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Meditation & Dhamma in Silicon Valley and environs

These are just a few places that I chose to list - beause I have been there, know somebody that suggested them, or intend to check them out. Most I have sat with, except, of course the Shin\Pure Land groups (they don't meditate much, they chant a lot to Amida Buddha). There are actually many Buddhist centers, groups and organizations all over Silicon Valley and throughought the Santa Cruz mountains.

• Therevada
  • Insight Meditation South Bay (Mountain View)
  • Insight Meditation Center (Redwood City)
  • San Jose Insight Meditation Sangha
  • Vipassana Santa Cruz
• Jodo Shinshu (a.k.a. Shin Buddhism, a.k.a. Pure Land)
  • Mountain View Buddhisht Temple
  • Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
• Tibetan
  • Silicon Valley Shambhala Center (Mountain View)
  • Land of Medicine Buddha (Soquel)
• Zen
  • Kannon Do (Mountain View)
  • Palo Alto Zen Center

eBooks: Dhamma and Commentary available online

• Access To Insight - An incredible site. Much of the Tipitaka plus writings of many noted authors in Therevadin Buddhism. Note also BPS titles online - Buddhist Publication Society titles offered by Access to Insight; includes particular works on satipatthana and the eightfold path.
• Buddhist eLibrary - Many texts from various buddhist traditions. Note the eLibrary menu button. Also an audio library. One book is Practical Grammar of the Pali Language. Note also the eLeaning material
• Essence of the Tipitaka. Online version of the book by U Ko Lay, provides an overview of the Tipitaka and summary of many suttas.
• Abhidhamma - A few books and discussion forum. Of particular interest, Right View: The Sammaditthi Sutta and its Commentary by Bhikkhu Bodhi
• Dhammatube - YouTube for Dhamma. In particular, there are many Thai teachers there.
• Ustream - Bhikkhu Bodhi lectures on the Word of the Buddha (ongoing in 2009)

Book Sources

• Alibris (marketplace)
• Amazon
• Biblio.com (search & marketplace)
• Bodhi Tree Bookstore
• Buddhist Publication Society, Inc.
• Pali Text Society
• Pariyatti Bookstore
• Pariyatti Publishing
• Shambhala Publications
• Vedams Books
• Wisdom Books
• Wisdom Pubs

Places

• Abhayagiri eBooks
• Access to Insight
  • Sutta Pitaka
  • Pali glossary
  • A Therevaden Library
  • BPS titles offered by Access to Insight
• begin to see CD/DVD talks by Munindra, Dipa Ma, Mahasi Sayadaw, Bhante Vimalaramsi
• beliefnet: Buddhism
• buddhanet
• buddhanet: eBooks
• Buddhist Education Foundation (UK)
• Buddhist Publication Society
• Dhamma Mahavana - California Vipassana Center
• Dhamma Manda - Northern California Vipassana Association
• DharmaNet Learning Center
• eDhamma
• HinduWebSite: Buddhism Scriptures
• IMSB Links
• Insight Meditation Center
• Insight Meditation Society
• Insight Meditation South Bay
• Mahayana Buddhist Sutras in English
• Majjhima Nikaya Lectures {BB}
• Mid America Dharma - Study Resources
• Nibbana.com
• Pali Canon: Essence of the Tipitaka. Online book by U Ko Lay
• Pali Canon (at Access to Insight)
• Pali Canon (at Buddhism Today)
• Pali Canon (at Vipassana Fellowship)
• Pali Course {by Bhikkhu Bodhi}
• Pali Primer
• Pali Tipitaka
• Pariyatti
  • Pariyatti Publishing
  • Resources on the Web
• Quiet Mountain
• Sacred-Texts.com
• Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
• Sutta-Nipata Lectures {BB}
• Udana Exclamations (at Buddhism Today)
• Udana Exclamations (at Vipassana Fellowship)
• Vipassana Fellowship: Audio Files
• Vipassana Fellowship
• Vipassana Meditation (dhamma.org)
• Vipassana Research Institute (VRI)
• What the Buddha Taught
• Wisdom Publications
• Yellow Robe

Teachers and Selected Works

• Ajaan Chah
• Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • Bodhi Monastery
    • A Course in the Pali Language
    • A Systematic Study of the Majjhima Nikaya
    • Sutta-Nipāta
    • The Buddha's Teaching As It Is
  • Majjhima Nikaya Lectures online (old web location)
  • Pali language course online (old web location)
  • Selected works at AccessToInsight
    • Going for Refuge & Taking the Precepts
    • Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition
    • The Noble Eightfold Path
• Bhikkhu Khantipalo
  • Selected works at AccessToInsight
    • Lay Buddhist Practice - The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence
• J. Krishnamurti
• Joe Chu
• Mahashi Sayadaw
  • The Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation
  • At eDhamma (Audio of lecture and more links)
  • Selected works at AccessToInsight
    • The Progress of Insight: A Modern Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation
    • Satipatthana Vipassana: Insight Through Mindfulness
    • Thoughts on the Dhamma
• Ñyanaponika Thera (a.k.a. Ñyanaponika Mahathera)
  • Selected works at AccessToInsight
    • The Five Mental Hindrances
• Santikaro - Liberation Park
• Shaila Catherine

Books and readings recommended to me

• Early Buddhism & Mahayana (rats, I can't remember who gave this to me)
• How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings by Richard F. Gombrich
• Mindfulness Series from Unity Press
• Sons of the Buddha - The Early Lives of Three Extraordinary Thai Masters by Kamala Tiyavanich