Theravada Web Sites

• Theravada.net  - gateway to the teachings of Gotama Buddha.
  http://www.theravada.net/
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• Access to Insight  - text archive and self-guided tour through the Pali Canon.
  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/
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• Vipassana Research Institute  - providing information on meditation techniques taught by S.N. Goenka
  http://www.tipitaka.org/
  More sites about:  India > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Culasunnatta Sutta  - translation, from the Thai, of the Culasunnata Sutra.
  http://www.well.com/user/gilesgal/culasunn.html
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• Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery  - information about Buddhist religious and cultural events at the monastery and Buddhist IRC chat.
  http://www.kmspks.org
  More sites about:  Singapore > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Nanavira Thera Dhamma  - aims to make more widely available the writings of the late Ven. ัแnavํra Thera.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9366/
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• Dhammakaya Foundation  - offers teaching and retreats at branches worldwide. Maintains Wat Phra Dhammkaya, a residential center of monks, novices, and laypeople.
  http://www.dhammakaya.or.th/
  More sites about:  Thailand > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
  http://www.sati.org/
  More sites about:  California > Palo Alto > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Buddhist Instruction Retreat  - seeks to explain fundamental Buddhism based on the Pali Canon.
  http://www.fundamentalbuddhism.com
  More sites about:  Georgia > Alpharetta > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Theravada Dharma Society of America  - features general information and driving directions.
  http://www.sitagu.org/
  More sites about:  Texas > Austin > Buddhism

   

• Forest Sangha Newsletter  - news from the world-wide Buddhist community in the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah.
  http://www.abm.ndirect.co.uk/fsn/
  More sites about:  Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Intro to Buddhism  - especially to the Four Noble Truths, vipassana, and metta meditation.
  http://www.nandawon.demon.co.uk/vihara/intro00.htm
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• Kusala.org  - offers translations of suttas and commentaries.
  http://www.kusala.org/
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• Quebec Vipassana Meditation Center  - offers courses in meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
  http://www.suttama.dhamma.org
  More sites about:  Canada > Quebec > Mont้r้gie > Brome-Missisquoi > Sutton > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Aukana Trust  - runs a meditation centre and monasteries and publishes books on Buddhism.
  http://www.aukana.org.uk/
  More sites about:  United Kingdom > England > Wiltshire > Bradford on Avon > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Buddha Mind  - includes quotes, a shrine room for meditating, and more.
  http://www.abm.ndirect.co.uk/
  More sites about:  United Kingdom > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Buddhism  - offers selections from texts.
  http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~pt/buddhism/index.htm
  More sites about:  United Kingdom > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Chieng Mai Dhamma Study Group  - offers Thai Dhamma texts translated into English.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/
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• Khmer Buddhist Organization  - covers Cambodian Theravada buddhism, with texts, sermons, information on meditation, and more.
  http://www.khmerbuddhist.org
  More sites about:  Cambodia > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Khmer-Buddhist Educational Assistance Project (KEAP)  - assists Cambodian Buddhist temple communities with educational needs following the near destruction of Buddhism in the 1970s.
  http://www.keap.org
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• Buddhism in Malaysia  - events, people, organizations, and projects.
  http://www.geocities.com/~buddhistnews/
  More sites about:  Malaysia > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Buddhist Cultural Center  - writing, translating, publishing, and selling books and offering meditation courses.
  http://www.lanka.net/bcc/
  More sites about:  Sri Lanka > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• New York Insight Meditation Center  - practice and study in the Theravada tradition.
  http://www.nyimc.org/
  More sites about:  New York State > New York > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Beyond the Net  - brief instructions for meditation, quotes from the Dhammapada, and links to books and tapes from the Buddhist Publications Society.
  http://lanka.com/dhamma/
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• Introduction to Buddhism  - provides a rough guide to the basic Buddhist teachings in the Theravada (School of the Elders) tradition.
  http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/dharma/introduction/buddhism.html
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• Gainesville Vipassana Society  - offering frequent residential retreats and weekly sitting groups.
  http://www.floridavipassana.org/
  More sites about:  Florida > Gainesville > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Buddha-dharma Meditation Center (BMC)  - offers meditation and Dharma classes including Sunday service.
  http://www.buddhistbmc.org/
  More sites about:  Illinois > Hinsdale > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Forest Way Insight Meditation Center  - offering extended vipassana and metta retreats.
  http://www.forestway.org/
  More sites about:  Virginia > Ruckersville > Theravada Buddhism

   

• vipassana.com  - offers meditation instruction, texts, and images.
  http://www.vipassana.com/
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• International Meditation Centres  - in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
  http://www.webcom.com/~imcuk/
  More sites about:  United Kingdom > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Varanam  - a temple and monastery in the Thai Theravada Buddhist Tradition.
  http://www.wisecom.com/wat/
  More sites about:  North Carolina > Bolivia > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Nibbana.com  - presents Burmese texts as well as links to monasteries and practice centers.
  http://www.nibbana.com/
  More sites about:  Myanmar > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Wat Bowonniwet Vihara  - Royal Buddhist monastery of the Dhammayut tradtion, located on the northeast side of Bangkok's Ratanakosin island.
  http://www.watbowon.org/
  More sites about:  Thailand > Bangkok > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Dhamma Study  - features brief articles on topics of interest to beginning and advanced students.
  http://www.dhammastudy.com
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• Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Institute  - home of the Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram monastery teaching Viija Dhammakaya meditation to monks and laypeople.
  http://www.concentration.org/
  More sites about:  Thailand > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Wat Thai of L.A.  - contains general information and activities of the Thai temple. Also offers Thai Buddhist and language school.
  http://www.watthaila.org/
  More sites about:  California > Los Angeles > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Buddhamongkolnimit - Buddhist Temple of New Mexico  - study and practice of the Theravada tradition led by Thai and Lao monks.
  http://WWW.WATNIMIT.IIRT.NET
  More sites about:  New Mexico > Albuquerque > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Buddhasothorn Temple - Buddhist Center of New Mexico  - temple in the Theravada tradition. Home to a community of Thai missionary monks.
  http://home.flash.net/~sunthorn/
  More sites about:  New Mexico > Albuquerque > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Yarnna Rangsee  - monastery founded under the patronage of Pra Dharmapanyajarn.
  http://www.watyarn.com/
  More sites about:  Virginia > Sterling > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Insight Meditation Online  - series of teachings on insight and loving-kindness meditation with Mahasi Sayadaw, Chanmyay Sayadaw, Ven. Pannyavaro, Ven. Sujiva, Patrick Kearney, Dr Thyn Thyn.
  http://www.buddhanet.net/budmedol.htm

• Rocky Mountain Insight  - vipassana meditation group offering classes, retreats, and weekly sitting group. Led by Dr.Lucinda Green.
  http://www.codenet.net/rmi/
  More sites about:  Colorado > Colorado Springs > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Council of Thai Bikkhus in USA  - provides list of Thai temples in U.S., articles, projects, and bulletin boards. in Thai.
  http://www.thaitemple.org/
  More sites about:  Arizona > Waddell > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Sukhi  - information on Buddhism in theory and practice.
  http://www.sukhi.com/
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• Tipitaka.net  - focusing on the life and teaching of Gotama Buddha, based on the Pali Tipitaka.
  http://www.tipitaka.net/
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• Wat Srisuttaram  - features activities, pictures of Thai ceremonies, information, and resources about a Thai temple in Bensheim.
  http://www.srisuttaram.iirt.net/
  More sites about:  Germany > Hessen > Darmstadt > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Sleutel tot Inzicht  - in Dutch.
  http://www.sleuteltotinzicht.nl/
  More sites about:  Netherlands > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Buddha Vihara Society  - discusses buddhist philosophy and offers services schedules.
  http://home2.pacific.net.sg/~bvs/
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• Vipassana Meditation Centre Singapore  - established to provided a place for all whom are interested to study and practice the essence of the Buddha's teaching.
  http://vmc128.8m.com/
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• America Burma Buddhist Association  - operates the Mahasi retreat center in New Jersey and the Universal Peace Buddha Temple in New York.
  http://www.mAHaSiUSA.org/
  More sites about:  New York State > Brooklyn > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara, The  - Theravada educational and religious organization founded by Ven. Madihe Pannasiha Mahayanaka There.
  http://vihara.org
  More sites about:  Washington, D.C. > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Buddharangsee Buddhist Temple  - Thai Buddhist temple which follows the Theravada school of practice and is under the control of the Dhamayuta sect in Australia.
  http://watthai.net/watbuddharangsee/
  More sites about:  Australia > New South Wales > Annandale > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Thamkrabok Foundation  - assists and escorts addicts/alcoholics from anywhere, to attend a radical, successful detoxification course at Thamkrabok Monastery, Thailand.
  http://www.thamkrabok.org.au/
  More sites about:  Australia > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia  - a Theravada Buddhist Society. Offers free literature and dhamma.
  http://www.bmsm.org.my/
  More sites about:  Malaysia > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Houston Buddhist Vihara  - carries on the Theravada Buddhist tradition through the practice of meditation and instruction.
  http://houstonbuddhist.freeservers.com/
  More sites about:  Texas > Houston > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Thai Kusinara Chalermraj  - location of Lord Buddha's Nirvana at Kushinagar, is created from the project of returning Buddhism to the land of its origin.
  http://www.watthaikusinara.org/
  More sites about:  India > Uttar Pradesh > Kushinagar District > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Sangha-Vipassanagruppen  - non-profit organisation for studies of insight meditation and Buddhism.
  http://www.sangha.nu
  More sites about:  Sweden > Stockholm > Stockholm > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Birken Forest Monastery  - Theravada Buddhist monastery located in the heart of British Columbia. Day visits, short and long retreats, and ordination possible.
  http://www2.nethop.net/~birken
  More sites about:  Canada > British Columbia > Okanagan-Similkameen > Princeton > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Buddhapadipa Thai Temple  - aims to help people understand the Theravada school of Buddhism.
  http://www.buddhapadipa.org/
  More sites about:  United Kingdom > England > Greater London > Merton > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Sasanaramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple  - devoted to the teachings of Theravada Buddhism. Includes information on temple activities.
  http://www.bbt.org.sg/
  More sites about:  Singapore > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• Wat Lao Buddhavong  - non-profit organization that belongs spiritually to the Lao Buddhist community and to all its Buddhists friends throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
  http://www.watlao.org/

• Lewella Meditation Centre  - offering facilities and support for the study and practice of early Buddhism as documented in the Pali scriptures.
  http://members.aol.com/analayo
  More sites about:  Sri Lanka > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• What Did The Buddha Teach?  - writings by His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara the Supreme Patriarch.
  http://www.webzure.com/somdet/
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• Tri-State Dharma Sangha Cincinnati  - promoting the study and practice of Insight Meditation in the Theravadan tradition.
  http://www.tristatedharma.org/
  More sites about:  Ohio > Cincinnati > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Palelai Buddhist Temple  - features Buddhist teaching, temple events, and meditation class.
  http://www.palelai.com/
  More sites about:  Singapore > Buddhist Schools, Lineages, and Sects > Theravada

   

• International Buddhist Center  - established to promote Theravada Buddhist teachings.
  http://members.aol.com/uparatana
  More sites about:  Maryland > Silver Spring > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Insight Mission Society  - dedicated to sharing the teachings of the Buddha and providing meditation instruction to all who wish to benefit from them.
  http://www.mettanet.org/main.htm
  More sites about:  California > Burbank > Theravada Buddhism

   

• Wat Thai DC  - serving Thai and American communities.
  http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~ypicha1/wat
  More sites about:  Maryland > Silver Spring > Theravada Buddhism

   

• LankaWeb  - single source of information for Sri Lankan news & views, cultural information, business & commercial opportunities for foreign investments, theravada buddhism and external links. Info. about placing ads.
  http://www.lankaweb.com/
  More sites about:  B2B > Communications and Networking > Internet > Sri Lanka

   

• Philadelphia Meditation Center, Inc.  - offers silent sittings, retreats by Theravada/Insight/Dzogchen teachers and workshops relating to meditation, as well as retreats in Tibet.
  http://www.philadelphiameditation.org/
  More sites about:  Pennsylvania > Havertown > Buddhism

   

• Suan Mokkh  - Theravada forest monastery along the coast of Southern Thailand.
  http://www.suanmokkh.org/
  More sites about:  Thailand > Religion > Theravada > Suan Mokkh

   

• Mahindarama Sunday Pali School  - information on the school and Theravada Buddhism in general.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9449/
  More sites about:  Malaysia > Penang > Georgetown > Buddhism > Education

   

• Sivali Centre  - meditation practice follows the old way of Theravada Buddhism in natural environment in northern Thailand.
  http://www.sivalicentre.com
  More sites about:  Thailand > Chiang Mai > Chiang Mai > Religion and Spirituality > Retreats and Conference Centers

   

• Life of Gotama Buddha, The  - from birth to birth through Buddhahood.
  http://www.theravada.net/general/buddha/life_of_gotama.html

• Buddha and Buddhism - biography of Siddartha Gautama.
• Life of Gotama Buddha, The - from birth to birth through Buddhahood.
• Life of Siddhartha Gautama
• Life of the Buddha, The - telling the story of Gotama Siddhattha, whose name means "he who has accomplished his aim."
• Lord Buddha - introduction to the Buddha's life, enlightenment, and teachings.
• Siddhartha Gautama - biography of the historical Siddhartha.

November 30, 2001