Info Web Theravadan traditions

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• Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery [Redwood Valley CA] - a monestary in the tradition of Ajahn Cha, Ajahn Sumedho, and Amaravati Buddhist Monastary.

• Access to Insight - Readings in Theravada Buddhism [MA].

• Albuquerque Vipassana Community [NM].

• Amaravati Buddhist Monastery [UK].

• Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association [UK] - Lay Buddhist Teachings, Newsletters and Retreats at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.

• Angulimala - Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy [UK].

• Arrow River Community Center [Thunder Bay ONT] - The resident bhikkhu is Ajahn Punnadhammo who has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1979 and was ordained in Thailand in the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah in 1990.

• The Aukana Trust [Wiltshire UK] - charitable trust which runs a meditation center, two monasteries, and publishes its own books. Headed by Alan James, who trained in Thailand.

• Barre Center for Buddhist Studies [Barre MA] - dedicated to bringing together teachers, students, scholars & practitioners who are committed to exploring Buddhist thought & practice as a living tradition, faithful to its origins & lineage, yet adaptable & alive in each new time & place.

• Bhavana Society [High View WV] - established in Washington DC, in 1982. Site includes Dhamma articles by Bhante Rahula and Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.

• Birken Forest Monastery [Princeton BC] - originated in 1994 when Vens. Sona and Piyadhammo established the first Western Theravada forest monastic site in Canada.

• Bodhinyanarama [Wellington NZ] - founded in 1985 as a monastic residence of the Theravada tradition. Bodhinyanarama has its origins in the Thai Forest Tradition and is associated with the many branch monasteries of the highly revered and respected meditation master Ajahn Chah who died in the early 1990's.

• Buddha Dhamma by Ajahn Chah.

• Buddha-Dharma Meditation Center [Hinsdale IL] - a Theravada Buddhist Temple and edcuation center founded in 1986 by Thai and American Buddhists.

• BuddhaNet [U.Western Sydney, Australia].

• Buddha's Light Universal Welfare Society [Bangladesh].

• Buddha Vihara - Aston [UK].

• Buddhayana Centre Netherlands [Netherlands].

• Buddhist Center of Dallas [Dallas TX].

• Buddhist Cultural Centre [Dehiwala, Sri Lanka].

• Buddhist Publication Society [Sri Lanka].

• Buddhist Retreat Centre [Ixopo, South Africa] - a traditional, semi-monastic environment for the study and practise of Buddhist meditation, philosophy, psychology and allied arts and disciplines.

• Buddhist Society of Western Australia [Nollamara, WA, Australia] - established to encourage the teaching, practice and realization of the Dhamma, with special emphasis on Theravada Buddhism.

• Cambridge Insight Meditation Center [Cambridge MA].

• Centre Bouddhique International [Bourget, France].

• Centro Mexicano del Buddhismo Theravada [Mexico] - the objective of CMBT is to promote activities regarding the theory and practice of Theravada Buddhism in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries.

• Chanmyay Yeiktha [Myanmar]

• Chieng Mai Dhamma Study Group [Chiang Mai, Thailand].

• Cloud Mountain Meditation Center [Castle Rock WA].

• Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the USA.

• Deep Spring Center for Meditation & Spiritual Inquiry [Ann Arbor MI].

• Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Institute [Thailand].

• Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre [Nollamara, WA, Australia].

• Dhammananda Vihara - Theravada Buddhist Society of America [Half Moon Bay CA].

• Dhammasala Forest Monastery [Perry, MI] - Forest monastery with an American Abbot ordained in Thailand, Ahjahn Khemasanto (Douglas Johnson).

• Dhamma Web [Sri Lanka].

• The Forest Hermitage [UK] - Wat Pah Santidhamma or The Forest Hermitage is a small, peaceful Buddhist monastery after the style of the forest monasteries of N.E. Thailand but set in the heart of England.

• forestSANGHA - a directory to the communities of disciples of Venerable Ajahn Chah.

• Forest Way Insight Meditation Center [Ruckersville, VA] - a non-profit organization dedicated to providing retreat opportunities conducive to spiritual growth that is both balanced and integrated.

• Portland Friends of the Dhamma [Portland OR] - arises from the Theravada, Thai-Forest meditation lineage of Ajahn Chah and is advised by and affiliated with Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

• Gaia House [UK] - founded in 1984, Gaia House is the only non-affiliated retreat centre in Britain which offers guidance in different meditative disciplines from the Buddhist traditions.

• Insight Meditation Center [Redwood City CA] - a community-based urban meditation center for the practice of Vipassana or Insight meditation.

• Insight Meditation Society [Barre MA] - IMS 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.

• Olive Branch Sangha [Santa Barbara CA].

• International Buddhist Center [Silver Spring MD].

• International Meditation Center (IMC-USA) [WestminsterMD].

• International Meditation Centres in the Sayagyi U Ba Khin Tradition. Each of the six International Meditation Centres in the West is a direct offshoot of the International Meditation Centre of Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma), which was founded by Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

• London Buddhist Vihara [London UK] - formed in 1926 by Anagarika Dharmapala, the Vihara was the first Buddhist monastery to be established outside the continent of Asia.

• Madison Insight Meditation Group [WI].

• Mahindarama Sunday Pali School [Penang, Malaysia].

• Metta Forest Monastery [Valley Center CA] - founded in 1990 by Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco, a student of Phra Ajaan Munn Bhuridatto. The current abbot --Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) was ordained as a monk in Thailand in 1976.

• Metta Foundation [Portland OR].

• Mid-America Dharma Group [Kansas City MO].

• Nalanda: Centro de Estudos Buddhistas e Meditacao [Brasil].

• Natural Buddhist Meditation Temple (Watpa Chicago) [Burbank IL].

• New York Insight [New York, NY]
  A center for the practice of mindful awareness (called Insight or Vipassana meditation). NYI provides a place where all are welcome to begin or deepen meditation practice based on the liberation teachings of the Buddha. NYI programs include evenings with renowned meditation teachers, ongoing classes, daylong retreats and weekend programs for the integration of meditation teachings in daily life. Most programs are suitable for beginning as well as experienced meditators.

• Nyanavira Thera Dhamma Page - The aim of this web site is to make more widely available the writings of the late Ven. Nyanavira Thera which, though of extraordinary quality and depth, do not -- for different reasons -- attract any of the established Buddhist publishers.

• Philadelphia Meditation Center [Havertown PA].

• Portland Insight Meditation Community [Portland OR] - founded by Robert Beatty.

• Ratanagiri: Harnham Buddhist Monastery [Northumberland, UK].

• Rocky Mountain Insight [Colorado Springs CO].

• Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Center [Sebastopol CA] - established by Dr. Thynn Thynn, a Burmese-born Dhamma teacher in March, 1997. A Samatha-Vipassana Center in the lineage of the late Ven. Shwe Baw Gyun Sayadaw of Burma. Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Foundation was founded in in order to establish a permanent Dhamma Center cum residential Dhamma community.

• Samatha Trust [UK] - The Trust's purpose is to foster the development of Samatha Meditation, a traditional technique of self-cultivation leading to inner-strength, tranquility and knowledge. The meditation method has its origins in ancient India, but developed over recent centuries in Thailand and was brought to Britain in 1963.

• Sanghapala Foundation [Redwood Valley, CA] - the lay steward organization for Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

• Sati Center for Buddhist Studies [Palo Alto CA] - for people interested in offering Buddhist spiritual care, the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies offers a year-long program of training.

• Seattle Insight Meditation Society [Seattle WA].

• Show Me Dharma: Insight Meditation in Mid-Missouri.

• Skillful Meditation Project [Idyllwild CA] - founded as a non-profit organization in 1996 in Los Angeles. Jason Siff has been the Guiding Teacher from its inception and continues to teach and train teachers.

• Southern Dharma Retreat Center [Hot Springs NC] - an interfaith retreat center which hosts meditation retreats representing the world's various spiritual traditions. Retreat teachers are experienced and recognized in their own traditions.

• Spirit Rock Meditation Center [Woodacre CA].

• Suan Mokkhabalarama [Thailand] - Suan Mokkh is a forest monastery along the coast of Southern Thailand, founded in 1932 by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu and grew to become the most innovative and progressive Buddhist teaching center in Thailand. Although Buddhadasa Bhikkhu has passed away, much of his work continues.

• Sunnataram Forest Monastery [Bundanoon, NSW]. Ven. Phra Mana Viriyarampo is abbot.

• Taiwan Vipassana Center [Yangmae, Taiwan].

• Theravada Buddhist Society of America - founded in 1980 to support the sasana activities in general and the Dhammananda Vihara activities in particular.

• Vihara Jakarta Dhammacakka Jaya [Jakarta, Indonesia].

• Vipassanagruppen [Stockholm, Sweden].

• Vipassana Hawaii [Honolulu HI] - retreats, sitting groups, special projects in Honolulu and Greater Hawaii, under direction of Steven Smith and Michele McDonald-Smith.

• Vipassana Meditation: Courses in the Art of Living - the international home page of the organizations which offer courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

• Vipassana Metta Foundation [Maui HI].

• Vipassana Research Institute - created with the purpose of providing reference material and information on the core teachings of The Buddha and specifically on the Vipassana Meditation Technique as taught in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin under the guidance of his chief disciple, S. N. Goenka.

• Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara [Washington D.C.] - an educational and religious organization dedicated to the presentation of Buddhist thought, practice, and culture.

• Wat Buddhamongkolnimit [Albuquerque NM].

• Wat Buddhananachat of Austin [Austin TX].

• Wat Buddharama [Netherlands].

• Wat Buddharangsee [Sydney, Australia].

• Wat Buddhavas [Houston TX].

• Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram [Bolivia NC].

• Wat Chairatanaram [Oklahoma City OK].

• Wat Dhammabucha [San Antonio TX].

• Wat Dhammaram [Chicago IL].

• Watpa Chicago [Burbank IL].

• Wat Pah Santhidhama [Carrolltan VA].

• Wat Phraspiratanamahadatu [Chicago IL].

• Wat Promkunaram [Waddell AZ].

• Wat Samakkidhammaram [Long Beach CA].

• Wat Thai D.C. [Washington DC] - a non-profit Buddhist center serving the Thai and Thai-American communities. The Wat is the focal point for cultural and educational activities for the community, as well as an information center for Americans interested in Thailand and Buddhism.

• Wat Thai of LA [Los Angeles CA].

• Wat Thaton [Chiang Mai, Thailand].

• Wat Tummaprateip Virginia-Washington DC [Accokeek MD].

• Wat Yarnnarangsee Buddhist Monastery [Sterling VA].

• World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) - [Bangkok, Thailand].

• Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA).