Welcome to Sophia.
We offer a welcoming, warm, and inspiring place for anyone to meditate in a peaceful, silent temple.
We teach authentic meditation based on the contemplative traditions found in religions across the world.
Sophia Meditation Center is a non-profit organization, all of our activities are donation-based and tax-deductible. There are no set fees, dues, subscriptions, memberships, "masters," anyone to follow, and no vows or oaths to take.
See our schedule for classes and events.
Why Sophia?
How We Use Donations
The name Sophia (σοφία) is Greek and means "wisdom," and comes from a root that means "clever, skillful, intelligent, wise." You may know it as part of the word philosophy ("love of wisdom"). Through meditation, we become skillful in accessing our innate wisdom: Sophia!
Donations go entirely towards supporting Sophia Meditation Center.
Sophia is run by volunteers. All classes and events are donation based, and we will never turn away someone who cannot afford suggested donations.
We are eternally grateful and thankful for your support!
“The donor does not go without reward." – Buddha Shakyamuni, Janussonin Sutta
The Meditation Temple
The meditation temple is a sacred place designed to help you dive deep into the silence within you. Come experience it for yourself.
"Leave outside all earthly thoughts because this is a house of prayer."
Meditation Temple Etiquette
Please help us cultivate an atmosphere conducive to meditation.
Please preserve the silence of the temple. The temple is only to be used for meditation and teachings, not reading or talking.
Please silence your phones or other devices.
Please do not wear outdoor shoes into the temple. Shoes can be left in the entrance hall.
Please do not take photographs or videos in the temple.
Please do not wear headphones or play music in the temple.
Please do not sleep in the temple.
Please do not bring food or drink into the temple.
Please dress modestly and avoid wearing revealing or distracting clothing or fragrances.
Alcohol, drugs, and other intoxicants are strictly forbidden.
Please do not attend the temple when sick.
Please do not bring gifts for instructors. If you wish to show gratitude, a donation to the center will help the most.
Incense and Books
To help you meditate at home and cleanse your home regularly, we offer a small selection of high quality, natural incense that is carefully chosen by our instructors. We also offer a few books that we can certify as reliable and authentic sources of accurate knowledge about meditation. Your purchases help keep Sophia open.
About Instructors
The instructors who teach here are volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Each has years of experience teaching and working with meditation practices and exercises. They are qualified by their experience, not by other people.
The goal of real spirituality is to learn how to follow our inner divinity, not any physical person. Thus, our instructors do not have spiritual titles or names, do not accept followers, and live their lives anonymously like any other person in society. In keeping with this perspective, the instructors do not advertise their names, faces, or personal information. In order to reduce the strong influence that personality has in spiritual communities and to emphasize the message:
"Know thyself..."
Welcome! May your path be cleared of obstacles.