In the local Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship's non-sectarian worship space, a modern high-ceilinged structure that is decorated in muted gray and mauve and without any Christian symbols above the altar, ten members of Durham's Community of Mindful Living sit on chairs or cushions with their eyes closed in seated meditation. At this and other Thursday evening sessions, these European-American Buddhist sympathizers and converts also will do walking meditation and chant in English, and end the evening at 9:00 with informal conversation. As at other groups inspired by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing, on the Thursday nearest the full moon they also recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings. 

This group, which was organized in 1999,  shares the space not only with the liberal Unitarian-Universalist congregation, which meets on Sunday mornings and is led by a minister who has practiced Buddhist meditation for years, but a non-sectarian Buddhist group, the Eno River Buddhist Community, also gathers in a back room every Monday night. So in Durham--as in Raleigh and elsewhere in the United States--Unitarian-Universalist churches provide meeting space for Buddhist groups, especially those affiliated with Thich Nhat Hanh's Community of Mindful Living. 
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