Meditation instructions
- Joseph Goldstein’s intructions for meditation (MP3 audio)
- Sitting meditation instructions from Jack Kornfield
- Detailed instructions and practice guidance from Tara Brach at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (DC)
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s instructions for meditation, focusing on the breath
- Instructions and six-week beginners course from Gil Fronsdal (MP3 audio)
Dharma reading and audio
- Dharma Seed: Invaluable collection of downloadable dharma talks from leading teachers
- Access to Insight: translations of Buddhist texts and commentaries
- Wisdom Publications publishes Bhante Gunaratana’s classic Mindfulness in Plain English and other books on Buddhism and meditation
Monday night readings
These are books that we have used for readings before the Monday sittings
- Parami: Ways to cross life’s floods, by Ajahn Sucitto
- The magnanimous heart, by Narayan Helen Liebenson
- When awareness becomes natural, by Sayadaw U Tejaniya
- Faith: Trusting your own deepest experience, by Sharon Salzberg
- Boundless heart, by Christina Feldman
- The noble eightfold path, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Eight mindful steps to happiness, by Bhante Gunaratana
- Dharma talks by Upasika Kee, available at Access to Insight and Wisdom Publications
- Being nobody, going nowhere, by Ayya Khema
- Cittaviveka, by Ajahn Sumedho
- With each & every breath, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- Small boat, great mountain, by Ajahn Amaro
- Intuitive awareness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhism and race
- Mindful of race: Transforming racism from the inside out, by Ruth King
- “Living our histories, shaping our futures: Buddhist practice and anti-racist education for white people”, by Jessica Locke (Insight journal, 2020)
Retreat centers
- Insight Meditation Society (IMS) (Barre, MA)
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) (Barre, MA)
- Spirit Rock (Marin County, CA)
- Vallecitos Mountain Refuge (New Mexico)
Other meditation groups in the area
- New York Insight (New York, NY)
- Insight Meditation Community of New Jersey (Morristown, NJ)
- The Philadelphia Meditation Center (Havertown, PA)
- Buddhist Sangha of South Jersey (Cherry Hill ,NJ)
- Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County (Yardley, PA)
- Monmouth Insight Meditation Group (Rumson, NJ)
- Community Meditation at Complete Health Yoga (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Improving your posture
- Heal your posture is a website by Mary Bond, author of the excellent book The new rules of posture. Some group members have found this very helpful to find a more comfortable sitting posture.
Our host
- Fellowship in Prayer hosts our Monday night weekly sitting group