Organizations

Muang
Nonthaburi
http://www.vimokkha.com/watsanghathaneng.2.htm
  • Meditation System : Meditation based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness on breathing and other methods as taught in the Tripitaka (Scriptures).

  • Teaching Method : New arrivals are provided with instructions, then interviews are given as needed. There is group sitting and walking Meditation (see daily schedule).

  • Teacher : Acharn Sanong Katapunyo, Abbot (Thai; age 61)
    Acharn Sanong speaks english; a few monks and nuns speak english and help with translations.
http://www.oba.org.tw

Presents texts, forum, news and chatroom.

http://www.chimburi.com/

Offers images of hundred of temples around Thailand. By Udo Radlhammer. Besides the pictures, there are also valuable commentaries about the different wats.

http://www.kammatthana.com/a_guide_to_buddhist_monasteries_.htm

On-line book which is exactly what the title promises, plus other useful information such as travel tips and ordination procedures. However, as it is a 1994 edition, some information could be out of date.

For updated info see: http://www.retreat-infos.de/page95/page95.html

Information on Buddhist travel in Thailand based on fieldwork conducted from August 2009-September 2010:

http://wanderingdhamma.wordpress.com/buddhist-travel-in-thailand/

 

http://www.dhammathai.org/indexeng.php

Presents a comprehensive section on meditation places in Thailand and a history of Buddhism in Thailand, Buddhist news, as well as sestions on Buddha's Life,  Dhamma,  Dhammapada, Buddhist Lent Day, The Four Noble Truths,  Buddhism Practice. 

Kandy
http://www.brelief.org/

Established in 1988, supports Buddhist charities, education, and welfare projects throughout the world.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbsmail/

Joining this mailing list will have you updated on the developments of Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS) project through email.

SBS is a Buddhist sanctuary in Malaysia for the training of Theravada Buddhist monks in theory and practice of the Dhammavinaya. It is dedicated to evolving a modern Theravada Buddhist identity guided by the scriptural tradition.

Waukesha
Wisconsin
http://buddhahaksa.com

Buddha Haksa Temple, also known as Wat Buddha Raksa. The monastery is established to conduct ceremonies and activities serving the spiritual and religious needs of the Lao and Thai communities. It is to provide religious guidance of the Buddha's teachings to the people interested.

http://www.mbscnn.org/

Offers meditation courses and Vipassana retreats (in Chinese).

http://www.mahasi.us/

Here you can find information about Vipassana meditation in the tradition of the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma (now Myanmar).

Dhapakhel
http://www.theravadanepal.net/

Nepal Theravada portal, maintained at Dhapakhel Buddha Vihar.

http://www.keap-net.org/

KEAP  is an international "friends of Buddhism in Cambodia" humanitarian organization, assisting with education and learning needs of Cambodian monks, nuns, and laypersons devoted to harnessing the wheel of the Dharma to create a culture of peace, reconciliation, and people-centered development in Cambodia.

http://www.saddha.it/

Saddha – Associazione Amici del Santacittarama, nasce nell’estate del 2011 con lo scopo di favorire l’incontro di buddhisti laici che cercano buoni amici spirituali con i quali condividere la pratica, uniti da un comune riconoscimento del valore dei Rifugi e Precetti. È non dogmatica e inclusiva, aperta sia a praticanti da lunga data sia a persone che vi si stanno avvicinando da poco, in sinergia con tutte le altre Associazioni italiane o semplicemente gruppi di pratica che stanno lavorando su questo sentiero di sviluppo della consapevolezza nel mondo laico.

http://www.myanmarnet.net/nibbana/bischof1.htm

This booklet written by Roger Bischoff is intended to offer a short history of Buddhism in Myanmar from its origins through the country's loss of independence to Great Britain in the late nineteenth century.

http://www.myanmarnet.net/nibbana/moral1.htm

Every country or every race has its own moral culture which is the characteristic of that country or that race. As for Myanmar, it has its own culture which is based on Buddhism. This text is concerned with Buddhist moral manners, namely: courtesy (Polite manners), gentleness in speech (Verbal politeness) and good thought (Mental politeness).

http://www.myanmarnet.net/nibbana/meditate.htm

Information on Chanmyay Yeiktha, Mahasi Yeiktha and other popular centres in Myanmar, their abbots and teachings.

http://midamericadharma.org/index.php/practice-groups-in-the-central-us/

Practice groups are listed by state: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin.

http://theravada.lt/

Svetainės tikslas - suteikti lietuviams, norintiems susipažinti su ankstyvaisiais Gautamos Budos mokymais, prieigą prie išverstų iš pali kalbos tekstų. Čia taip pat rasite kelis pažintinius straipsnius apie Theravados budizmą.

Puchong
Selangor
http://snfwrenms.wordpress.com

The Support Network for Women Renunciants in Malaysia and Singapore has been established to help improve the conditions for Theravada nuns residing in these countries (regardless of nationality).

The Network has been established by monastics and lay devotees working together with the intention of bringing women renunciants and their lay supporters into closer contact, so that their monastic lives can be adequately sustained.

The Network also intends to do educational work amongst the local populations to improve their understanding of the history of women renunciants, and their vital role in the life of the Dispensation (Sasana) of the Buddha.