Tampa Bay Area Sanghas
Meditation Centers and Sitting Groups
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship - Tampa Bay Chapter has a great list of Greater Tampa Bay area Buddhist groups, events and activities
Tampa:
Dancing Waters Sangha (Zen in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh) meets at The Lotus Room in South Tampa
Tampa Zen Center (formerly Beginner's Mind Zen Group) meets at The Lotus Room in South Tampa
Drifting Clouds Outdoor Meditation Gathering
Tampa Bay Karma Thegsum Choling North Tampa
Florida Buddhist Community meets at The Lotus Room in South Tampa
Florida Buddhist Community meets at Yogani in South Tampa
Buddhist book discussion group on Davis Island tampaktc@gmail.com
Florida Buddhist Vihara Palm River Road, Tampa
Ongoing Meditation Group in Plant City jeanhehn@tampabay.rr.com
Nichiren Shu Buddhist Sangha NichirenShuTampaBay@gmail.com
St Petersburg:
Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhist Teachings in the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh at Yoga Moves St. Pete
Florida Buddhist Community meets at Quaker Meeting House in St. Pete's Salt Creek District
Tampa Bay Karma Thegsum Choling St Petersburg
Ratnashri Sangha of Tampa Bay St Petersburg
Clearwater-Seminole-Pinellas Park-Hudson
Dhamma Wheel Meditation Society Clearwater
The Bodhi Tree Dhamma Center Seminole
Middle Way Buddhist Association Pinellas Park
Rissho Kosei-kai of Tampa Bay Clearwater
UU Clearwater, healing meditation and instruction with Frank Tedesco truedharma108@gmail.com or (727) 391-1152
Sarasota-Bradenton-Palmetto:
Sarasota Buddhist Community meets at Prana in Sarasota
Kadampa Meditation Center Florida Sarasota
Sarasota Meditation Group meets at the UU Church edwhurley@verizon.net
941-359-8212 or dorocon@comcast.net 941-923-7084
Zen Meditation in Sarasota (near Lido Beach) egerard@comcast.net or wmenza@capacess.org
Bradenton Vipassana Meditation Group Thuy Nguyen
Palmetto Zen Meditation Group Elizabeth Lagana 941-721-0438
Bradenton: Singing River Sangha amgencon@tampabay.rr.com 941-915-1454 or bobbiebtownsend@hotmail.com 941-723-9327
Other Florida Groups:
The Gateless Gate (Zen; very active in Prison Dharma and MBSR prison programs) Gainesville
Naples Community of Mindfulness
Zaltho Foundation Florida Panhandle (Zen) founder Monk, Vietnam vet and author of "At Hell's Gate" Claude Anshin Thomas
Links to Other Centers
Independent Meditation Center Guide USA, many traditions listed