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  Cumberland
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              Name: Providence Zen Center
           Address: 99 Pound Road
              City: Cumberland
             State: RI
               Zip: 02864-2726
            Voice#: (401) 658-1464
              Fax#: (401) 658-1188
            E-mail: kwanumzen@aol.com
           Lineage: Korean Zen (Zen Master Seung Sahn)
       Affiliation: PZC is the int'l head temple of the Kwan Um School
                    of Zen; other centers include: Cambridge (MA) Zen
                    Center; New Haven (CT) Zen Center
Spiritual Director: Zen Master Seung Sahn
 Resident Director: Do An Sunim
          Teachers: Do An Sunim
       Description: Several informal sitting groups in RI area; contact
                    PZC for info
           Updated: 19 Feb 95
      Sources used: KUSZ brochure and SPR950399@grog.ric.edu


  East Greenwich
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           Contact: Kevin Keegan
           Address: 2790 South County Trail
              City: East Greenwich
             State: RI
               Zip: 02818
            Voice#: 401-885-7992
            E-mail: mindful@ids.net
       Description: Kevin Keegan (mindful@ids.net) would like to start
                    or join a practice group in Rhode Island.
           Updated: 9 Aug 94
      Sources used: Kevin Keegan (mindful@ids.net)


  Providence
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              Name: Brown University Zen Community
           Address: Manning Chapel, Brown University
              City: Providence
             State: RI
       Affiliation: Zen
       Description: Meets Mondays, 8pm
           Updated: 18 Feb 95
      Sources used: SPR950399@grog.ric.edu

           Contact: Maryellen
            Voice#: 401-331-3170
           Address: Women's Psychotherapy Associates, 261 Wickenden Street
              City: Providence
             State: RI
       Description: Weekly vipassana sitting group. Tuesdays at noon
                    (leaderless; 45 mins sitting + 15 mins discussion)
                    Drop-in or call ahead; bring your own cushion;
                    donations welcome
           Updated: 10 Dec 94
      Sources used: leah pratt <LPRATT@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>


              Name: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
              City: Providence
             State: RI
           Contact: Vajramati (He is associated with Aryaloka, a FWBO
                    center in Newmarket, NH. He is now living in
                    Cambridge, MA)
            Voice#: 617-576-7345
       Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
       Description: Tuesday evenings, 7:00pm
           Updated: 17 Dec 94
      Sources used: jim.o'leary@metta.ci.net; also David Miller
                    <dpmiller@world.std.com>

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