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 15th Meditation on Zoom

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Samaneri Jayasara

Please join us on Zoom

Wednesday, April 15th, at 7 PM

For Meditation, and a dharma

Talk from Samaneri Jayasara

Here is the link to this online gathering

Tonight we will listen to a guided meditation from Samaneri Jayasara on The Unshakeable Heart of Awareness. After the meditation, we will have time for a group discussion. You can listen to the guided meditation here.

Samaneri Jayasara has studied and practiced Buddhism and meditation for over 35 years. She has a PhD and Master’s Degree in education, focusing on comparative spiritual traditions, Buddhism and psychotherapy.

In 2021, Jayasara moved to Viveka Hermitage in southern NWS, Australia, to allow more focus on her growing online project – The Wisdom of the Master channel – as well as to cultivate a mer hermitic style of life. Her interest in the non-dual teachings of different spiritual traditions has inspired bother her own dharma practice, and the spiritual resources she makes available to others.

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Wednesday April 8th Zoom Meditation and Discussion

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Br. Phap Dung Br. Phap Huu

Please join us on Zoom 7 PM on April 8th for

Meditation and Dharma Talks by

Brother Phap Dung and Brother Phap Huu

Here is the link to this online gathering

After 30 minutes of silent meditation, we will watch 2 videos from the Plum Village online course Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. The first talk is given by Brother Phap Dung on “Freeing the Mind”. Brother Phap Huu gives the second talk on “Letting Go”. We will also listen to “What are Your Cows”, a short practice from Brother Phap Huu.

Brother Phap Dung was ordained in 1998 as a monk in Plum Village, France and became a Dharma Teacher in 2004. He was abbot of Deer Park Monastery in California from 2001 to 2010. He escaped to the US as a Vietnamese refugee when he was 9 years old. He grew up in the Los Angeles area and received a degree in Architecture from the University of Southern California. He worked as an architect/designer for 4 years before becoming a monk.

Brother Phap Huu was ordained in 2002 at age 13. Despite the age difference, Br. Phap Huu became a dear friend to Thich Nhat Hanh and often accompanied him as an attendant. He has been the abbot of Upper Hamlet at Plum Village since 2011.

We hope you can join us.

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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.

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The Sangha Lending Library

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The PT Sangha Library shares space with the Quaker’s Library at the Friends Meetinghouse. It is open on Monday evenings when the Sangha meets.

We have a wide variety of books on Buddhism, Buddhist practice, meditation and other spiritual traditions.

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Port Townsend Sangha’s Nonresidential Weekend Retreats

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The Port Townsend Sangha conducts non-residential weekend retreats with visiting teachers live, in person, and on Zoom. Information on the Sangha’s Retreat Program is found h ere.

Information on these events is posted on this website and is sent to our mailing list.

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Port Townsend Sangha One Day Retreats

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One-day meditation retreats are offered the Sangha in person and on Zoom. There is no charge to attend.

Information on these events will be posted here, and Zoom meeting invitations will be sent to our mailing list or may be obtained by writing us. More information is here.

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