Welcome to the Port Townsend Sangha Website

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, people 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: Port Townsend Sangha members meets every Wednesday evening at  7 PM on Zoom to meditate, listen to a dharma talk, and discuss our practice. The link to these meetings is below.

THURSDAY OUTDOOR MEDITATION AT CHETZEMOKA PARK : During the summer when the weather is warm, people meet at Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend.  These meetings will be announced on this website when they commence in 2026.

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

CHANT:  At the start of weekly meditation, we often play the devotional chant known as the Salutation to the Buddha.

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Monday Meditation at the Port Townsend Friends

 

 

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.

All are welcome.

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Wednesday Meditation on Zoom

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Please join us on Zoom

Every Wednesday at 7 PM 

For 30 Minutes of Silent Meditation,

Followed by a Dharma Talk and an open Discussion

Here is the link to this online gathering

We hope you can join us.

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The Sangha Lending Library

 

 

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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