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Online Buddhist Centers & Information
In the Theravada Traditions

• Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery [Redwood Valley CA].
• Access to Insight - Readings in Theravada Buddhism [MA].
• Albuquerque Vipassana Community [NM].
• Amaravati Buddhist Monastery [UK].
• Amaravati Upasika Association [UK].
• Angulimala - Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy [UK].
• Arrow River Community Center [Thunder Bay ONT].
• 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].
• Bodhinyanarama [Wellington NZ] - The Garden of Enlightened Knowing, was 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.
• Buddhadharma Meditation Center [Hinsdale IL].
• BuddhaNet [U.Western Sydney, Australia].
• Buddha's Light Universal Welfare Society [Bangladesh].
• Buddha Vihara - Aston [UK].
• Buddhayana Centre Netherlands [Netherlands].
• Buddhism & Insight [London UK].
• Buddhist Center of Dallas [Dallas TX].
• Buddhist Cultural Centre [Dehiwala, Sri Lanka].
• Buddhist Propagation Society (MettaNet) [Glendale CA].
• 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. The Society established Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, 60 km south of Perth, and supports the monastic community living there. In 1998, the Society bought a large piece of natural busland in Gidgegannup and progess is under way to establish a nuns' monastery, named Dhammasara Monastery.
• Buddhist Study Association of Greater New York [W Orange, NJ].
• Buddhist Wisdom Centre [Selangor, Malaysia].
• Budismo Theravada en Espagnol.
• Cambridge Insight Meditation Center [Cambridge MA].
• Centre Bouddhique International [Bourget, France].
• Centro Mexicano del Buddhismo Theravada [Mexico].
• Chanmyay Sayadaw Centres and Teachings.
• Chieng Mai Dhamma Study Group [Chiang Mai, Thailand].
• Cloud Mountain Meditation Center [Castle Rock WA].
• Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the USA.
• Cyber-Buddhist Initiative - hosts Buddhist Wisdom Centre, Vipassana Tribune, Sukhi Hotu, dhamma-list, Sadhu!, and the Theravada Buddhism Webring.
• Deep Spring Center for Meditation & Spiritual Inquiry [Ann Arbor MI].
• Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Foundation [Thailand].
• Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre [Nallamara, 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. Apart from its function as a Buddhist monastery and a focus for Buddhist teaching, practice and traditional observances, The Forest Hermitage is also the headquarters of ANGULIMALA, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation.
• forestSANGHA - a directory to the communities of disciples of Venerable Ajahn Chah.
• Forest Way Insight Meditation Center [Columbia MD].
• Friends of the Dhamma Buddhist Resource Center [Portland OR].
• Gaia House [UK].
• Green Mountain Sangha [Middlebury VT].
• Harnham Buddhist Monastery.
• Insight Meditation Center of the Midpeninsula [Redwood City CA].
• 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.
• Insight Meditation Society of Orange County [CA].
• Insight Mission Society [Burbank CA] - a non-profit organization of monks and laypeople dedicated to sharing the teachings of the Buddha and providing meditation instruction to all who wish to benefit from them. We work at this through service in the community with programs such as reading to children in the hospital, visiting the elderly, bringing meals to shut-ins, teaching meditation to pain patients, providing adaptive computers to quadriplegics, etc.
• International Buddhist Center [Silver Spring MD].
• International Meditation Center (IMC-USA) [MD].
• International Meditation Centres in the Sayagyi U Ba Khin Tradition.
• Israel Insight Society.
• London Buddhist Vihara [London UK].
• Madison Insight Meditation Group [WI].
• Mahindarama Sunday Pali School [Penang MALAYSIA].
• Metta Forest Monastery [Valley Center CA].
• Metta Foundation [Portland OR].
• Mid-America Dharma Group [Kansas City MO].
• Myanmar Buddhist Association of South Africa [South Gate, SOUTH AFRICA].
• Nalanda: Centro de Estudos Buddhistas e Meditacao [BRASIL].
• Natural Buddhist Meditation Temple (Watpa Chicago) [Burbank IL].
• 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 Vipassana Sangha [Portland OR] - founded by Robert Betty.
• Ratanagiri: Harnham Buddhist Monastery [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, it was founded on the principles of metta (non-violence), dana (charity), sila (keeping the precepts), bhavana (cultivation of the mind towards enlightenment.) Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Foundation was founded in in order to establish a permanent Dhamma Center cum residential Dhamma community.
• Samatha Trust [UK] - founded in 1973 to keep alive the Buddha's teaching through providing opportunities to learn and practise Samatha, a traditional form of Buddhist meditation based on mindfulness of breathing. In actual fact, the form of meditation practiced is Samatha-Vipassana, developing Samatha (calm), as a basis for Vipassana (insight). This site provides information about local Samatha meditation groups throughout the UK, and also events run by the Trust.
• Sanghapala Foundation [Redwood Valley, CA] - the lay steward organization for Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
• Sati Center for Buddhist Studies [Palo Alto CA].
• Seattle Insight Meditation Society [Seattle WA].
• Show Me Dharma: Insight Meditation in Mid-Missouri.
• Skillful Meditation Project [Idyllwild CA].
• Southern Dharma Retreat Center [Hot Springs NC].
• Spirit Rock Meditation Center [Woodacre CA].
• Suan Mokkhabalarama [Thailand] - Suan Mokkh is a forest monastery along the coast of Southern Thailand, 600 km from Bangkok. It was 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. This WWW site is a continuation of that work, one of many virtual Suan Mokkhs.
• Sunnataram California Meditation Monastery [Escondido CA] - in the Thai tradition. Venerable Yantra Amaro is resident abbot.
• Sunnataram Forest Monastery [Bundanoon, NSW]. Ven. Phra Mana Viriyarampo is abbot.
  
• Taiwan Vipassana Center [Yangmae, Taiwan].
• Theravada.NET: A Gateway to the Teachings of Gotama Buddha.
• 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 home page of the North American organization which offers courses in Vipassana Meditation in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Kin as taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers.
• 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. The objective is to provide an insight into the practical aspect of the Buddha's teaching.
• Virtuous Reality - Buddhist Pages for Kids.
• Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara [Washington D.C.] - an educational and religious organization dedicated to the presentation of Buddhist thought, practice, and culture.
• Wat Buddhadharma [Hinsdale IL].
• Wat Buddhamongkolnimit [Albuquerque NM].
• Wat Buddhananachat of Austin [Austin TX].
• Wat Buddharam - Buddhist Center of New Mexico [Albuquerque NM].
• Wat Buddharama [Netherlands].
• Wat Buddharangsee [AU].
• Wat Buddharatanaram [Keller TX].
• 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 Saddhadhamma [Converse TX].
• Wat Samakkidhammaram [Long Beach CA].
• Wat Santidham [Augusta GA].
• 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) [Singapore].