Dharma and Retreat Centers
This is a listing of the centers I am familiar with and can recommend as places to receive Dharma teachings with experienced teachers and to do group meditation practices. Not all of the centers listed have over-night retreat facilities. Please check their websites for more details of their classes and other offerings. Wherever you live, I encourage you to find Dharma and Retreat Centers near you. The guidance of an experienced teacher is extremely valuable for deepening one’s understanding of Buddhism, and the support of a meditation community can provide encouragement for those times when your interest in practicing meditation wanes. Doing a meditation retreat, whether a half day, a weekend, or longer, takes our meditation practice to an entirely different level.
Goat-in-the-road Buddhist Center, Philo, CA. www.goatintheroad.org
Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center, Campbell, CA. www.gyalwagyatso.org
Gyuto Vajrayana Center, San Jose, CA. www.gyutocenter.org
Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA. www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Insight Meditation South Bay, Mountain View, CA. www.imsb.org
Kannon Do Zen Center, Mountain View, CA. www.kannondo.org
Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, CA. www.medicinebuddha.org
Shambhala Center, Berkeley and northern California. www.norcal.shambhala.org
Silicon Valley Shambhala, Mountain View, CA. www.siliconvalley.shambhala.org
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA. www.spiritrock.org
Sravasti Abbey, WA. www.sravastiabbey.org
Tara Mandala, Pagosa Springs, CO. www.taramandala.org
Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, CA. www.vajrapani.org