Meditation & Retreat Centers
- Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
- Bhavana Society
- Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
- Coastside Vipassana (Montara)
- Common Ground Meditation Center (Minneapolis)
- Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
- East Bay Meditation Center (Oakland)
- Insight LA (Los Angeles)
- Insight Meditation Community of San Francisco
- Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C.
- Insight Meditation Society (IMS Barre, MA)
- Insight Meditation South Bay with Shaila Catherine
- Jikoji Zen Retreat Center
- L.A. Dharma (Los Angeles)
- Louisville Vipassana Community (Kentucky)
- Metta Forest Monastery
- Mid America Dharma
- Mountain Stream Meditation Center (Auburn, Nevada City, Sierra Foothills, CA)
- New York Insight Meditation Center
- Portland Insight Meditation Community
- Princeton Insight Meditation
- Rocky Mountain Insight
- San Francisco Sitting Group with Howard Cohn
- San Francisco Zen Center
- San Jose Sangha
- Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha (N.M.)
- Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
- Seattle Insight Meditation Society
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center
- Tathagata Meditation Center
- Vipassana Hawaii
- Vipassana Metta of Maui, HI
- Vipassana Santa Cruz
Meditation & Retreat Centers: Outside U.S.
- Amaravati, England
- Asian Retreat Centers
- Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, England
- Gaia House, England
- Mahasi Sayadaw Lineage, Burma
- Pa Auk Forest Monastery, Burma
Other Dharma Resources
- Access to Insight
- Ayya Khema Dharma Talks
- Bay Area Young Adult Sangha
- Brahmavihara: Cambodia AIDS project
- Buddhadharma (Quarterly Journal)
- Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, Kevin Griffin
- Buddhist Library, A
- Buddhist Peace Fellowship
- DharmaNet International: Gateways to Buddhism
- Dharma Seed: Download or stream audio files
- Inquiring Mind: A Journal of the Vipassana Community
- Jack Kornfield’s Website
- James Baraz’s Awakening Joy Course
- Leigh Brasington’s Website
- Mindful Schools
- Mindfulness in Education
- Pariyatti.com: Books and tapes about Vipassana
- Prison Sangha Connection
- Saranaloka Foundation: Supporting Theravada nuns of the Ajahn Chah tradition
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Downloadable Dhamma Talks, Essays, and Books
- Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Associated/Local Groups
- Coastside Vipassana: Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Point Montara Hostel in Montara, 7 miles north of Half Moon Bay.
- Insight Meditation South Bay: Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm.Principal teacher is Shaila Catherine. Meets at Edwards Hall of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View.
- La Honda Drop-In Meditation Group: Every Tuesday night, 6:15pm. Contact Cindy Crowe-Urgo
- Modesto Drop-In Meditation Group with Lori Wong, Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm and Wednesday mornings 10:00-11:30am, see website for locations and more info.
- Oakland Drop-in Meditation Group: Unitarian Church, 14th and Castro. Contact Rebecca Dixon (510) 482-2032. Mondays: Instruction at 5:15 pm; Meditation/Discussion 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
- Palo Alto Drop-in Mindfulness Group: Wednesdays, 2- 3:00 pm with Julie Forbes. Avenidas, 450 Bryant St. Call (650) 326-5362.
- San Jose Sangha: Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm. 1041 Morse Street, San Jose. Contact Berget Jelane (408) 255-2783.
- Young Adults Group: Join Young Adult Dharma Council (YADC), a community that aims to unite young Buddhist practitioners from around the Bay Area; the group lists a number young adult groups in the Bay Area. You can also contact IMC.iGeneration@gmail.com for more information.
