PIONEER VALLEY BUDDHIST MEDITATION GROUPS
This list is the that of The Northampton Insight Meditation
Community . The Living Dharma Center thanks them for putting together this list and for allowing us to republish
it on our site. View their newsletter .
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The Northampton Insight Meditation Community, Buddhist
Vipassana and Metta meditation and study of related Buddhist teachings, Sundays, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at the Karuna
Center for Yoga and Healing Arts, Fitzwilly's Building, 25 Main Street, Northampton. For information call
Cynthia at 413-582-9502(W), 413-592-7817(H) or Peter at 413-247-9396.
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Dhamma Dena Meditation Center, in Northampton, 16 Center Street, Suite 530: Mondays, drop-in sitting
and discussion 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.; classes 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Call 413-586-4915 for additional information on ongoing
courses and programs.
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Insight Meditation Amherst, Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., on-going instruction & practice in Insight
Meditation & Brahma Viharas. Guiding Teacher: DaeJa Napier. Information: 413-256-6655.
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The West County Sangha of the Order of Interbeing based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh: in Shelburne
Falls from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, call Pru Grand at 413-625-9495 for information; in
Amherst, Hopping Tree Sangha, Wednesday mornings, 7:00-8:15 a.m., New England Yoga Center, Boltwood
Walk, call Ann Gibson at 413-625-1094 for information; in Ashfield , Ashfield Library, Monday 7:30-8:45
a.m., call Laura Bessette at 413-628-0121 for information.
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The Shambhala Meditation Center in Hadley, Thursdays, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. and Sundays from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon. Call 413-585-9848 for information on ongoing courses and programs.
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North Amherst Mindfulness Meditation Group, insight meditation and dharma study, Sundays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
in North Amherst. Call Mary Porcino at 413-549-8405 for location and other information.
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Bodhisara Dharma Community Gatherings for young people and adults in Leverett, 1st and 3rd Sunday afternoons,
Mark Hart, guiding teacher. Call Mark or Kate Hart at 413-259-1954 or Mark Hart at 413-259-2145 for additional
information and classes.
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The Living Dharma Center, Zen meditation and teachings
by noted teacher Richard Clarke, Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Synthesis Center, 274 North Pleasant Street, Amherst.
Call 413-259-1611 for information.
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Valley Zendo, Sundays 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
in Charlemont. For information call Resident Zen Priest, Issho Fujita at 413-339-4000.
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Valley Aikido, Zen meditation group, Fridays, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., 266 Russell Street, Hadley. Call Rob
Hayes at 413-586-0355 for information.
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Zen meditation groups led by Resident Director Issho Fujita: Mount
Holyoke College, Elliot House, South Hadley, Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.; Smith College, Helen Hills Hills Chapel,
Northampton, Wednesdays, 7:15 p.m. with Smith College Professor Taitetsu Uno. For information call Issho
Fujita at (413) 339-4000.
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Northampton Zen Center, 320 Riverside Drive, Northampton, Zen practice, Mondays, 8:00 p.m., instruction
available. Call Jeffrey Brooks at 413-584-6139 for information.
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Solar Hill Sangha, insight meditation and dharma study, in Brattleboro, Vermont on Thursdays, 7:00-9:00
p.m. For location and information call 802-254-3808 or 802-254-9595.
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The White Birch Zendo Zen Sitting Group, Jozan Treston, 57 Oak Knoll, Amherst, Thursdays, 7:00--9:00
p.m. Sitting and walking meditation and dharma tapes. Call 413-253-7525.
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Zen Center on Main Street, affiliated with Village Zendo
(NYC), 78 Main Street, Northampton. Sitting and walking meditation: Tuesday and Friday mornings, 6:30-7:30
a.m.; Wednesday evenings, 5:30-6:45 p.m. ; Thursday evenings, 6:15-7:30 p.m. Once a month,
there is a day-long sitting and one Zen Peacemaker Morning of Reflection. Call Catherine Anraku Hondorp at 413-586-8222,
send email to ZenOnMain@yahoo.com or visit http://www.math.umass.edu/~ecke/zen/.
For any additions or corrections, please contact both: Eileen of the Northampton Insight Meditation Community
at (413) 525-2164 and webmaster@livingdharmacenter.org
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