Founded in 1996 by the Venerable Ashin Nyanissara to provide a center for the practice of meditation and Dhamma study in a traditional monastic context.

Insight Meditation Community Houston (IMCH) is a supportive community for anyone who wishes to learn mindfulness and insight meditation practices and integrate them into their daily life.

The Mariposa Sangha offers weekly meditation, book discussions, beginning meditation instruction and Dharma talks. There are experienced meditators available to provide instruction. We collaborate with other Texas sanghas to offer retreats in Central Texas with visiting teachers from Spirit Rock in Woodacre, CA and Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS). We enjoy occasional potlucks, Buddhist Movie Night and other social activities. Newcomers are welcome.

The vihara offers Dhamma teachings, meditation practice, Buddha pujas, and other activities in the Theravada tradition.  The resident monk, Ven. Rahula Pinnagoda, is a native of Sri Lanka.

Carolina Buddhist Vihara provides a home in a quiet neighborhood in Mauldin for one or two monks at a time. They live in accordance with the ancient Vinaya strict code of monastic discipline. The monks divide their time each day between personal development in seclusion and offering services to the general public.

Israel Insight Society - A voluntary organization, working to support and promote the Vipassana community in Israel, they organize retreats, lectures, and monthly meditation days. In Hebrew.

A Buddhist hermitage nestled in the dramatic Southern Drakensberg (uKhahlamba in Zulu) on the border between South Africa and Lesotho. It is affiliated with the Forest Sangha of Ajahn Chah and was founded by his disciples Kittisaro and Thanissara in 2000 as a hermitage. Dharmagiri is the home of a contemplative community that provides support for self retreatants and practitioners, facilitates meditation retreats and enables access to Buddhist practice and teachings. Dharmagiri runs on a semi monastic ethos and requests that visitors and retreatants join in the community morning and evening practice sessions as well as help with simple daily chores. An extensive library of Dharma talks and Dharma books is available for retreat support.

Situated near Rustenburg in North West Province of South Africa, Emoyeni offers retreat facilities in an atmosphere of quiet and peaceful mountain landscape.

Rev Ilukpitiye Pannasekara is the Chief Monk for the African continent and the twelfth resident monk to Tanzania. Currently he is residing at the centre and is working hard to establish Buddhism in Africa.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMED:

1. In charge of Buddhist temple Dar Es salaam, Tanzania;

2. Teaching of Buddhist philosophy;

3. Free library services;

4. Running a nursery school;

5. Trustee world conference on religion and peace (wcrp) Tanzania;

6. Making arrangements of sending young Tanzanians to learn Buddhism in South Africa;

7. Holding meditation classes every Sunday in the temple.

Desde hace ya muchos años, un grupo de personas ligados por la práctica de la meditación quisimos compartir los beneficios que obtuvimos de ella, facilitando la organización en España de Retiros de los monjes de la Forest Sangha Tradition (Tradición del bosque Tailandesa, de Ajahn Chah). El 20 de Septiembre de 2007, constituimos en Madrid la Asociación Española de Meditación Vipassana, para favorecer la difusión del Dhamma Budista y la práctica de la meditación Vipassana, según las enseñanzas de Ajahn Buddhadasa y Ajahn Chah.

Latvijas Teravādas Budisma biedrība apvieno un atbalsta cilvēkus, kas vēlas praktizēt Teravādas Budismu, vēlas apgūt un praktizēt Viapassana (atklāsmes) meditāciju.

Opened in 1994, it is the first Theravada Buddhist temple in Rome. As a Sri Lankan mission, it provides instruction in meditation and Dhamma.

Organismo rappresentativo di gran parte di questa realt nel nostro Paese  l'Unione Buddhista Italiana (U.B.I.), fondata a Milano nel 1985 da centri buddhisti di tutte le tradizioni, che sentivano la necessit di conoscersi, unirsi e cooperare, come era gi accaduto in altri paesi europei (Francia, Germania, Austria, Olanda, Spagna, ecc.).

Vi sono sei International Meditation Centres nella Tradizione di Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Sono stati tutti fondati per fornire un ambiente adatto all'insegnamento e alla pratica della Meditazione Buddista Theravada. Ogni Centro occidentale ha un'affiliazione diretta con l'International Meditation Centre di Yangon, Myanmar (precedentemente Rangoon, Burma), che fu fondato da Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

A Theravada monastery founded in 1990 - the first one in Italy. The resident community follows a tradition inspired by the Thai forest monk Venerable Ajahn Chah.

The group is a beginners group and is open to anyone to come alone to at any time. There is no charge for the teachings, but people can make a small donation to help cover the costs etc.

Samatha Buddhist meditation is an effective but gentle way of training the mind to generate stillness, peace and concentration. 

The Insight Meditation Group, Dublin, has been in existence for over 25 years. We meet each Wednesday evening in Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.  
This meeting includes a period of sitting meditation, ongoing discussion on a book related to the practice.

The Buddhist Centre offers meditation retreats and courses and welcomes those of all faiths. We have weekly Wednesday night meditations, full day and multi-day retreats, and offer the widely popular mindfulness-based stress reduction course.

The Centre offers Mindfulness Meditation, as well as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.

Buddhist Vipassana Meditation and Retreat Centre.