Black Mountain: Cloud Cottage Sangha - Affiliated with Thich Nhat Hanh's Community of Mindful Living. Offers regular group meditation practice. www.unc.edu/courses/2001spring/reli/006j/001/Publish/page40.html
Boone: Seidoan Zen Temple - Soto Zen Temple affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center. home.earthlink.net/~seidoanhardison
Boone: ASU Zen Society - Zen study group at Appalachian State University. Offers twice-weekly zazen practice. members.fortunecity.com/daxin
Charlotte Community of Mindfulness - Community of people who practice the art of mindful living and engaged Buddhism. Offers weekly zazen practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. www.coe.uncc.edu/~billchu/sangha
Hot Springs: Southern Dharma Retreat Center - Non-profit educational foundation, welcoming a variety of spiritual paths, whose purpose is to offer meditation retreats. www.main.nc.us/SDRC
Raleigh: Piedmont Zen Group - A small Zen sitting group that meets several times weekly for group practice. Not affiliated with any lineage. www.atomic.net/~gbl
Raleigh: Community of Mindful Living - Offers weekly group meditation. Affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh. www.unc.edu/courses/2001spring/reli/006j/001/Publish/page19.html
Wilmington Zen Center - Soto Zen group offering weekly zazen practice. home.ec.rr.com/zengroup
Zen Centers in North Carolina - Complete list of Zen centers in North Carolina maintained by the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism. www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/zen_centers/centers_data/usaNW.htm#NORTH%20CAROLINA
Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill Zen Center - An American Soto Zen Buddhist Meditation group affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center. Pat Taitaku Phelan, priest. www.intrex.net/chzg
