The Farthest North Vipassana Group holds weekly insight meditation sessions Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm at the Cold Mountain Zen Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Beginners are welcome; we provide meditation instruction as needed.
Insight meditation is a subset of traditional Buddhist meditation techniques adapted for modern lay practitioners. Those who practice it learn techniques for observing and controlling their reactions to mental events. Common reasons for practice include stress management, promoting positive emotions such as compassion, loving-kindness and equanimity, and dealing with negative emotions such as anger, fear, grief and craving. While insight meditation is based on Theravada Buddhism, our meditation practice is non-religious and non-denominational - participants are welcome no matter what their beliefs (or lack thereof).
The Farthest North Vipassana Group has a listserv at https://lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/vipassana-l
We will be holding a weekend retreat Sunday September 27, 2009 from 8:00 am until 5:10 pm. Newcomers may want to sit just the afternoon, with optional instruction at 1:30. Click for schedule and details
DIRECTIONS TO COLD MOUNTAIN ZEN CENTER (5110 Aeronca Ave)
Take Airport Way toward the airport.
Turn right at the Dale road exit just past Pikes Landing.
Go 0.4 miles to Broadmoor (just before "Oil City" Trailer Court).
Turn right onto Broadmoor.
Go one block to Aeronca
Turn Left on Aeronca.
The Zen Center is the first building on the right, on the corner of Broadmoor and Aeronca.
Park in front of the garage, along the fence, or anywhere in the driveway (the driveway opens onto Aeronca on one end and Broadmoor on the other).
Other Fairbanks Buddhist groups Cold Mountain Zen Center (Kwan Um
School of Zen)
http://www.geocities.com/coldmountainzencenter/index.htm
Alaska
Tibetan Buddhist Center: Neville Jacobs 456-4780
Meditation instructions (from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington
Last modified September 23, 2009