Meditation and Education Centers in the Bay Area The Bay Area is rich in meditation, mindfulness and Buddhist learning opportunities and resources. Following is a listing of a number of meditation centers in the Bay Area. There are many others. For additional information on a variety of other opportunities, please visit: http://bayareabuddhism.blogspot.com : A Seeker's Guide
Berkeley Zen Center 1929 Russell St, Berkeley, CA 94703 - 510- 845-2403 - www.berkeleyzencenter.org Offers many sits each week plus lectures and other activities.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Located in Berkeley, with organizations around the world, Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a beacon of light for socially engaged Buddhism. To learn about its programs, visit www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org
Clear Water Zendo 607 Branciforte St, Vallejo, CA 94590 - 707- 649-2480 - www.vallejozencenter.org A Soto Zen Buddhist Temple that offers a variety of sits, ceremonies and other programs. Led by Mary Mocine.
East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 - 510-268-0696 - www.eastbaymeditation.org
Insight Meditation Center 108 Birch Street, Redwood City, CA 94062 - 650-599-3456 - www.insightmeditationcenter.org Offers one of the most extensive array of programs and retreats in the Bay Area. There is no registration cost to any program. All programs are on a Dana (volunteer contribution) basis.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley Berkeley Buddhist Monastery , 2304 McKinley Avenue (at Bancroft), Berkeley, CA 94703 - 510-237-6020 www.insightberkeley.org Thursday evenings, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm, led by James Baraz.
Insight Retreat Center (IRC) 1906 Glen Canyon Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 - 408- 663-1906 - www.insightretreatcenter.org Offers multiple-day retreats on a dana basis. Registrations typically fill immediately.
Mountain Stream Meditation Center 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 - 530- 265-6111 - www.mtstream.org Offers a variety of programs, sits and retreats. Led by John Travis, Heather Sundberg and others.
Napa Valley Insight Meditation NVIM offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions. We are dedicated to supporting the cultivation of mindful awareness and compassion in daily life. Contact them through their website. www.napainsight.org
Shambhala 2288 Fulton Street, #202, Berkeley, CA 74707 - 510-841-3242 - berkeley.shambhala.org Shambhala is one of an international network of meditation centers. Offers a wide range of Shambhala, Buddhist, and contemplative education and practice programs.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sir Frances Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA - 415-488-0164 - www.spiritrock.org One of the leading Buddhist mediation centers in the country. Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, James Baraz among the founders who studied Theravada traditions in Thailand in the 1970. Offers extensive programs of varying lengths.
Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIMS) Post Office Box 191951, Sacramento, California 95819 - 916- 471-6499 - www.sactoinsight.org Offers Buddhist meditation training, meetings, one-day retreats, residential retreats and more. Dennis Warren and other teachers.
Online Learning and Networking Many organizations offer learning at a click, and downloads and podcasts that you can listen to at your leisure.
Audiodharma www.audiodharma.org A rich collection of meditations and dharma talks.
Berkeley Insight Meditation Along with many other Buddhist websites, Berkeley Insight Meditation offers a number of dharma talks. In particular, there are talks by Bay Area teacher, James Baraz, who leads a Thursday evening Sangha. www.berkeleyinsight.org
Buddhanet.net Brings together Buddhist education and information resources www.buddhanet.net
Buddhist Insight Network BIN is an organization for people and groups that feel a spiritual connection and identify their spiritual lineage with the founders of the Insight Meditation movement in the West. BIN serves as a dynamic hub for the network of Insight teachers and sanghas. We gather resources, facilitate wise action, and carry the shared meaning of the Insight Meditation tradition. www.buddhistinsightnetwork.org
Dharmaseed You can listen and learn for a lifetime from the Vipassana teachings available on this wonderful site. www.dharmaseed.org
Spirit Rock Meditation Center www.spiritrock.org Online courses are offered at different times.
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22A series of 3 - 19 minute guided meditations offered by the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.