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Here are some sitting groups active in State College. Please let me know if you have a sitting group and you'd like it to be included on our list. If you're interested in starting your own group, consider using the Forum page to find partners. |
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| O-An Zendo
Time: Formal sittings Sunday mornings 9:30a with beginner's instruction at 10am and open sitting at 11am. Daily practice 5:30-6:30pm Location: O-An Zendo in Julian Style: Mixed Format: Two 30 minute sittings with 10 minutes of kin-hin Dharma Center Affiliation: None Contact: Barbara Anderson 357-6959 Website: www.oanzendo.org |
Six Rings Sangha Time: Meets Monday evenings 7:30-9:00 Location: Rotates between members' houses Style: Soto Zen Format: Includes shared reading, two 30-minute sittings, and chanting. First meeting of month is a Soto Zen service Dharma Center Affiliation: Mt. Equity Zendo, see Dharma Centers page Contact: Horst de Lorenzi 235-0856 Email: horst_com@turningflower.org Website: www.nittanydharma.org/6rings |
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Nondual Awakening Society Time: Meets Wednesday evenings 7:30-9:00 Location: Friends Meeting House Dayschool Style: Mixed Format: Short yoga practice, 40 minute sitting and group discussion Dharma Center Affiliation: None Contact: Gary Weber 867-1651 Email: non_dual_awakening@earthlink.net Website: www.nittanydharma.org/nondual |
Happy Valley Sangha Time: Monday evenings 7:30-9:00 Location: Quaker Meeting House Dayschool Style: Mixed Format: Includes chanting and two 30-minute sittings. Dharma Center affiliation: None Contact: Cliff Young 238-1957 Email: cwy1@psu.edu Website: www.nittanydharma.org/happyvalley |
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Spring Creek Sangha Time: Tuesday evenings 7:15-9:00 Location: East West Crossings, Lemont Style: Thich Nhat Hanh Format: Sitting and walking meditation, reading and discussion Dharma Center Affiliation: None Contact: Joy Mitra 234-8810 Email: joy@eastwestcrossings.com |
Elephant Sangha Time: Friday mornings 8:00-9:30 Location: Boalsburg Style: Mixed Format: Shared reading (poems, passages, dreams) and two 30-minute sittings. Dharma Center affiliation: None Contact: Susan Squier 466-7626 Email: sxs62@psu.edu Website: None |
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Dharma Drum Mountain local affiliate Time: Sunday mornings 9:30-11:30am Location: 800 Stratford Dr, Apt #32 Style: Chan Buddhism Format: 40 min Dharma Drum's Eight- Form Moving Meditation plus two 30-min sittings. Dharma Center Affilation: Dharma Drum Mountain Contact: Chang Jin Lai Email: ddmba_pa01@yahoo.com Website: http://collegedharma.org/ddmbapa |
Penn State Meditation Community Time: Meets Tuesday evenings 8:00pm (note: currently not running) Location: Yoga of State College, 220A S. Allen St. (Above the Christian Science Reading Room) Style: Mixed Format: Two 20-minute sittings, chanting, walking meditation, and group discussion Dharma Center Affiliation: None Contact: Rich Fabio Email: rcf5003@psu.edu Website: www.clubs.psu.edu/up/meditate |
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Pasquerilla Meditation Room Time: Available every day 8:00am-11:00pm Location: PSU Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, Northeast side 1st floor, near the Eisenhower Chapel Contact: Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs at 814-865-6548 Note: This is actually not a "group", but we're just letting you know of the availability of this space for anyone who would like a place for meditation. There are about five meditation cushions available for use in the room, which can seat about that many people. Groups may also schedule the meditation room, or any other room, upon availability for meetings, services or events. |
Rock Spring Sitting Group Time: 1st and 3rd Sunday mornings, from 10am-noon Location: Baileyville Grange, 210 Diebler Rd Pennsylvania Furnace Style: Zen/mixed Format: Seated zazen meditation with kinhin Dharma Center Affiliation: Rochester Zen Center - www.rzc.org Contact: Roberta Kurland Email: berd46@gmail.com |