Other Community Dharma Sitting Groups
Community members offer regular sitting groups in their homes or public spaces following Theravada Buddhist practices.
- Cowichan Bay Home Group
- Cowichan Valley Meditation
- Sweet Refuge Sangha (Indigenous, Black, People of Colour) Group
Please email the facilitators if you would like to attend.
Study and retreat opportunities…
Study:
- Access to Insight – Readings in Theravada Buddhism
- Dharmaseed – Audio dharma talks from Theravadan teachers
- Dhammatalks.org – Teachings from Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Meditation Communities:
- Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery – Redwood Valley, California
- BC Insight Meditation Society – Vancouver with retreats in Nanaimo
- Cloud Mountain Retreat Center – Washington State
- Insight Meditation Society – Massachusetts
- Portland Insight Meditation Community – Portland, Oregon
- Salt Spring Insight Meditation Community – Salt Spring Island, BC
- Seattle Insight Meditation Society – Seattle, Washington
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center – Marin County, California
- West Coast Dharma Society – Vancouver, BC
- Bellingham Insight Meditation Society – Bellingham and Samish Island, WA
- Birken Forest Monastery – Near Kamloops, BC
- Insight Meditation Center – Redwood City, California
- Tara Brach – Dharma talks and retreat schedule
- Metta Forest Monastery – San Diego County, California
Non-Theravadan Buddhist Communities
- Mahasangha – Multi-tradition Buddhist community blog
- Victoria Zen Centre – Soto Zen tradition
- Victoria Shambhala Society – Tibetan Buddhist meditation