The Port Townsend Sangha

Welcome to the Port Townsend Sangha

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The Port Townsend Sangha website provides information on Meditation, Fellowship and Dharma Study opportunities in Port Townsend, Washington. While our focus is on Vipassana, or Insight Meditation, all who wish to meditate or who are interested in the dharma are welcome at all announced events. Program details and schedules are below.

The Sangha is an informal, leaderless, volunteer-driven, peer-led group. It’s members include all seekers interested in the Buddhist path. Sangha members and friends have gathered weekly for over 25 years. If you have questions, please email us.

MONDAY MEDITATION AT THE FRIENDS MEETINGHOUSE: On Mondays, participants gather in person at 7 PM at the Friends Meeting House on the corner of Sheridan and 19th Streets in Port Townsend.

WEDNESDAY MEDITATION LIVE ON ZOOM: The Sangha meets every Wednesday evening at 7 PM on Zoom to meditate, listen to a dharma talk, and discuss our practice. The links to these meetings are below, or will be sent if you subscribe to our newsletter.

THURSDAY OUTDOOR MEDITATION AT CHETZEMOKA PARK : During the summer when the weather is warm, we meet at Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend. Meditation in the park is closed for 2025. We hope to see you in the park next year.

RETREATS: The Sangha occasionally offers weekend and one-day Retreats, open to the public. Information will be posted on our website.

NEWSLETTER: A weekly newsletter is sent to subscribers with the link to the Wednesday Zoom meetings and information on events and programs.

CHANT: At the start of weekly meditation, we often play the devotional chant known as the Salutation to the Buddha. A recording and the words of the chant may be found here.

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Wednesday April 22nd Zoom Meditation and Discussion

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Tuere Sala

Please join us on Zoom 7 PM on April 22nd

For Group Meditation, a Dharma Talk

And an Interview with Tuere Sala

By Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho

Here is the link to this online gathering

After 30 minutes of silent meditation, we’ll watch an interview with Tuere Sala from the Clear Mountain Monastery Project. A group discussion will follow.

If you would like to preview the event, it may be found here. It is called:

What’s Your Brahmavihra? And Locating Your Lineage!

In this talk, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Tuere Sala, Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and the founding teacher of the Capitol Hill Meditation Group.

Tuere begins by describing how her “hobby” of meditation became the center of her life.

In the interview, the trio speaks about Tuere’s path to the Dhamma, the difficulty People of Color have entering largely white Dhamma groups, the potency of the Thai Forest Tradition, dealing with deep grief, and the power of mudit?, or sympathetic joy.

We hope you will join us.

Tuere Sala is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 30 years. Tuere believes that urban meditation is the foundation for today’s practitioner’s path to liberation. She is inspired by bringing the Dharma to nontraditional places and is a strong advocate for practitioners living with high stress, past trauma and difficulties sitting still. Tuere has been teaching since 2010 and has a long history of assisting others in establishing and maintaining a daily practice.

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Monday Meditation at the Port Townsend Friends

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You Are Invited to Attend

Meditation and Discussion

At 7 PM in Port Townsend

Each Monday at the Friends

The sangha gathers each Monday, at the Friends Meeting House on the corner of Sheridan and 19th Streets in Port Townsend, WA.

The subject matter of dharma talks is chosen, and discussions are led by volunteers on topics most often related to insight meditation (vipassana).

We arrive silently before 7 PM, begin mediation at 7 PM. After about 20 minutes, a bell rings as a signal for who wish begin walking meditation. The group takes a break for tea at 7:40 – for socializing. At 8 PM, dharma talks, presentations and discussions begin.

More information on the weekly format is found here. All are welcome.