-3273
       Description: Theravada(vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)


  Oakland
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           Contact: Dan Clurman
            Voice#: 510-547-2380
              City: Oakland
             State: CA
       Description: Communication, Spirituality & Inquiry. Monthly, on
                    Sunday afternoons.
           Lineage: Theravada
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

           Contact: Margo Tyndal
            Voice#: 510-654-8677
              City: Oakland
             State: CA
       Description: Deepening practice. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.
           Lineage: Theravada
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

           Contact: Leigh Brasington
            Voice#: 510-748-2466
              City: Oakland
             State: CA
       Description: Students of Ayye Khema. Weekly, Tuesday evenings.
           Lineage: Theravada -- Ayye Khema
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

           Contact: Ellen Peskin
           Address: 6409 Hillegass Ave
              City: Oakland
             State: CA
            Voice#: 510-654-1810
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living

           Contact: Jamie Baraz
           Address: 6169 Harwood Ave.
              City: Oakland
             State: CA
               Zip: 94618
            Voice#: (415) 655-9623
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
       Description: Group sit Sunday 8:15-9:15pm;
                    Support group Monday 7:30-9:30pm
           Updated: Mar 94
      Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library


  Palo Alto
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           Contact: Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr
           Address: Friends Meeting House, 1051 Morse Street
              City: Palo Alto
             State: CA
            Voice#: 408-371-8543
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
       Description: Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Jan 95


  Redwood City
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           Contact: Misha Merrill
              City: Redwood City
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-851-0934
           Lineage: Soto Zen (Suzuki Roshi)
       Affiliation: California Affiliate to Kannon DO
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>


  San Francisco
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           Contact: Eugene Cash
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-979-4879
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
       Description: Sundays 7-9pm
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

              Name: Hartford Street Zen Center
           Address: 57 Hartford Street
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
               Zip: 94114
           Lineage: Zen
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>

           Contact: Howard Cohn
           Address: 675 Dolores Street
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
               Zip: 94110
            Voice#: (415) 821-6378
       Description: Tuesdays 7:30-9:30pm
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter, Jan 95

              Name: Ratna Shri Sangha
           Address: 2245 Cabrillo #4
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
               Zip: 94121
           Contact: Cindy Chang
            Voice#: 415 386 4619
              Fax#: 415 673-1100
            E-mail: jbeach@slip.net
           Lineage: Drikung Kagyu
       Affiliation: Tibetan Meditation Center
Spiritual Director: Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen
           Updated: 8 Oct 95
      Sources used: Jeffery A. Beach <jbeach@slip.net>

              Name: San Francisco Buddhist Center
           Address: 37 Bartlett Street
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
            Voice#: (415) 282-2018
           Contact: Paramabodhi
       Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
           Updated: 27 Mar 95
      Sources used: Greg Eichler <geichle@sierra.fwl.edu>

              Name: San Francisco Zen Center
           Address: 300 Page Street
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
               Zip: 94102
            Voice#: (415) 863-3136
           Updated: Mar 94
      Sources used: Dharma Seed Tape Library

           Contact: Sanghapala Vihara
           Address: 75 H Lane
              City: Novato
             State: CA
               Zip: 94945
            Voice#: (415) 892-7529
           Updated: Nov 94
      Sources used: Sanghapala flyer

           Contact: Helen Stoltfus & Alan Greenberg
           Address: 3524 -19th St (off Valencia)
              City: San Francisco
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-626-0943
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living


  San Jose
  ~~~~~~~~
           Contact: Gil Fronsdal & Mary Orr
           Address: Friends Meeting House, 1051 Morse Street
              City: San Jose
             State: CA
            Voice#: 408-371-8543
       Description: Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm
           Updated: 1 Feb 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Jan 95)

           Contact: Gustavo Paffen
   Affiliate:   California  Affiliate to Kannon Do
              City: San Jose
             State: CA
            Voice#: (408)-997-9551
       Description: Monday: 7PM Instruction, 8:30 Zazen
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>


  Sausalito
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              Name: Green Gulch Farm
           Address: 1601 Shoreline Highway
              City: Sausalito
             State: CA
               Zip: 94965
       Description: Sunday: instruction, meditation, lecture & tea
           Updated: 8 Feb 95
      Sources used: Jim Lewinson <jiml@csli.stanford.edu>


  Sebastopol
  ~~~~~~~~~~
           Contact: Marg Starbuck & Bill Boykin
              City: Sebastopol
             State: CA
            Voice#: 707-829-6796
       Description: Theravada(vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)


  Walnut Creek
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
           Contact: Ernie Isaacs
              City: Walnut Creek
             State: CA
            Voice#: 510-526-0711
       Description: Theravada(vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)


  West Marin
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              City: West Marin
             State: CA
           Contact: Gayle Seneca
            Voice#: 415-677-1551
       Description: Sundays, 7pm
           Lineage: Theravada (vipassana)
           Updated: 23 Sep 95
      Sources used: Spirit Rock Newsletter (Sep 95)


  Woodacre
  ~~~~~~~~
           Contact: Mary Ann Clark
           Address: 5000 Sir Francis Drake
              City: Woodacre
             State: CA
            Voice#: 415-488-0164
           Updated: May 94
      Sources used: Community of Mindful Living

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