Tools for
Spiritual Practice
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Mon. Sat. 11 am - 6 pm
Sun. Closed
Directions
130 S. Main Street, Suite 101
Sebastopol, CA 95472
phone: 707-829-8871
fax: 707-829-8872
info@manyriversbooks.com
The following are practice groups in or around Sebastopol and Sonoma County:
B U D D H I S M : N I C H I R E N
Santa Rosa (Redwood Coast) Community CenterSGI-USA
2455 Bennett Valley Rd. Suite A100
Santa Rosa, California 95404
Voice: 707-546-7777
Fax: 707-546-9999
B U D D H I S M : P U R E L A N D
Enmanji Buddhist Temple
Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
1200 Gravenstein Hwy. South, Sebastopol
Phone: 707-823-2252
Email: enmanji@sonic.net
B U D D H I S M : T H E R A V A D A
Metta Community
Vipassana Meditation
Monthly day-long retreats with Spirit Rock and other Teachers
1492 Bloomfield Road, Sebastopol
Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Center
Burmese Theravada
8769 Bower St., Sebastopol
Phone: 707-824-4456
Email: stw2@saetawwin2.org
Spirit Rock
Vipassana
Retreats, Day Long Sittings, Mornings, Evenings
Woodacre, CA
Website: www.spiritrock.org
Phone: 415-488-0164
B U D D H I S M : V A J R A Y A N A / T I B E T A N
Ati Ling
Tibetan Nyingma Buddhism
P.O. Box 1913, Sebastopol
Phone: 707-824-0291
Email: mpanet@earthlink.net
Diamond Way
Vajrayana Buddhism, Kagyu Lineage
Mondays at 7 p.m.
Phone: 707-824-2236
Email: Sebastopol@diamondway.org
Gold Ridge Sangha
Vajrayana Buddhism, Kagyu Lineage
Teacher: Lama Zik
Sunday weekly meetings:
8:30 a.m. Green Tara
10:00 a.m. Chenrezig
1 - 2:30 p.m. Meditation and Talk
3 p.m. Chenrezig
Also monthly events, call for more information.
Phone: 707-824-4637
Mahakaruna Buddhist Meditation Center
New Kadampa Tradition (Tibetan)
304 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma
Phone: 707-766-7720
Email: info@meditateinpetaluma.org
Website: http://www.meditateinnorcal.org/
Sonoma Shambhala Center
455 West Napa Street, Suite G, Sonoma
Phone: 707-935-6333
Email: jjacobs@vom.com
B U D D H I S M : Z E N
Alea Meditation
Teacher: Jim Wilson
A simple meditation practice using wind instruments. No musical experience required.
Third Sunday of every month at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Tayu House near Sebastopol, call for information and directions.
Phone: 707-829-8871
Email: jim@manyriversbooks.com
Back Porch Zendo
Thursday Night Practice begins 6:45
Near Occidental
Phone: Elizabeth Sawyer at 707-874-1133
Email: ESAWYER@ev1.net
Fragrant Rose Sangha
Vietnamese Zen
888 Third Street, Santa Rosa
Phone: 707-573-4556
Pacific Zen Institute
Zen Meditation, Koans, Inquiry and Arts
Senior Teacher/Director: John Tarrant
7 p.m. Monday night meditation and talks, retreats, koan practice
1801 Proctor Drive, Santa Rosa
Phone: 707-544-0540
Email: info@pacificzen.org
Rocks and Clouds Zendo
Diamond Sangha Soto and Rinzai Zen
Teacher: Daniel Terragno
Sitting meditation practice on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Last Sunday of the month, extended sitting meditation.
Fridays at 6 a.m., sitting meditation.
Retreats.
Phone: 707-824-5647
Email: daterra@sonic.net
Santa Rosa Zen Group
Japanese Zen
Life Learning Center
1144 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa
Email: info@santarosazengroup.org
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
Japanese Soto Zen
Teacher: Jokusho Kwong
6367 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa
Phone: 707-545-8105
Stone Creek Zendo
Soto Zen
Teacher: Jisho Warner
Sitting meditation practice, dharma talks, study groups, retreats.
Phone: 707-829-9808
Women's Zen Group
Rinzai Zen
Leader: Myosho Virginia Matthews
1st and 3rd Sundays 9 - 11 a.m.
2nd and 4th Wednesdays 7 - 8 p.m.
Downtown Dance Arts Space, Sebastopol
Phone: 707-824-8741
C H R I S T I A N I T Y
Angela Center
Julian's Cell: Christian Meditation, open to all
Wednesday Mornings
535 Angela Drive, Santa Rosa
Phone: 707-528-8578
D A O
Qigong & Daoist Training Center
Shifu Michael Rinaldini (Li Changdao)
Daoist Meditation Thursdays 6-7pm
Qigong Saturdays 10-11am
Sebastopol
Email: lichangdao@gmail.com
Website: www.dragongateqigong.com
G U R D J I E F F / F O U R T H W A Y
Tayu Meditation Center (owner of Many Rivers Books & Tea)
Fourth Way Tradition (based upon the teachings of George Gurdjieff)
Teachers: Rob Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick
Introductory meditation/study group meetings: call for information.
Venue: Many Rivers Books & Tea, 130 South Main Street.
Tayu Sunday Meditation Communion: Two Sundays a month, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Tayu House near Sebastopol, call for information and directions.
Website: www.tayu.org/tayu/
Phone: 707-829-9579 or speak to Rob or Stuart at Many Rivers: 829-8871
Email: tayu@sonic.net
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