Resources

Monasteries & Meditation Retreats

United Kingdom

  • Amaravati Monastery, Hemel Hempstead — Thai Forest

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

  • Satipanya Retreat, Wales — Mahāsi Sayādaw lineage

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

Portugal

  • Sumedharama — Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah

Thailand

  • Wat Ram Poeng, Chiang Mai

  • Wat Chom Tong, Chiang Mai — Ajahn Tong lineage

  • Indriya, Koh Phangan (Mahasi Sayadaw focused group retreats)

  • Wat Pah Pong & Wat Pah Nanachat — Ajahn Chah lineage and close to each other

India

  • Tushita, Dharamshala (Tibetan Buddhism)

  • Thosamling, Dharamshala

  • Deer Park Institute, Bir — mixture of retreats across various lineages

  • Buddha Pada Institute, Kalimpong — mixture of retreats across various lineages

  • Root Institute, Bodh Gaya

Malaysia

  • Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), Malaysia — Theravada Buddhism

Peru

  • Tantraya

Books

  • Seeing That Frees — Rob Burbea

  • I Am That — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  • Vajra Heart Revisited — Tulku Urgyen

  • As It Is Volumes I and II — Tulku Urgyen

  • Be As You Are — Ramana Maharshi

  • Standing As Awareness & The Direct Path — Greg Goode

  • 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

  • The Science of Enlightenment — Shinzen Young

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