Odiyana Institute: Tibetan Buddhist, Nyingma Lineage
Teacher: Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok
1524 Anacapa St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Information: (805) 776-8018
Chenrezig Puja 10am Sunday
mornings, occassionally Green Tara Practice instead on Zoom
Go to odiyanainstitute.org to get to the Zoom Room. Someone will let you in.
Current Zoom events will be listed online including
Daylong retreats & Special Events
email: odiyanainsb@gmail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/OdiyanaInstitute/
Open Door Sangha
Buddhist Vipassana (Insight)/mindfulness meditation community primarily in the Theravadan tradition. We welcome all in an environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and free of ritual.
Teachers: Alice Alldredge, David Dillinger, Gary Hill, John O’Conner, and Shelley Gault
Contact Information: Hugh Michaels, opendoormeditation@gmail.com
Website: http://insightmeditationsb.org
1. Monday Night Sitting Group
7:30-8:30pm
Small Chapel, at the Unity Church 227 East Arrellaga Street (Between Garden and Santa Barbara Streets, parking lot behind church off Valerio St.)
This group sits for 45 minutes (starting right on time, so please come a bit early). The first Monday of each month one of the members gives a short talk to share their practice and leads a discussion.
2. Thursday Night Sitting Group - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Basement room under the small Chapel, Unity Church, 227 East Arrellaga Street (Between Garden and Santa Barbara Streets, parking lot behind church off Valerio St.).
This group is led by several of the experienced members of the Sangha, many trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in the Bay Area. It offers more teaching and guided meditation than the Monday night group. Each meeting will include a time of silent meditation, a short dharma talk, and a discussion.
3. Thursday Noon Sitting at UCSB 12:10-12:50 pm - 4301 Life Sciences Building (room across the breezeway from the elevator).
Alice Alldredge leads a 30-minute meditation with some guiding in the Vipassana tradition for UCSB staff, students, and practitioners from the near-by community. All welcome. Chairs provide
II. Half-day Retreats Twice a Month
The Sangha offers half-day silent retreats on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 9-11:30 AM in the Chapel at Unity Church 227 East Arrellaga St. People may join all or some of the morning.
9:00 – 9:45 am Sitting
9:45 – 10:30 am Walking •10:30 – 11:15 am Sitting
11:15 – 11:30 am Dharmette (Brief talk).
Special Events: Week end and daylong retreats with guest teachers, beginning meditation classes, programs for experienced practitioners, and social events are offered throughout the year.
One Dharma Sangha
Radhule Weinineger, PhD,
radhule@gmail.com, 805-455-6205
Radhuleweiningerphd.com
A mindfulness sitting group, integrating the Mahayana emphasis on “compassion and freedom for all” with a Theravadan sitting practice. Guided mindfulness meditations are complemented by Kindness, Compassion and Forgiveness practices. We encourage dialogue between Buddhist and Western psychology, and relevant and accessible ways to apply our practice in our daily lives.
Sitting/Practice times & places
Mondays at 7 PM at St Michael’s University Church in Isla Vista
Tuesdays at 6 PM at MacVeagh House at the Museum of Natural History
Thursday’s at 6 PM at The Sacred Space in Summerland
Solidarity & Compassion Project on the second Wednesday at 7 PM at The Unitarian Society
Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple
The resident monks, Rev. Seikai and Rev. Phoebe, offer meditation instruction and a brief introduction to our Soto Zen practice on most Saturdays from 10am - 2pm.
Sundays from 10am - 2pm: Meditation, a ceremony and Dharma talk and shared vegetarian lunch.
Weekend retreats and 3-day Retreats pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org/this-month/
For more information, see our website: www.pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org or contact
Rev. Phoebe: pmbt@pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org, tel. 805 633 1143.
On the first Thursday of every month we offer meditation, chanting and a Dharma Talk in the Ventura Avenue Adult Center, 550 N Ventura Ave, Ventura, from 6 - 8pm.
Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple is a very quiet 45-acre Meditation Retreat in the midst of the Los Padres Forest, 40 miles north of Ojai, 3 miles east of Hwy 33 on Lockwood Valley Rd., with residential accommodations for 16 people.
Private retreats of any length may be arranged by contacting Rev. Phoebe : pmbt@pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org.
We practice Dana and are supported only by donations.
We also welcome other Buddhist teachers to bring students for a residential retreat. Our facility includes a fully equipped meditation/shrine room, lecture and dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, sleeping space for 16 people (mostly shared occupancy), including 2 private meditation cabins (kuti). The Stupa has a courtyard for evening meditation and there are several miles of flat walking paths as well as some trails into the hills. Most of the property is left as wilderness but there are areas of cultivated gardens, a memorial garden, animal cemetery, outdoor shrines and a workshop.
We have hosted several other Buddhist groups who all adjusted the meditation room to suit their needs.
Dharma Centers & Meditation Groups