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I Am New...Any MABA Members from Chicago?

ShanShan
edited November 2010 in Sanghas
I am New to the forum:) I have been picking up and putting down Buddhist teaching since 1991 and have just recently started to practice.

I read and have devotional prayer that I follow along with online. I have been slightly daunted with my isolation. I am Happy that I have found your site!

Shan

Comments

  • TheDoctorDonnaTheDoctorDonna
    edited November 2010
    Welcome to the Forum, New York here
  • worldlingworldling
    edited November 2010
    Hi Shan,

    Not in Chicago, but I have been to the monastery outside St Louis. My health has been something of a barier to traveling, so I haven't been there for a while :( I get the newsletter and read Right View online when it comes out. http://rightviewonline.org/index.html

    You've probably found this already but here's a link to the Chicago website http://northshoremeditation.org/

    Steve
  • StaticToyboxStaticToybox Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Illinois here, but unfortunately I live outside Chicagoland now, and in one of those church-on-every-corner small towns. No kidding, there's got to be 5 or 6 churches within 2-3 blocks radius of my house. Needless to say Buddhism is nonexistent here.
  • worldlingworldling
    edited November 2010
    Joliet Buddhist Sangha
    Address: 3401 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet IL 60431 IL
    Tradition: Non-Sectarian, General Buddhist practice

    Found this by using Buddhanet locator. Searched for Ottowa and got nothing. Searched for Joliet, United States, Illinois....left all the tradition stuff blank and got the above.

    There were more listings for all IL here http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Illinois

    The Joliet sangha is listed, along with Downer's Grove and many more all over IL.

    Hope this helps, with metta,

    Steve
  • StaticToyboxStaticToybox Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Unfortunately those are a bit too far to be practical for me to drive to with any regularity. Until June of last year I actually lived fairly close to Downers Grove (in fact I use to work there) but at the time had not given any thought to meeting up with a sangha (or any other group)
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Did you work at FTD, Takeahnase?
  • StaticToyboxStaticToybox Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Brigid wrote: »
    Did you work at FTD, Takeahnase?

    Ha, close, but not quite. I worked at a flower shop.
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