Links to Other Web Sites

The following links will lead you to further information about mindfulness meditation,
also known as insight meditation or vipassana meditation.

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.
http://www.spiritrock.org/

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.
http://www.dharma.org/ims

Mid America Dharma
Mid America Dharma offers Insight Meditation to the central region of the US.
http://www.midamericadharma.org

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.
http://www.abhayagiri.org/

Pundarika
http://www.pundarika.org/

Pariyatti
The Pariyatti Book Service, a mail-order company specializing in books of interest to Vipassana meditators and students of the Buddha's teaching.
http://www.pariyatti.com/

Tricycle Buddhist Magazines and Meditation Store
A buddhist resource site.
http://www.tricycle.com/

DharmaNet
http://www.dharmanet.org

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

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
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/index.html

BuddhaNet's Buddhist E-book Library: General Buddhism, Meditation, Buddhist Scriptures
This site has several theravadan texts in downloadable pdf format.
http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks.htm

BuddhaMind.info
Interesting, Educational, and Fun site!
http://www.buddhamind.info/

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."