Resources
Meditation in the Washington DC Area:
Insight Meditation Community of Washington (classes and residential retreats)
Meditation Teacher Training Insitute of Washington
Year of Living Mindfully (with Jonathan Foust - next class starts April 2012 - applications due by March 1. More information in the link above.)
Residential Retreats:
Bhavana Society, Forest Monastery and Retreat Center, West Virginia
Insight Meditation Society, Forest Refuge and Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA
Maya Meditation Retreats for Teen and Young Adults, in Stuart, VA (near Roanoke)
Southern Dharma Meditation Center, Hot Springs, NC
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Marin County, CA
Audio Dharma Resources:
Dharma Seed Library, the Archival Center of Western Buddhist Vipassana Teachings, offers online streaming audio or downloading capacity to the teachings of the Buddha.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Insight Meditation Community, Redwood City, CA
Other Websites of Interest:
The "Access to Insight" Web site, Readings in Theravada Buddhism.
BuddhaNet, Buddhist Education and Information Network
"Inquiring Mind" - Buddhist Journal with a national listing of retreats and sitting groups
Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Washington, DC
Recommended Reading:
*Denotes books that are good as an introduction to Buddhist practice and teachings.
**Denotes books that are good for more experienced students.
Vipassana-Mindfulness or Insight Meditation
Analayo, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization
Ajahn Amaro, Small Boat, Great Mountain (link to free copy in .pdf) - (Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, 2003)**
James Baraz, Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
Sylvia Boorstein, It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness
Bhikkhu Bodhi, In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (Teachings of the Buddha)
Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation (Shambhala Classics)
Joseph Goldstein, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition
Henepola Gunaratana, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Mirka Knaster, Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra
Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Jack Kornfield, with Gil Fronsdal, Teachings of the Buddha
Wes Nisker, Buddha's Nature: A Practical Guide to Enlightenment Through Evolution
Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
Larry Rosenberg, Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Ajahn Sumedho, The Sound of Silence: The Selected Teachings of Ajahn Sumedho
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness
Nyanaponika Thera, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness
Zen
Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special: Living Zen
Tibetan
Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Library)
Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition
Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Fearless Simplicity: The Dzogchen Way of Living Freely in a Complex World
Tsultrum Allione, Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict
Tulku Urgyen Rimpoche, As It Is, Vol. 2
Diversity in Dharma
Hilda Gutierrez Baldoquin, Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism
Fred Eppsteiner, The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism
Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal
Donald Rothberg, The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World
Other
Adyashanti, Emptiness Dancing
Adyashanti, Falling into Grace
Marc Ian Barasch, Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness
Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Toni Bernhard, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
Mark Epstein, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
Darlene Cohen, Turning Suffering Inside Out
Daniel Gottleib, Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life
Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Phillip Moffitt, Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
Christine Neff, Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind
Lewis Richmond, Aging as a Spiritual Practice
Lorin Roche, Ph.D., The Radiance Sutras
Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Dan Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
Eckhart Tolle, New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta
