Worldwide Meditation Centre
Burma/Myanmar
International dialing prefix for Myanmar +95
Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Centre
55A Kaba Aye Pagoda Road
Kaba Aye P.O. Yangon (Rangoon) 11061
Tel: (01) 661479, Fax: 01- 667050
Email: chanmyayinform@gmail.com
Web site: www.chanmyay.org
Teacher: Ven. Sayadaw U Janaka
Tradition: Vipassana using the Mahasi Sayadaw method Dhamma Joti Vipassana Centre
Wingaba Yele Kyaung
Nga HtatGyi Pagoda Road,
Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: (1) 549 290
Email: BANDOOLAMYANMAR@mtp400.stems.com
Tradition: Sayagi U Ba Khin
International Centre
Aung Myay Thar Yar Road
Gone Tala Poung village
Mingaladon township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel. +95-1- 636402.
Email: headway@mptmail.net.mm
Tradition: Cittanupassana Vipassana Meditation Method
Teacher: Ven. Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Kyaswa Monastery Burma. Each year there is a three week meditation course for foreigners offered by Sayadaw U Lakkhana and a couple of teachers from the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. USA. One has to arrive only the day before and cannot stay on. The dates are in January and February.
Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha Meditation Centre
Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organisation
No 16, Sasana Yeiktha Road, Yangon, 11201Myanmar
Tel: 01 541971, 552501
Fax: 289960, 289961
Email: Webmaster@mahasi.com
Web site: www.mahasi.com
Tradition: Satipatthana Vipassana meditation
Pak Auk Forest Monastery
c/- Major U Khan Sain (Rtd)
653 Lower Main Road
Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar
Tel: 032 22132
Web site: www.paauk.org
Teacher: Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw
Rangoon Contact:
U Thet Tin
30 Myananda Lane
Kyank Grove Quarter
Yankin Township, Yangon
Method: Pak Auk method of meditation emphasising concentration and jhanas (absorptions)
Panditarama Meditation Centre
80 A, Thanlwin Road
Shwe Gon Dine P.O., Bahan
Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Tel: (951) 535448, 705525
Web site: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/pandita.htm
Teacher: Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita
Tradition: Vipassana using the Mahasi Sayadaw method
Panditarama Forest Meditation Centre (Shwe Taun Gon)
Tel. 0095-1-535448 and 0095-1-705525
Shwe Taun Gon Forest Meditation Centre is about an hour by road from Yangon; specifically for Westerners. The kutis (cabins) are spacious and there is a large two-storey meditation hall. (for men and women)
Saddhamma Ransi Meditation Centre
7 Zeyar Khemar Road,
Mayangone 7SHP. Yangon, Myanmar
Teacher: Ven. Sayadaw U Kundala
Tradition: Vipassana / Mahasi Sayadaw method
INDIA
International dialing prefix for India +91
Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute
876/1 Cross
Lakshmipuram
Mysore 570 004
Karnataka
Auroville
Visitors Centre
Auroville 605 101
Tamil Nadu
guests@auroville.org.in
extensive community on 2600 acres
Bodh Gaya Retreats
Information about the anual retreats in Bodh Gaya
www.bodhgayaretreats.org
Bihar School of Yoga
Ganga Darshan Fort
Monghyr
Bihar 811201
tel: 91 6344 22430
Bodhi Zendo
Perumalmalai
Kodaikanal 624104 India
Tel: 4542 30345
Email: BodhiZendo@iname.com
Teacher: Fr. Ama Samy S.J.
Tradition: Soto/Rinzai Zen
Lineage: Sanbo Kyodan
Contact: The Administrator
Burmese Vihar,
P.O. Bodh Gaya, Gaya,
Bihar 824231 India
Tel: (0631) 2200 721
Tradition: Theravada
Resident monk: Ven. U Nyaneinda
(much loved monastery where international pilgrims stay)
Burmese Buddhist Temple
Sarnath
P.O. Box Sarnath, 221007
Varanasi, U.P. India
Tel. 385009
Tradition: Theravada
Choe Khor Sum Ling
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center
Street: Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street
560071 Bangalore, India
Contact person: Mr. Abdul Aziz
Telephone: 91 80 41486497
Email: admin@choekhorsumling.org
www@choekhorsumling.org & www.cksl.in
Tradition: Mahayana
Spiritual Director: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Teacher/s: Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsering
Khangser Rinpoche
Geshe Gedun Choephal
Geshe Tenzin Zopa
Ven. Tenzin Namdak
Ven. Tenzin Legtsok
Daijokyo Buddhist Temple
P.O. Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar 824231 India
Tel: (0631) 2200 747
Tel/Fax: (0631) 2200 407
Tradition: Mahayana, Daijokyo Sect (Japan)
Email: daijokyotemple_cg@yahoo.com.in
Stay there is generally limited to three days.
Dhamma Bodhi
Bodhgaya International Vipassana Meditation Centre
Gaya-Dobhi Road, Post Office: Magadh University
Bodhgaya, Gaya, 824234 India
Tel: (0631) 2200 437
Tradition: S. N. Goenka - Vipassana
Dzogchen Monastery
Dhondenling
P.O. Tibetan Settlement
Kollegal Taluk
Chamrajnagar District
Karnataka 571457 India
Tel: 91 (0) 8225 23247, Fax: 91 (0) 8225 23267
Web site: www.dzogchenmonastery.net
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma (Rigpa)
International Meditation Centre
P.O. Bodh Gaya, Gaya
Bihar 824231 India
Tel/Fax: 2200 707
President: Ven. Dr. Rastrapal, Mahathera
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Mahasi Sayadaw Meditation Centre
Iyengar Yoga Institute
1107 B1
Shivaji Nagar
Poona 411 016
Krishnamurti Foundation
Vasanta Vihar Study Centre
64 Greenways Road
Madras 600 028
Tamil Nadu.
Mahabodhi Mahavihara
(Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee)
P.O. Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar 824231 India
Tel: 0091-631-2200 735, Fax: 0091-631-2200 777
Email: mahabodhi@hotmail.com or btmc@vsnl.net
Web site: www.mahabodhi.com
Email: bodhipala_bdg@yahoo.com
Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC)
Devachan, P.O.Box 22
Leh, Ladakh - 194101, India
Tel: 91-1982-44025 / 44155
Email: mahabodhi@geocities.com
Web site: www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/5613/index.html
Meditation Courses and trekking
Maitri Charitable Trust
P.O. Box 32
Bodhgaya, Gaya District, Bihar 824 231
Tel: (631) 200 714, Fax: (631) 200 548
Email: ferranti@vsnl.net
Web site: www.fpmt.org/maitri
Director Adriana Ferranti
Motilal Banarsi Dass Publishers
41-UA Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar
Delhi 110 007 India
Tel: 011- 2391 8335, Fax: 011- 2393 0689
Email: mlbd@vsnl.com
Web site: www.mlbd.com
Publishers of books on Buddhism and India's foremost bookseller on books on Eastern religions.
Pragya Vihar School
c/o Lord Abbot
Burmese Vihara
Bodh Gaya
Bihar, 824231
India.
School supported by Dharma friends
for Bodh Gaya's poorest children
For further information and for donations
www.insightmeditation.org
christopher@insightmeditation.org
New Delhi Sangha
Shantum Seth
309 B Sector 15A; Noida, UP 201301
Tel: (91) 120 4512162 and (91) 120 4511633
Email: gitanjalivarma@hotmail.com
Tradition: Thich Nhat Hahn and Order of Interbeing
Affiliation: Community of Mindful Living
Office of the Dalai Lama
Thekchen Choeling
P.O. McLeod Ganj
Dharamsala H.P. 176219 India
Tel: [0091-(0)1892] 221343/221879
Fax: [0091-(0)1892] 221813
Email: ohhdl@gov.tibet.net
Dalai Lama's Official website: www.dalailama.com
Open Dharma
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Contact: Jaya Ashmore
Email: towardsliberation@yahoo.com
Web site: www.opendharma.org
Tradition: Offering a variety of dharma programmes from a few days to weeks in various places in India throughout much of the year.
Teacher: Jaya Ashmore and others.
Ramesh Balsekar
”Sindhula House” N. Gamadia Road
(off Peddar Road)
Bombay, India. 400 026
Breech-Candy area between Peddar Road and Warden Road.
Advaita. 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. daily for Satsang.
Root Institute for Wisdom Culture
Bodhgaya, Gaya District, Bihar 824231 India
Tel: (0631) 2200 714, Fax: (0631) 2200 548
Email: rootinstitute@vsnl.com or rioffice@vsnl.com
Web site: www.rootinstitute.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Satsang in India
www.satsanginindia.org
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Rue de la Marine
Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu 605 002
Sri Ramanashram
Ramanashram PO
Tiruvannamalai 606 603
Tamil Nadu
Tel: 91 4175 23292
(much loved locality for numerous followers of Advaita – Non Duality)
Thai Temple,
P.O. Bodh Gaya,
Gaya, Bihar 824231 India
Tel: (0631) 200 470, Fax: 200 470
Tradition: Theravada
(January 11-18, January 18 – 25,
January 26 – February 5 annual retreats)
see Christopher's schedule.
Thai Temple
Sarnath
near Varanasi
February 7 – 21 annual Dharma Gathering
Christopher, Jaya and other teachers
see Christopher's schedule
Tushita Meditation Centre
McLeod Ganj
Dharamsala
Kangra District HP 176 219
Tel: (91) (1892) 21866, Fax: (91) (1892) 21246 Attn. Tushita
Email: tushita@ndf.vsnl.net.in
Dharamsala, India a member of the FPMT
Spiritual Director: Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Centre for the study and practice of Mahayana Buddhism.
Vipassana International Academy
Dhamma Giri; P.O. Box 6
Igatpuri 422 403
District Nasik
Maharashtra; India.
Email: dhgiri.vri@axcess.net.in
Web site: www.vri.dhamma.org
Tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka
Ten-day courses of Vipassana meditation.
Wat Thai Kusinara Chalermraj
P.O. Distt. Kushinagar 274 403
Uttar Pradesh, India
Tel: 5564 - 271189
Fax: 5564 - 272089
Email: enquiry@watthaikusinara.org
Abbot: Ven. Phra Widhet Bodhikun
Yoga Niketan
PO Muni Ki Reti
Rishikesh 249192
Uttar Pradesh
Sri Lanka
International dialing prefix Sri Lanka +94
Buddhist Publication Society (BPS)
P.O. Box 61, 54, Sangharaja Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Tel/Fax: (94) 8-223679
Email: bps@sltnet.lk
Web site: www.bps.lk
Excellent collection of suttas, books and paperbacks for sale at very moderate prices on every aspect of the Buddha's teachings from the Pali suttas (discourses).
Devanam Piyatissa International Meditation Centre
Digana road, Pallekele, Kundasale, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Tel: 0094-8-2420050
Web site: www.geocities.com/venamathagavesi/index.html
Tradition: Theravada, Samatha and Vipassana
Spiritual leader: The Late Ven Amatha Gavesi
Teachers: Senior resident Nuns at the meditation centre.
International Meditation Centre
Kananwila, Horana, near Colombo Sri Lanka
Director: Ven. K. Wimalajothi
Island Hermitage (Polgasduwa)
Dodanduwa, Galle District
Contact: Ven. Nyanasanta
Kanduboda Vipassana Meditation Centre
Kanduboda, Delgoda, Sri Lanka
Tel/Fax: 94 01 570306
Email: kandubod@sltnet.lk
Web site: www.metta.lk/temples/kandubodha/index.html
Affiliation: Mahasi Sayadaw Meditation Centre
Teacher: Ven. Madawela Upali, Thera
Lanka Vipassana Bhavana Centre
108 Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7
Teacher: Ven. Pemasiri
Affiliation: Mahasi Sayadaw Centre
Lewella Meditation Centre
150 Dharmasoka Mawatha
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Tel/Fax: 0094-8-225471 (not always working)
Web site: www.buddhanet-de.net/lewella
Contact: Ven. Analayo
Narada Centre
Buddhist Information Centre
380/9 Sarana Road, Colombo 7 Sri Lanka
Tel: (94) 075 364115
Email: bps@nc.metta.lk
Web site: www.metta.lk
Nilambe Meditation Centre
Kandy, Galaha Road,
Sri Lanka
Tel: 0094-77-80455 (only from 20-22h)
Email: Upulnilambe@yahoo.com
Web site: www.nilambe.org
for short and long term practice, especially for lay people, East and West.
Rockhill Hermitage
Wegirikanda, Hondiadeniya
Via Gompola, Sri Lanka
Contact: Ven. Bhante Kassapa & Tim Browning
Email: kassapab@ids.lk or timbrowning@netspace.net.au
Web site: www.rockhillsrilanka.net
Tradition: Theravada, Vipassana Insight Meditation
Spiritual Director: Bhante Kassapa
Sarvodaya Movement
Sarvodaya Headquarters
No 98, Rawatawatta Road,
Moratuwa , Sri Lanka
Phone +9411 2647 159, 5550 756, 2655 255
Fax +9411 5557 972
www.blogforsrilanka.com
www.sarvodaya.org
Founder: Dr. Ariyaratne
Largest development charity in Sri Lanka – based on Dharma practice.
Vipassana Meditation Centre - Dhamma Kuta
Mowbray Galaha Road, Hindagala; Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Tel: (070) 800-057
Tradition: Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka
Thailand
International dialing prefix for Thailand +66
A&P (International Vipassana Meditation Centre In Thailand)
206/1 Moo4 Tambol Sam Roi Yod
Pranburi, Prachuabkirikhan, 77120
Contact: Mrs. Pariyakorn Sutavimol
Tel/Fax: 032-559-218
Email: apfoundation@yahoo.com
Tradition: Intensive Vipassana Meditation (Mahasi Sayadaw)
Director: Ajarn Jeff Oliver
Achan Naeb School Vipassana Insight Practice Centre
Location: Hua Hin, Thailand
Contact person: Rodrigo Aldana
Email: vipasanamx@yahoo.com
Tradition: Vipassana practice as taught by the late Achan Naeb .
Affiliation: Vivatta Insight Practice Institute
Spiritual Director: Achan Naeb Mahaniranonda
Chom Tong Insight Meditation Centre
(Wat Phradhatu Sri Chom Tong Voravihara)
Tambon Ban Luang, Amper Chom Tong, Chiang Mai 50160
Tel: 0-5334-2184 (English) 0-53826-869 (Thai)
Email: chomtong@sirimangalo.org
Web site: www.sirimangalo.org
or asia.sirimangalo.org/chomtong
Tradition: Satipatthana Vipassana based on Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw's teaching.
Teacher: Phra Rajapromajaan, abbot and head Vipassana Meditation teacher for Northern Thailand. English-speaking teachers change, but are generally available year-round.
Dhammodaya Meditation Centre
45/1 Mu 4 Tambol Tanoun-krat
Ampur Muang, Nakorn Pathom 73000
Tel: (0) 1-810-9632
Email: dhammodaya@hotmail.com
Tradition: Vipassana meditation, Mahasi Sayadaw
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
Bangkok
www.sulak-sivaraksa.org
ineboffice@yahoo.com
Samui Dharma Healing Centre
63 Mu Tee 1
Ang Thong, Koh Samui
Surat Thani 84140 Thailand
Founder: Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikku
Contact: Hillary Hitt
Email: samuifasting@hotmail.com
Web site: www.dharmahealing.com
Thailand Vipassana Centre
Dhamma Kamala
200 Baan Nern-Pasook
(Behind Thai-Rath Vitaya 7 School)
Tambol Dong-Kee-Lek, Amphur Muang, Prachinburi 25000, Thailand
Email: info@kamala.dhamma.org
Tradition: Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka
Wat Asokaram
Sukumvit Road, Samut Prakan 10280
Meditation method: Anapanasati is the main technique taught
Abbot: Ajahn Tong (Phra Khru Suvandhamma chote), Other senior monks assist.
Phra Ajahn Bunku Anuvathano speaks good English.
Wat Bhaddanta Asabha Theravada
118/1 Moo 1, Baan Nong Pru, Nong Pai Kaiw
Baan Bung, Chonburi, 20220 Thailand
Contact: Ajahn Somsak Sorado or Phra Ratha Mahaviriyo
Tel: (0) 38 292- 361
Email: wat_asabha@yahoo.com
Tradition: Intensive Insight Meditation (Mahasi Sayadaw)
Spiritual Director: Ajahn Somsak Sorado
Wat Chakrawaddirajawas
225 Chakrawaddi Road
Samphanthawong District
Bangkok 10100
Tel: (2) 225-3823, Fax: 225-6433
Teacher: Phra Maha Vichien
Wat Chai Na
Tambon Na,
Amper Muang
Nakornsridhammaraj
southern Thailand.
Teacher: Meichee Patomwon, 60, a Buddhist nun since the age of 12,
(a beloved friend of Christopher for 35 years). Need translator.
Wat Kow Tahm
Monastery with the Cave
International Meditation Centre
P.O. Box 18
Koh Pah-Ngan
Surat Thani 84280 Thailand
Web site: www.watkowtahm.org
Resident Teachers: Steve and Rosemary Weissman
Wat Mahadhatu (Wat Maha Tat)
Section 5, Taprachan
Maharaj Road, Phranakorn, Bangkok 10200
Tel: 0-26235685 or 02-6235881
Resident Teacher: Ven. Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso
Assistant Teacher: Sister Tipsuda Podaeng
Email: piyobhaso@hotmail.com
Meditation method: Vipassana, Mahasi Sayadaw
Wat Ou Sai Kham
Abbot: Phra Kru Phisanbunniwit
Chang Moi Kao Road
Tambol Chang Moi
Chiangmai City, Chiangmai
50300 Thailand
Tel: 053-234-210
Email: yakorn24@yahoo.com
Web site: www.jadebuddha.net
Wat Pah Ban Thad
c/o Songserm Service
89 Phosi Road, Udon Thani 41000
Web site: www.luangta.com
Abbot: Ajahn Maha Bua
Senior resident monk: Ajahn Pannavaddho
Wat Pah Nanachat
(International Forest Monastery)
Bahn Bung Wai Amper Warin Ubon 34310 Thailand
Teachers: Ajahn Nyanadhammo, Abbot (Australian)
Training monastery for Western monks - in the tradition of Ajahn Chah
Wat Pak Nam
Therdthai Road
Amper Phasicharoen, Bangkok 10160
Tel: 0-2467-0811
Teachers: Chao Khun Bhawana Kosol Thera
Ven. P.K. Bhavananuwat
Wat Phradhatu
Tambon Ban Luang
Amphur Chom Tong, Chiang Mai 50160
Spiritual Director: Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo (Phra Rajaprommajarn)
International Teachers: Thanat, Kate, Edward, Jodi
Contact: Phra Noah, Khun Thanat
Email: thailand@sirimangalo.org
Web site: www.sirimangalo.org
Tradition: Satipatthana Vipassana
Affiliation: Mahasi Sayadaw Lineage
Wat Sampran
T. Sampran, A. Sampran.
Ch. Nakornpathom 73110, Thailand
Email: buddho@watsampran.com
Web site: www.watsampran.com
Wat Sai Ngam
Tambon Donmasang,
Amper Muang, Supanburi 72000
Tel: 0-3552-2005
Teacher: Ajahn Dhammadharo, 88, assisted by senior monks.
Tradition: Vipassana. Sitting, walking, standing postures. Ven. Ajahn Dhammadharo is one of two teachers of Christopher (translator needed).
Wat Suan Moke Monastery
(Monastery of the Garden of Liberation)
Amper Chaiya,
Surat Thani 84110
Thailand
Fax: (77) 431-597
Web site: www.suanmokkh.org
Teaching method: Formal instruction is given only during monthly 10-day retreats; at other times interviews, books, and tapes are available.
Abbot: Acharn Poh (Foreign monks and nuns do most of the English teaching.)
Monastery of the Ajahn Buddhadasa (1907-1992), Thailand's most radical Dharma teacher of the 20th century. One of Christopher's two Dharma teachers.
Wat Tham Thong
Chom Thong Insight Meditation Centre
157 Ban Luang
Chom Thong, Chiang Mai Province 50160
Email: wscthong@ntic.intanon.nectec.or.th
Teacher: Ajahn Suchin Vimalo, abbot (Thai; age 52)
Meditation: Vipassana based on methods taught by Mahasi Sayadaw
Wat Thaton
Tambon Thaton,
Amphur Mae Ai
Chiang Mai 50280
Tel: 66-53-459-309 Fax: 66-53-459-284
mobile: 66-1-882-9199
Email: webmaster@wat-thaton.org
Web site: www.wat-thaton.org
Tradition: Vipassana
Wat U-Mong
Tambon Suthep
Amper Muang, Chiang Mai 50000
Tel: (053) 277-248 (call only from 8:30 am to 4 pm)
Resident Western monk: Phra Charles
Wat Vivek Asom
Vivekasrom Vipassana Meditation Centre
Tambon Ban Suan,
Tradition: Vipassana as taught by Mahasi Sayadaw
World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB)
616 Benjasiri Park Soi - Medhinivet off Soi Sukhumvit
24 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110 Thailand
Tel: (2) 661 1284-89, Fax: (2) 661 0555
Email: wfb_hq@asianet.co.th
Web site: www.wfb-hq.org
(for information about Thai meditation monasteries etc).
Europe
ANGULIMALA
Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation
The Forest Hermitage,
Lower Fulbrook,
Warwickshire CV35 8AS
United Kingdom
www.angulimala.org
prakhem@foresthermitage.org.uk
Acre Mountain
UK-based supplier of meditation equipment
www.acremountain.co.uk
Arbor Verlag
Publishers of Buddhist books
Freiamt
Germany
www.arbor-verlag.de
info@arbor-verlag.de
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery,
Great Gaddesden,
Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP1 3BZ
Tel: 01442 843239
www.amaravati.org
Ajahan Sumedho
Associazone per la Meditazione
Rome
Italy
Corrado Pensa
ameco@quip.it
Bhante Bodhidhamma
www.satipanya.org.uk
info@satipanya.org.uk
Bodhi Garden
7a Ship Street Gardens
Between Ship Street and Middle Street
Brighton
Sussex,
England.
www.bodhigarden.org
bodhigarden@btopenworld.com
Offering Dharma teachings and non-residential workshops.
Four minutes walk from the sea.
Buddhismus Aktuell:
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Buddhistischen Union
Eching (near Munich)
Magazine
www.buddhismus-aktuell.de
redaktion@buddhismus-aktuell.de
Buddhistisches Zentrum
Scheibbs
Scheibbs / Neustift
Austria
www.bzs.at
bz.scheibbs@gmx.at
Buddha Haus
Utterbuhl 5
Oy-Mittelberg 3
D-87466.
www.buddha-haus.de
info@buddha-haus.de
Founder: Ayya Khema
Buddhist Monastic Retreats
Dhammapala,
Buddh.Kloster
Am Waldrand
CH-3718
Kandersteg
+41 (33) 675 2100
dhammapala@gmx.net
Theravada Tradition
Switzerland
Connection: Das Magazin fürs Wesentliche
Magazine (bi-annual with issues on Buddhism),
Niedertaufkirchen (near Munich)
Germany
www.connection-medien.de
schneider@connection.de
Dharma Facilitators Programme
England, Germany, Australia and Israel
www.dharmafacilitators.org
Dharma Network
www.dharmanetwork.org
website for Dharma Yatras, Martin Alyward,
Wisdom Seminars, UK. sharing information etc.
etc.
Dharma Yatra
www.dharmayatra.org
The European Dharma Yatra, a summer pilgrimage through Southern France.
Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
www.fwbo.org
Gaia House
West Ogwell
Newton Abbot
Devon
England
www.gaiahouse.co.uk
generalenquiries@gaiahouse.co.uk
44 (0) 1626 33613
for group and personal retreats
Co-founders: Christopher Titmuss and Christina Feldman
Hans Gruber
Hamburg
Germany
www.buddha-heute.de
yogruber@yahoo.de
Buddhist author, journalist, lecturer
Haus der Stille
Muhlenweg 20,
D-21514 Roseburg uber Buchen,
Germany
0049 (0) 4158 214
e-mail: info@hausderstille.org
www.hausderstille.org
Karuna Institute
Natsworthy Manor
Widecombe
Devon
TQ13 7TR
www.karuna-institute.co.uk
office@karuna-institute.co.uk
training in Buddhist based psychotherapy.
La Ferme d'Art
Lou Caïre
34390 Vieussan
France
+33 (0)4 67 89 74 37
www.lafermedart.org
Located in nature, at the heart of the Parc Régional du Haut Languedoc, France, La Ferme d'Art is a workshop and retreat center which runs on renewable energies.
Founder: Pan Erhardt
Meditation Centre Beatenburg,
3802 Waldegg - Beatenberg,
Switzerland
0041 (0) 33 841 21 31
e-mail: info@karuna.ch
www.karuna.ch
Co-founders: Fred von Allmen and Ursula Fluckiger
Meditation Expert UK
www.meditationexpert.co.uk
Ministry for Peace
London
www.ministryforpeace.org.uk
diana.basterfield@ministryforpeace.org.uk
Diana Basterfield
Co-Founder
Campaiging to set up such a ministry
in British government.
Moulin des Chaves
Dharma Centre
France
Martin and Gail Aylward
www.dharmanetwork.org
Network of Engaged Buddhists
Secretary and Membership Secretary
Joyce Edmond-Smith
32 Bentham Road
Brighton BN2 2XD
www.engagedbuddhists.org.uk
joyce.edmond-smith@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Nicole Stern
Altostr. 21
82319 Starnberg near Munich
Germany
www.nicolestern.de
O. W. Barth Verlag
Publisher of Buddhist books
Frankfurt/ Main
Germany
www.fischerverlage.de
Seminarhaus Engl
D-84339
Unterdietfurt
Germany
www.seminarhaus-engl.de
Satsang Teachers in the West
www.satsang.nu
Details of about 90 Western Satsang teachers
Sharpham House
Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Enquiry
Ashprington
Totnes
Devon TQ9 7UT
England
centre@sharpham-trust.org
Stockholm
Sweden
www.dharmanow.com
Kali
Stockholm
Sweden
Leela Sarti
leela@vo.lu
Stephen and Martine Batchelor
France
www.stephenbatchelor.org
Teachings in Paris, France
Martin Aylward
Patricia Genoud-Feldman,
Charles Genoud
www.dharmanetwork.org
daniel.milles@club-internet.fr
Texts and audios in German
www.dhamma-dana.de
Theseus Verlag
Publisher of Buddhist books
Berlin
www.theseus-verlag.de
theseus@verlagsgruppe-dornier.de
Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
Plum Village
Upper Hamlet
Le Pey, 24240
Thenac, France
www.plumvillage.org
Fax: +(33) 5.53.58.49.17
E-mail: UH-office@plumvillage.org
80 Kilometres east of Bordeaux
Tineke Osterloh
Blankeneser Haupstrasse 34
22587 Hamburg
Germany
www.klarheit-finden.de
Tushita Centre, Pauenhof,
Pauenhof e. V.
D - 47665 Sonsbeck Hamb
Pauendyck 1
(30 minutes from Dussledorf)
Germany
www.pauenhof.de
Tel 0049-2835 / 44133
Ursache & Wirkung: Buddhismus in Gesellschaft und Leben
Magazine
Vienna
Austria
www.ursache.at
redaktion@ursache.at
Verlag Beyerlein & Steinschulte
Publishers of Buddhist Books
Stammbach
Germany
www.buddhareden.de
verlag.beyerlein@t-online.de
Yvonne Weier
Shirdi, India and Spain
Yvonne@shirdi.com
Zeh Verlag
Publisher of Buddhist Books
Berlin
Germany
www-zeh-verlag.de
ThomasZeh@t-online.de
Zentrum for Buddhismus
Waldhaus am Lacher See
Heimschule 1
D 56643, Nickenich
Germany
www.buddhismus-im-westen.de
budwest@t-online.de
Tel. +49(0)2636 3344
Fax: 02636 2259
Israel
AKODA
Programme to develop a culture of peace and reconciliation
Akoda – Pali word: Non anger, freedom from ill-will
and hate.
ilan_lut@netvision.net.il
Dharma Facilitators Programme
Israel, England and Germany
see in this website.
tovanaupdates@yahoo.com
Middle Way
(organises peace walks, dialogues between
Israeli, Palestinian and Arab communities
www.middleway.org
tovanaupdates@yahoo.com
Tovana – Israel Insight Society
P.O Box 1011,
Beit-Herut, 40291, Israel
www.tovana.org.il
tovanaupdates@yahoo.com
Stephen Fulder and other Israeli teachers
North America
Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies
MA, USA.
www.dharma.org
Teachings and practices from Pali Canon
and Theravada tradition
www.accesstoinsight.org
Buddhadharma
Practitioners Quarterly
www.thebuddhadharma.com
Buddhist AIDS Project
www.buddhistaidsproject.org
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
www.bpf.org
Cambridge Insight Meditation Centre
331 Broadway
Cambridge
MA 02139
www.cimc.info
Larry Rosenberg, Narayan Liebrenson Grady
Michael Liebenson Grady
617 441 9038
Cloud Mountain Retreat Centre
NW Dharma Association
PO Box 31095
Seattle, WA 98103
Dhamma Dena Desert,
HC-1 Box 250,
Joshua Tree,
CA 92252.
Tel: 619-362-4812.
Ruth Denison
Dharma Seed Tape Library
Box 66
Wendell Depot
MA. 01380
USA
www.dharmaseed.org
Offers taped teachings of insight
meditation teachers
Dzogchen Retreats
Lama Surya Das
www.dzogchen.org
retreat@dzogchen.org
Foundation for the People of Burma
909 Montogomery St
San Francisco
CA 94133
info@foundationburma.org
Gay Buddhist Fellowship
San Francisco
www.gaybuddhist.org
Green Sangha
Bay Area,
California
spiritual activism for environment
www.greensangha.org
Insight Meditation Society (IMS)
1230 Pleasant Street
Barre
MA 01005
USA.
Co-founders:Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg
www.dharma.org
ims@dharma.org
978 355 4378
Inquiring Mind
semi-annual journal primarily for the US Vipassana Community
www.inquiringmind.com
'In the Footsteps of the Buddha'
Annual pilgrimage to India with Shantum Seth
www.buddhapath.com
info@buddhapath.com
John Orr
1214 Broad Street,
#2, Durham,
NC 27705,USA.
Tel: 919 286 4754, USA.
Karuna Centre for Peace-Building
49 Richardson Road
Leverett
MA 01054
Director:Paula Green
www.karunacenter.org
Lesbian Buddhist Sangha
www.lesbianbuddhistsangha.org
Prison Dharma Network
Boulder, Co.
www.prisondharmanetwork.org
San Francisco Zen Centre
www.sfzc.org
Sati Centre for Buddhist Studies
USA
www.sati.org
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Rodney Smith
P.O. Box 95817
Seattle, WA 98145-2817 USA
www.seattleinsight.org
Southern Dharma Retreat Centre
Route 1,
Box 34H,
Hot Springs,
NC 28743
New York Insight Meditation Centre
www.nyimc.org
nyinsight@earthlink.net
Norman Feldman, Molly Swan
32 Division St., Guelph, Ontario,
N1H 1P9,
Canada.
www.devas.org/9norman-molly.htm
norman.feldman@ca.inter.net
Open Centre
a non-residential centre offering holistic teachings
83 Spring Street
(between Broadway and Lafayette Street)
New York
NY 10012
www.opencentre.org
212 219 2527 ext.2
Parallax Press
Buddhist Publisher
www.parallex.org
Rhinebeck Insight Meditation
141 Lamoree Road,
Rhinebeck,
New York 12572
reissigol@aol.com
Shaila Catherine
PO Box 490
Menlo Park, CA 94026
www.bodhi-retreats.org
bodhi@cybermesa.com
650-854-5118
Shambala Publications
Buddhist Publisher
www.shambala.com
Spirit Rock Meditation Centre
PO Box 169
Woodacre
CA 94973
USA
Co-founders: Jack Kornfield and James Baraz
www.spiritrock.org
415 488 0164 ext 307
Vipassana Dhura Meditation Society
c/o Achan Sobin S. Namto
330 Acoma St. # 311
Denver, Colorado 80223
phone (303) 733-4969 or (303) 861-5051
vipassanadhura@yahoo.com
www.vipassanadhura.com
Wisdom Publications
Buddhist Publisher
www.wisdompubs.org
South Africa
Buddhist Retreat Centre,
PO Box 131
Ixopo 4630
Tel: 0336 341863.
Turkey
Insight Meditation Group,
Istanbul
Contact: Hale Meric Karabekir
email: halemeric@hotmail.com |
