Anyone interested in supporting the Center may become a member. We offer both full and associate membership. The extent of each person’s involvement in the Center depends on family and work commitments.
Full membership is for those who live within a two-hour drive from the Center.
Associate membership is for those who live outside a two-hour drive from the Center.
Full Membership
Full membership is for those who live within a two-hour drive from the Center.
Benefits of full membership include:
- May have regular daisan with Diane.*
- Are eligible to vote and serve on the Board of Directors.
- Access to members only area of website and past Dharma talk recordings.
- Receive discounts for sesshins and one-day sittings.
Full Members make a yearly dues pledge.
Associate Membership
Associate membership is for those who live more than a two-hour drive from the Center, but wish to participate in Center activities.
Benefits of associate membership include:
- May regularly discuss practice on the phone with the teacher or see her in daisan when at the Center.*
- Attend Center activities whenever possible.
- Access to members only area of website and past Dharma talk recordings.
- Receive discounts for sesshins and one-day sittings.
Associate Members make a yearly dues pledge.
*Although daisan/practice discussion is available to all members, membership does not assume that a person has become Diane’s student. Any member who wishes to deepen his/her practice by formally becoming Diane’s student, should speak with her in daisan/practice discussion.
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