Recommended Reading
First Readings
- Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation by Larry Rosenberg
- The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation by Narayan Helen Liebenson
- What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
- Seeking the Heart of Wisdom by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
- Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Loving Kindness by Sharon Salzberg
- A Still Forest Pool by Ajahn Chah
- Boundless Heart by Christina Feldman
- The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho
- Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein
Further Readings
- Three Steps to Awakening by Larry Rosenberg
- Living in the Light of Death by Larry Rosenberg
- The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- In the Buddha’s Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree by Ajahn Buddhadasa
- Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Gunaratana
- A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
- The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Food for the Heart by Ajahn Chah
- Old Path, White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Stepping out of Self-Deception by Rodney Smith
- The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho
- Don’t Take Your Life Personally by Ajahn Sumedho
- When Awareness Becomes Natural by Sayadaw U Tejaniya
- Mindfully Facing Disease and Death by Bhikkhu Anālayo
- The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Pure & Simple by Upasika Kee Nanayon
Working with Trauma & PTSD
We greatly appreciate receiving permission to share the following resource, Daily Meditation Practice Guidelines: Working with Trauma and PTSD by Tara Brach.
If you would like to access additional resources from Tara Brach about working with fear and trauma, you van visit: https://www.tarabrach.com/fear/
Dharma Information
These resources offer further information in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
- Dharma Seed (audio recordings)
- Access to Insight
- SuttaCentral
- dhammatalks.org
- World Buddhist Directory
- Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
- Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
- Buddhist Global Relief
- Alliance for Bhikkhunis
- dhammatalks.net
Practice Centers
You may be interested in other practice centers in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Here is a partial list:
Local:
- North Shore Insight Meditation Center — Salisbury, MA
- Insight Meditation Society, Retreat Center — Barre, MA
- Insight Meditation Society, Forest Refuge — Barre, MA
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies — Barre, MA
- Temple Forest Monastery — Temple, NH
- Insight Western Mass — Easthampton, MA
- Open Door Meditation Community — Portland, ME
- Vermont Insight Meditation Center — Brattleboro, VT
- Empty Sky Sangha — West Cornwall, CT & Lexington, MA
National:
- Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery — Redwood Valley, CA
- Insight Meditation Center — Redwood City, CA
- Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery — Placerville, CA
- Dhammadharini Monastery — Penngrove, CA
- Aranya Bodhi Hermitage — Sonoma Coast – Jenner, CA
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center — Woodacre, CA
- Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley — Berkeley, CA
- Mission Dharma — San Francisco, CA
- Insight Meditation South Bay — Silicon Valley area, CA
- Insight Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz, CA
- Mahapajapati Monastery — Pioneertown, CA
- Metta Forest Monastery — Valley Center, CA
- Insight Meditation Community of Washington — Washington, DC area
- Common Ground Meditation Center — Minneapolis, MN
- Twin Cities Vipassana Collective — Minneapolis, MN
- Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center — Hendersonville, NC
- Southern Dharma Retreat Center — Hot Springs, NC
- The Mountain Hermitage — Taos, NM
- Taos Mountain Sangha — Taos, NM
- Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center — Tusas Mountains, near Tierra Amarilla, NM
- New York Insight Meditation Center — New York, NY
- Forest Dhamma Monastery — Lexington, VA
- Cloud Mountain Retreat Center — Castle Rock, WA
- Seattle Insight Meditation Society — Seattle, WA
- Bhavana Society — High View, WV
- True North Insight — ON, Canada
- Sati Saraniya Hermitage — Perth, ON, Canada