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BodhiPath Buddhist Center
Bart Mendel

113 W. Gutierrez St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

113 W. Gutierrez is an upstairs studio in an apartment building on W. Gutierrez next to Pollero’s located at the corner of W. Gutierrez and Chapala Streets.

Contact: Margaret Crouch
BBC: 805.569.0099
sb@bodhipath-west.org 

BodhiPath Buddhist Center

http://www.bodhipath-west.org/

Thursday Night Classes & Sitting
Special Events & Retreats

Santa Barbara Institute
for Consciousness Studies
B. Alan Wallace, President and Founder
Contacts: info@sbinstitute.com
www.sbinstitute.com

Special Events & Retreats

Tuesday Night Sangha

Meditation practice in the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Yogic breathing exercises are offered from 6:10 p.m. to 6:30 for anyone interested in achieving a balanced and alert mind prior to the 6:30 sit.

This is a gentle practice, suitable for beginners and longtime practitioners alike. No prior meditation experience is necessary. You are all invited to join us in learning how to live happily and mindfully in the here and now.

Contact: Christine Dawkins at maitri@cox.net

Tuesday evening sitting and walking meditation
6:30 - 8:00 Unitarian Society,1535 Santa Barbara Street,
corner of Arrellaga, in Santa Barbara.

If you have any questions, please call
Michael at 962-5619.

Days of Mindfulness
Special Events & Retreats

Ventura County: 3 to 5 PM, alternate Sundays. 
Meets in members homes in in Ventura, Camarillo, and Oxnard

Part of a larger California Vipassana Group.
Call 209.877.4386 for newsletter and information
on retreats and other events.
Also see http://www.dhamma.org

Mahakankala Buddhist Center
Sitting, Classes, Retreats

Vajrakilaya Practice
Guru Yoga - Rigdzin Acharya Pema practice

Guru Rinpoche Tsoks & Special Events
http://www.kilaya.org

Ojai Valley Dharma Center
306 E. Matilija St.
Ojai, CA 93023

Vayrayana Buddhist & Shambhala
Practice & Study

Contact: William Okin
805-452-0102
william@satdharma.org
www.satdharma.org

Public sitting Wednesdays 7-8pm and Sundays 9am-12pm
(unless a weekend program is scheduled)
with meditation instruction available upon request.

Ongoing Buddhist courses, intensives and retreats.

Shambhala Education.

Resident teacher: Patrick Sweeney, holder of the
Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
through Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his Vajra Regent,
Osel Tendzin.

Olive Branch Sangha
Meditation Support Group
All traditions
Contact: Judith & Greg Smith
judithngreg@mac.com
http://herenow.org/sb

Sunday mornings: Vipassana (mindfulness/insight) learning group 
Guided meditation and instruction 10:30 a.m. - noon

Wednesday evenings: Vipassana (mindfulness/insight) learning group 
 Guided meditation and instruction 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Retreats & special events

Open Door Sangha
All Traditions
Contact: Alice Aldredge 805-685-2836 (H)
alldredg@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Two sitting opportunities are offered per week at the MacVeagh House at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. (The McVeagh House is behind
Fleishman Auditorium back from the parking lot a bit).

Mondays 7:15-8:00
Thursdays 5:30-6:15

Sit for 45 minutes (starting right on time, so please come a bit
early). Chairs, zabutons and zafu's are provided. On Mondays they visit a
bit afterwards for those who want to stay. Every other Monday there is an
optional 15 minute dharma talk or guided meditation after the 45 minute
sit. Most of those coming do insight meditation and many practice at
Spirit Rock in the Theravadan tradition. Meditators from all traditions
are welcome. The group varies from 6 or 7 to about 20 depending on the
night and season. We have no formal leader. Meditation instruction
is available from 5-5:30 on Thursdays and beginners are especially
welcome. Contacts: Alice Alldredge (alldredg@lifesci.ucsb.edu) and
Radhule Weininger (radhule@cox.net).

Contact Angelika: (805)687.5323
angelikabe@cs.com

Sitting, Study Group, Special Events

Santa Barbara Zen Group

Affiliated with the SF Zen Center
Contact: Susan Gwynne 805.893.2098

susan.gywnne@sa.ucsb.edu

Weekly sittings every Sunday mornings 9:00am - 10:30 am.
Beginners are welcome. Two periods of zazen (silent sitting)
are followed by chanting of the Heart Sutra and a reading.
Stay for tea after zazen on the first Sunday of each month.

For additional information or to arrange zazen instruction, please contact dkhaber@aol.com or phone 805.687.1045.

Satdharma of Ojai

http://www.satdharma.org/

Vairotsana Foundation
1524 Anacapa St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Information: (805) 899-8177
variotsana@verizon.net

Chenrezig Puja 10am Sunday mornings; Daylong retreats & Special Events

Vairotsana Foundation Schedule

http://www.vairotsana.org

Osel Nyingpo (Radiant Light Tibetan Meditation Center) Ojai, CA.
under the guidance of The Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche of the
Nyingmapa Lineage.

For information and directions contact:
Sondra Bennett @ 805.646.6520

Dudjom Tersar Ngondro, a preliminary practice for
entering the path of Tantric Buddhism -
with study & discussion meets every Sunday morning
@ 10 am - 12 noon at
a private residence in Ojai.

* personal instruction sessions available
* new and practiced students welcome

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