Meditation is one of our 5 Spiritual Practices
at the Center
for Spiritual Living - Tacoma. We offer classes and groups to help you find a
form that works for you. See the class and group information below.
Meditation - find what is right for you.
Mindfulness Meditation group
Thursday Night Meditation Sitting Group
This ongoing, drop-in mindfulness/insight meditation group meets at The Center
for Spiritual Living, 206 N. J Street, at the corner of N. J and Division (it's
a white house/church with lavender blue trim), Thursday evenings 7:00 to 8:45
pm. Each week we begin with a session of Mindfulness meditation followed by a
short session of guided Lovingkindness meditation. A 'dharma talk' follows the
break. [Most of us use chairs - BYO zafu or bench if you prefer.]
For more information, call Jude at 253-302-0783.
About Jude Rozhon
Jude has been practicing Buddhist meditation from the three main Buddhist
traditions for more than 30 years, teaching for 15 years, and has been an
instructor for the Insight Meditation Correspondence Course for 10 years. The
Correspondence Course was authored by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg and
is published by Sounds True Recordings. Jude has degrees in Philosophy and
East/West Psychology and was Director of Merriam Hill Center's Meditation Studies
Program in New Hampshire for several years. In winter 2002, with Pema Chodron
at Gampo Abbey Nova Scotia, she took temporary ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist
nun. She most recently taught classes in Mindfulness and Lovingkindness
Meditation and Women in Religion at Maui Community College, The University of
Hawaii, and in Tacoma, Washington. For the foreseeable future, she will be
dividing her time between practicing in retreat in Crestone, Colorado in the
Tibetan Dzogchen tradition with her present teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and
teaching meditation in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.
Dana
These classes and groups are offered by "Dana" Donation.
"Dana" is a word from the Pali language spoken in Asia at the time of
the Buddha. It means "generosity freely offered." It is felt that
these teachings are too precious to be bought and sold, thus the teachers rely
on the generous support of others to continue their teaching. In addition,
those with the resources to donate more help those without funds through their
generosity, and the classes can remain open to all. A Dana basket will be
available for your donations. Thank you for your kindness and support.