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We meet Wednesday evenings for meditation
and discussion or reading from Thay's books.
New Jersey
Sid Kemp and Kris Lindbeck
The Wholeness Center
54 Elm Street
Morristown, NJ 07960 Tel: (201)898-9368
We meet Wednesday evenings for mindfulness
practice, have monthly Days of Mindfulness,
and introductory meditation classes.
Juniper Ridge Community
Bill Alexander
Kitchell Road
ConventStation,NJ07961 Tel: (201)455-7133
Email: alex322@concentric.net
We offer meditations and Dharma discussions,
with an emphasis on the Twelve Steps.
Island Refuge Sangha
Jules Hirsch
6 Ross Drive E.
Brigantine, NJ 08203 TellFax: (609)266-8281
Email: JHintuit@aol.com
We have daily sitting and walking meditation
and chanting each morning. We also hold a
monthly Day of Mindfulness with recitation
of the Mindfulness Trainings, discussion, and
extended meditation periods.
Central New Jersey Sangha
Amy Rhett LaMotte
37 Maple Street, Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: (609)924-4506 Fax: (609)924-7477
We meet for an Evening of Mindfulness once
a month and for a Day of Mindfulness every
season.
Buddhist Sangha of South Jersey
Walt Lyons
Moorestown, NJ Tel: (609)953-9215
Email: wslyons@voicenet.com
We meet every Sunday evening.
New Mexico
Mindful Heart Sangha
Lorena Monda
166 Camino de San Francisco
Placitas, NM 87043 Tel: (505)867-8623
Email : lorenamon@aol.com
We a.re a new Sangha forming in the Albuquerque
area. We meet on Sunday evenings
for sitting and walking meditation. We recite
the Mindfulness Trainings every other week.
On Thursdays at noon we have a Mindful
Lunch. Depending on interest, we may also
have sutra study, Dharma discussion, tea, and
monthly half-Days of Mindfulness.
Open Way Sangha
Cynthia Jurs and Hugh Wheir
Route 4, Box 60B, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tel: (505)982-3846 Fax: (505)982-9481
We meet Wednesday evenings for sitting and
walking meditation, and Dharma discussion.
Days of Mindfulness are held monthly, with
mindfulness training recitation and writing
practice.
Upaya Foundation
Joan Halifax
1404 CelTo Gordo Road, Santa Fe, NM 8750[
Tel: (505)986-8518 Fax: (505)986-8528
Email: upaya@RT66.com
We meet for meditation Monday through Friday
evenings. On the first Sunday of the
month, we have an event called "Coming
Home," including sitting, walking, Dharma
talk, and eating practice. Precept recitation
and Days of Mindfulness are held monthly.
We also celebrate solstices and equinoxes.
Physicians, nurses, social workers, and
therapists from around the U.S. and Canada
recently came to an eight-day "Being With
Dying" retreat to learn contemplative practices
to use in their work with dying people.
We also recently held a women' s retreat with
Joan, Mirabai Bush, and Zuleikha.
Open Heart Sangha
Stephen Rose or Barbara Zaring
Box 4534
Taos, NM 87571
Tel: (505)758-1212 Fax:(505)758-8323
Email: roselaw@laplaza.taos.nm.us
We meet on Wednesday evenings for sitting
and walking meditation and often mindfulness
training recitation, Dharma discussion, and
tapes or readings from Thay. We have occasional
Days of Mindfulness and share in socially
engaged activities like Taos Feeds Taos
and Habitat for Humanity.
New York
Phyllis Joyner
I 10 Reed Street, #2
New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212)732-4921
We meet Wednesday nights for sitting,
walking, and chanting.
New York Community of Mindfulness
Lyn Fine
P.O. Box 61, Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024 TellFax: (212)362-5923
Email: leonoref@aol.com
A Day of Mindfulness is held on the second
Saturday of every month. Jewish-Buddhist
practices are also held. Our community is
growing. During 1996, we have been blessed
with wonderful retreats, Days of Mindfulness,
and Dharma talks with guest teachers Susan
Postal, Arinna Weisman, Anh Huong Nguyen,
Claude Thomas, Sr. Annabel, and Thay Giac
Thanh. We held our second summer retreat
with Anh Huong Nguyen and Lyn Fine at
beautiful Pumpkin Hollow Farm in upstate
New York. A deep bow of thanks to everyone
who was present and helped with organizing.
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Our practice deepened as we organized our
second winter concert to benefit the Committee
for Hungry Children in Vietnam. This year
we used part of the concert donations to begin
a Sangha Fund for New York City. As a
community, we also responded to a request by
Bhante Suhita Dharma and the New York
Buddhist Council for warm caps and mittens
for homeless people in the Bronx. We were
able to challenge racism by contributing to a
fund sponsored by the National Council of the
Churches of Christ to help with restoring and
rebuilding the burned churches.
Amy Krantz
115 West 86th SU'eet, #9B
New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212)873-3142
We meet for guided meditation on the third
Thursday of the month.
David Flint
311 West 97th Street, #6E
New York, NY 10025 Tel: (212)666-4104
Each Tuesday evening we meet for sitting and
a short reading.
Judy Davis
49 Florence Drive
Chappaqua, NY 10514 Tel: (914)238-8296
Email: Judithdav@aol.com
We meet the first Sunday evening of each
month for sitting and walking meditation, with
a potluck afterwards.
Westchester, Rockland, and Fairfield
Counties Mindfulness Group
Sally and Eric Taylor
Box 0089
Maryknoll, NY 10545 Tel: (914)762-9097
We meet one Sunday each month for a Day of
Mindfulness that includes sitting, indoor and
outdoor walking meditation, readings,
mindfulness training recitation, discussions,
and a potluck meal. The location alternates
between Bailey Farm in Millwood and Hunt
Farm in Waccabuc.
Patrecia Lenore
412 9th Street, #3
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Tel: (718)499-5104
On Sundays and Tuesdays we have meditation
practices and mindful discussion. On Sundays
we do walking meditation in a local park. We
have a monthly Day of Mindfulness.
Long Island Sangha
Tonia Leon-Hysko
[0 Gail Court
Huntington, NY 11743 Tel: (516)427-9790
We meet the first Friday evening of the month
for sitting meditation, and the third Saturday
afternoon of the month for meditation practices.
The location rotates among members' homes.
Persons interested in family practice with
children are invited to contact Karen Leon 'at
(516)767 -0677.