Theravadan Buddhism and Vipassana
Vipassana.com provides a number of resources for Buddhist and Theravadan practice including free on-line books, a course on Vispassana meditation, and the Pali cannon.
Access to Insight offers a number of on-line resources including the a self-guided course, the Pali Cannon and a library of some 200 books, essays, and transcribed Dharma talks.
The Insight Meditation Society-Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Home Page, provides links to affiliated centers and an on-line magazine and Dharma talks.
Bhavana Society operates a retreat center outside of Washington DC and offers an archive of the inexpensive Dharma teachings.
The Vipassana Meditation Site proivdes information on meditation courses taught by S.N. Goenka including a large number of on-line Dharma talks.
Nibbana.com offers an introductory course and free-on-line texts focusing on Burmese Buddhist traditions.
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Zen
The Community of Mindful Living (CML) supports the practice and teachings of mindfulness and mindful living offered by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
The Everyday Zen Foundation provides teachings of and information about Zoketsu Norman Fischer.
The Great
Brightness Zen Center in Las Vegas is part
of the Kwan Um School of Zen.
Ordinary
Dharma and its affiliated retreat center,
Manzanita
Village, provides teachings and retreats under
the guidance of Caitriona Reed, Michele Benzamin-Miki
and other teachers. Caitriona Reed also leads periodic
retreats for Lotus in the Desert.
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Tibetan Buddhism
Bodhi Path Buddhist Center of Santa Barbara is part of the Bodhi Path Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation Centers, a Tibetan Buddhist organization of the Karma Kagyu lineage
Thrangu Rinpoche's
web site lists affiliated centers and has a large
collection of his free, on-line texts.
Visit the Tibetan Government
in Exile page to find out the latest on the
Free Tibet movement, the Dalai Lama, and the history
of Tibetan Buddhism.
Dzogchen
Foundation supports the Dzogchen tradition
generally and specially the teachings of Lama Surya
Das.
Dzogchen
Lineage supports the Dzogchen tradition
generally and specially the teachings of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. Events in Las Vegas and Boulder City are offered.
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Yoga
Yoga Journal has great articles on yoga, meditation and spirituality.
Yoga Journal's searchable directroy of Yoga
Studios.
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Engaged Buddhism
The Free Burma Coalition is an umbrella group of organizations around the world working for freedom and democracy in Burma.
Food For The Poor raises funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor, through the churches and charity organizations already operating in areas of need.
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF
is one of 37 national committees set up around the
world to raise money for UNICEF.
The Buddhist Peace Fellowship promotes democracy and human rights around the globe, particularly focusing on Bangladesh, Burma, Vietnam, and Tibet. They also have a great bibliography on engaged Buddhism.
Amnesty International is dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world.
Doctors Without Borders delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation.
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Other Buddhist and spiritual links
Las
Vegas Dharma / Meditation Groups is a listing
of local dharma and meditation groups.
Dharmanet
International is a link to Buddhist sites
around the world.
Manjushri
Online Community has links to dharma centers
around the world, an expanation of different Buddhist
schools and teachings, and virtual library.
Buddhanet
provides a number of free e-books, a directory
of organizations around the world, and meditation
instruction.
Beliefnet
explores spirituality and meditation across
religions.
Some Buddhist and spiritual quotes can be found at
Quotations: Word to the Wise.
Leaves
from the Buddha's Grove has a collection of
on-line resources and readings organized by tradition.
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Books, Tapes and Practice Supplies
Shambhala Publications offers a large collection of Buddhist and spiritual books.
All
Bookstores searches over 25 new and used bookstores
for hard-to-find books.
Wisdom Publications is a non-profit company which publishes translations of the sutras and tantras and teachings of past and contemporary Buddhist masters.
Dharma
Seed Tape Library, a non-profit organization,
produces and distributes dharma talks.
Snow Lion Publications is the largest press devoted to Tibetan Buddhism.
Parallax Press is dedicated to publishing books and tapes on the teachings of Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and socially engaged Buddhism.
Nataraj Books
carries over 5,000 titles from India on religion,
philosophy, mythology, and other subjects.
Pariyatti.com
has a collection of books on Vispassina meditation
Audio
Dharma Free downloadable talks from a number
of teachers including Shaila Tromovitch and Ajahn
Thanissaro.
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