Resources

Meditation Retreat Centres

United Kingdom

  • Amaravati Monastery, Hemel Hempstead — Thai Forest

  • Chithurst Monastery (Cittaviveka), West Sussex — Thai Forest

  • Gaia House, Devon — Heavily insight-focused / Theravāda Buddhism

  • Satipanya Retreat, Wales — Mahāsi Sayādaw lineage

  • Vajraloka, Wales — Retreats across the main schools of Buddhism

Thailand

  • Wat Ram Poeng, Chiang Mai

  • Wat Chom Tong, Chiang Mai — Ajahn Tong lineage

  • Wat Pah Nanachat, Ubon Ratchathani

  • Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai

  • Indriya, Koh Phangan

India

  • Tushita, Dharamshala

  • Thosamling, Dharamshala

  • Deer Park Institute, Bir

  • Buddha Pada Institute, Kalimpong

  • Root Institute, Bodh Gaya

Malaysia

  • Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), Taiping, Perak

Books

  • Seeing That Frees — Rob Burbea

  • The Direct Path — Greg Goode

  • The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle

  • With Each & Every Breath — Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  • Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization — Bhikkhu Analayo

  • Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha — Daniel Ingram

  • The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikāya) — Bhikkhu Bodhi

  • The End of Your World — Adyashanti

  • The Secret Power of Kriya Yoga — Santata Gamana

  • Jhana Training Manual — Tomas Piskacek

  • Dzogchen Non-Meditation — Keith Dowman

  • Be Here Now — Ram Dass

  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead — Chögyam Trungpa

  • The Flight of the Garuda — Keith Dowman

  • Be As You Are — Ramana Maharshi

  • The Science of Enlightenment — Shinzen Young

  • King, Warrior, Magician, Lover — Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette