Spirit Rock Meditation Center
In western Marin County, north of S.F., CA, the Center hosts classes and daylong retreats exploring the themes of meditation and its relation to life in modern society.

Insight Meditation Society
The Insight Meditation Society was founded in 1975 as a nonprofit organization to provide a place for the intensive practice of insight meditation.

Mid America Dharma Group
Mid America Dharma Group offers Insight Meditation to the central region of the US.

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
The webpage for the Abhayagiri Buddist Monastery. It is a Buddhist community in the tradition of Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho and Amaravati Buddhist Monastery. Abhayagiri Buddist Monastery exists to provide an environment in which individuals and families, guests & residents, can come into contact with the principles of the Buddha's teachings and cultivate those same qualities in their own lives.

Pundarika

Vipassana Research Publications of America
Operating the Pariyatti Book Service, a mail-order company specializing in books of interest to Vipassana meditators and students of the Buddha's teaching.

DharmaNet

Vipassana Information and Links to Vipassana Sites
Lots of links and information about Vipassana ("insight") meditation.

vipassana com - a buddhist meditation resource in the theravada tradition
Vipassana: buddhist meditation in the theravada tradition. Guidance, resources and texts to help meditators.

Theravada Text Archives
Includes over 100 books by various authors (old and new).  This link goes to several books such as the Dhammapada, Majjhima Nikaya  (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha), Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses of the Buddha) and the Sutta Nipata. Buddhist Publication Society text can also be downloaded here.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/index.html

Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism

BuddhaNet's Buddhist E-book Library: General Buddhism, Meditation, Buddhist Scriptures
This site has several theravadan texts in downloadable pdf format.

BuddhaMind.info
Interesting, Educational, and Fun site!

http://www.retreatfinder.com
"RetreatFinder.com serves the body, mind and spirit by helping individuals locate space in which to find greater inner peace. For when one individual finds inner peace, that individual moves the world toward peace. This is why it is vital to escape from the world’s bombardment of sounds and images and take time for the mind and heart to come to stillness."

 Vipassana Meditation Center- Dhamma Dhara, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. One of over 60 international centers and numerous non-center sites where the technique of Vipassana meditation is taught and practiced.

Asheville Area Sitting Groups and Meditation Centers

North Carolina Buddhist Groups A great resource, with an interesting history of Buddhism in the South.

The Atlanta Soto Zen Center- "The Atlanta Soto Zen Center is one of the largest non-residential Zen centers in the country. We offer a full schedule of morning and evening zazen daily, newcomers instruction on Sunday mornings, weekend sesshin every other month, and a number of week-long sesshin retreats each year.  Please see our schedule and feel free to visit our zendo soon."

The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies- "The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies is dedicated to bringing together teachers, students, scholars and practitioners who are committed to exploring Buddhist thought and practice as a living tradition." The center is located on 90 acres of wooded land in rural, central Massachusetts.

Bhávaná Society- Established in Washington DC, in 1982, is dedicated to the practice of Theravadan Buddhist meditation. Bhavana is a term meaning mental cultivation, and Theraváda refers to the oldest school of Buddhism.  The teachings can be traced back 2,500 years to Buddha himself, and have been maintained intact by the world's oldest continuous religious order. Bhavana Society is located on 42 acres of secluded forest near High View, West Virginia (approximately 100 miles west of DC).  The center offers Society members and friends rare opportunities to practice Vipassaná meditation in an ideal setting, in keeping with the forest tradition.

Wildmind Wildmind offers personal guidance and individual instruction suitable for complete beginners as well as more experienced meditators. An experienced meditation teacher will work with you as you learn the techniques and skills of meditation, in one of our structured four-week courses. You will have access to an online meditation journal, through which you can communicate with your teacher, and your teacher with you. You will also have access to a discussion forum that allows you to interact with a community of other people who are learning meditation.

Blue Mountain Lotus Society- Located in Harrisburg, PA. The Blue Mountain Lotus Society (BMLS) is a non-profit organization devoted to sharing the universal teachings of the Buddha in the 21st century. While having roots in the Buddhist traditions of India, China and Japan, it is a distinctly American form.

Dharma Rain Zen Center- is a Soto Zen Temple in Portland, Oregon for lay practice under the direction of Kyogen and Gyokuko Carlson, who are Zen priests and a married couple. DRZC is a growing community of people from very diverse backgrounds coming together to share the practice of Soto Zen

Zenspace.org- ZenSpace offers a place to learn and practice Zen meditation for those interested in Zen and Buddhism. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, we emphasize the Soto Zen tradition of "sitting meditation" or zazen, but respect differences of learning styles and cultural interests in the path towards enlightenment. ZenSpace follows the Buddha's dictum that everyone must be a light unto themselves.

Insight Meditation Society (IMS)-The Insight Meditation Society was founded in 1975 as a nonprofit organization to provide a place for the intensive practice of insight meditation. IMS operates a retreat center set on 80 wooded acres in the quiet country of central Massachusetts.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington- Offers Vipassina courses, weekly sittings, retreats, and more in the Greater D.C. area.

New Camaldoli Hermitage - In Big Sur, CA "has developed into an established expression of the contemplative dimension of life.....The Camaldolese are part of the great Benedictine family founded by Saint Benedict in the sixth century.."

Padmasambhava- Padmasambhava Buddhism Center.

Hsu Yun Buddhis Association-If you live in Tucson, Arizona please visit us at the Minh Dang Quang Buddhist Temple at 140 E. Navajo Rd. It is two blocks east of Oracle Rd. and between Prince and Ft. Lowel Roads. Tel. 520-690-7972

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