Resources for New Meditators:
- Mindfulness Daily – (40-day free course) with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield
- Tara Brach – Dharma talks and retreat schedule
Other Community Dharma Sitting Groups:
Community members offer regular sitting groups in their homes or public spaces following Theravada Buddhist practices.
- Salt Spring Insight Meditation Community – Salt Spring Island, BC
- Cowichan Bay Home Group
- Rachel Lewis, daily online sit
- Mary-Ann Enthoven – Deep Cove, North Saanich, BC
- BCIMS – online and in-person sit groups, BC
- Bellingham Insight Meditation Society – Bellingham and Samish Island, WA
- Seattle Insight Meditation Society – Seattle, Washington
- Portland Insight Meditation Community – Portland, Oregon
- Insight Meditation Center – Redwood City, California
- Insight Meditation Society – Barre, Massachusetts
Please email the facilitators if you would like to attend.
Study:
- Access to Insight – Readings in Theravada Buddhism
- Dharmaseed – Audio dharma talks from Theravadan teachers
- Dhammatalks.org – Teachings from Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Talks, Chants, and More in Audio and Written Format)
Theravadan Meditation and Retreat Communities:
- Aranya Refuge – Vancouver Island, BC
- BC Insight Meditation Society – Vancouver with retreats in Nanaimo
- Birken Forest Monastery – Near Kamloops, BC
- Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community and Monastery – (Ayya Ahimsa), Canmore, AB
- Sati Saraniya Hermitage – (Ayya Medhanandi), Perth Ontario
- Tirana Buddhist Monastery – (Ajaan Viradhammo), Perth, Ontario
- Clear Mountain Monastery – (Ajahn Nisabho and Ajahn Kovilo), North Bend, WA
- Cloud Mountain Retreat Center – Washington State
- Parayana Vihara – (Ayya Anandabodhi), Port Townsend, WA
- Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery – Redwood Valley, California
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center – Marin County, California
- Aloka Earth Room – (Ayya Santacitta), San Rafael, California
- Metta Forest Monastery – San Diego County, California