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"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

- Mother Teresa 

Meditation and Buddhist Resources

Access to Insight

Audio at Abhayagiri Monastery 

Audio at Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula


Audio at Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW) 

Audio at San Francisco Insight Community 
 

Buddhanet - Buddhist Education & Information Network

Dhamma Talks

DharmaSeed.org
 

Insight Meditation Society

Metta Dharma Foundation

Mid Peninsula Insight Meditation Center

Noah Levine - Dharma Punx Talks 
 

Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group

Dharma Talks from Spirit Rock (free on Soundcloud)

Spirit Rock Meditation Center 

Sutta Readings


Vipassana Fellowship

Vipassana Meditation as taught by SN Goenka

Urban Monk

Recommended Readings

James Baraz - 
  • Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness

Sylvia Boorstein - 
  • That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist
  • It’s Easier Than You Think
  • Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There         
  • Pay Attention for Goodness Sake
  • Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

Tara Brach - 
  • Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

Joseph Goldstein - 
  • A Heart Full of Peace
  • Insight Meditation:  The Practice of Freedom
  • Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Jack Kornfield)
  • The Experience of Insight
  • One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
  • Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)

Jack Kornfield - 
  • A Wise Heart
  • A Path with Heart
  • Living Dharma
  • After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
  • Meditation for Beginners
  • The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace
  • Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein)
  • Teachings of the Buddha (ed. with Gil Fronsdal)
  • Buddha’s Little Instruction Book

Larry Rosenberg - 
  • Breath by Breath
  • Living in the Light of Death

Sharon Salzberg - 
  • Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
  • The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion
  • Unplug: An Interactive Kit
  • Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
  • A Heart as Wide as the World
  • Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience
  • The Force of Kindness
  • Voices of Insight (ed.)
  • Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)

Rodney Smith - 
  • Lessons From the Dying
  • Stepping Out Of Self-Deception

Ajahn Sucitto - 
  • Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching