Here you will find links to translations of the Buddha’s Teaching as preserved in the Pali Canon. There are recommended forest monasteries and meditation centres in Asia that offer monthly retreats and possible ordination. There are some easy to read but profound meditation books for download. Included are several websites that contain hundreds of digital Dhamma books, meditation manuals and talks by various Buddhist teachers available for download.
Recommended Reading – Sutta Pitaka
The collection of Pali Suttas, or discourses, attributed to the Buddha and a few of his closest disciples, are the source of all the central teachings of the Theravada. They provide not only what the Buddha taught but importantly how he taught. Experience the right meaning and phrasing, the methods and mode of instruction of the Fully Self-Awakened One.
- Majjhima Nikaya — Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
- (Essential / Recommended)
- Digha Nikaya — Long Discourses
- Samyutta Nikaya — Connected Discourses
- Anguttara Nikaya — Numerical Discourses
- Dhammapada — The way of Truth
- Sutta Nipata — Rhinoceros Horn
- Udana — Inspired Discourses
- Itivuttaka — Thus was it said…
- Therigatha — Verses of the Nuns
- Theragatha — Verses of the Monks
Recommended book Downloads
These inspiring books by two Burmese Masters give a description of the nature and mode of Ariyan meditation.
Ashin U Tejaniya – Awareness Alone is not Enough
Ashin U Tejaniya – Dhamma Everywhere
Sayadaw U Jotika – Snow in the Summer
Sayadaw U Jotika – Map of the Journey
Meditation Centres and monasteries
A small collection of meditation centres in Asia that offer authentic Buddhist teachings and meditation instruction in English. These monasteries and centres are easily accessible, operate on a donation-basis, and run monthly retreats and extended training for foreign meditators.
Thailand
- Wat Chom Tong – Insight Meditation Cente
- Suan Mokkh – International Dhamma Hermitage
- Dipabhāvan Meditation Center
- Wat Bhaddhanta Asabharam
- Kow Tham Insight Meditation center
Myanmar (Burma)
- Panditarama Meditation Center
- Shwe Oo Min Forest Center
- Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Centre
- Pa-Auk Forest Monastery
- Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha Meditation Centre
Sri lanka, India & Nepal
- Panditarama Lumbini Vipassana Centre
- Nissarana Vanaya – Mithrigala
- Na Uyana Aranya Forest Monastery
- Kanduboda Siyane Meditation Centre
- Goenka Vipassana Centres
Internet & digital Resources
www.accesstoinsight.org
Excellent English Translations of Pali Texts and Dhamma talks by Masters from the Thai Forest Tradition.
www.dhammatalks.net
Extensive collection of Dhamma talks (audio), transcribed and translated talks, and Buddhist books.
www.buddhanet.net
Extensive collection of Dhamma books, meditation resources, Buddhist directories and resources.