BOOKS and WEBCAST LIST

Zencast is just a very good lecture series. It helps provide balance and harmony from within. http://www.zencast.com/downloads

Books by Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life.
This is one of his classic books. Each chapter talks about bringing mindfulness into our daily life
The Miracle of Mindfulness One of Wally recommended list of books.
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
A very practical book and an effective approach toward dealing with this all too common emotion.
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
This is for a serious practitioner, interested in learning deeper aspects of how Buddhist teachings connect to everyday life.

Books by John Kabat-Zinn
Full Catastrophe Living

This book is an excellent introduction to meditation, especially those readers who are put off by too much jargon. Kabat-Zinn keeps the book practical, talking about how to live in the moment, pay attention, and focusing on "being" as opposed to "doing". Kabat-Zinn offers several meditation techniques in these MP3's:
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/
* Mindfulness For Just About Everything (Part 1) Mindfulness For Just About Everything (Part 2)
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
This book goes more deeply into the practice of meditation and applying these practices to daily life.

Books by Sharon Salzberg
Loving-Kindness Meditation: Learning to Love Through Insight Meditation
A Heart As Wide As the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindess
Sharon's books are full of stories about connecting meditation to daily life.

Books by Jack Kornfield
A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Kornfield offers a guidebook on living with attentiveness, meditation, and compassion through stories. Part of what makes this book so accessible is his use of everyday metaphors to describe the elusive lessons of spiritual transformation.

By J. Krishnamurti
On Mind and Thought

By Shunryu Suzuki
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Larry Rosenberg
Breath by Breath

By Charlotte Joko Beck
Everyday Zen

MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS RESOURCES AND ARCHIVES

We at Monadnock Mindfulness Practice Center would like to invite you to explore worldwide audience for valuable educational and informational sources for further studies.

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND MINDFULNESS WEBLINKS

Foundation for Active Compassion,
has a practice group in Putney, VT.

Natural Dharma, is based in Cambridge, MA but has conducted retreats throughout NE, including NH.

Vermont Insight Society, located at Solar Hill in Brattleboro, Vermont, has regular sittings and sponsors workshops and events throughout the year.

Morning Sun,This meditation center, about 12 miles, North of Keene NH has regular sittings and sponsors workshops and events throughout the year.

Vibrance LLC, Montpelier, VT
Vermont northeast kingdom retreat. Intensive, custom retreat development, and problem clearing and archetypal dreamwork sessions.
E-mail: maggie@Vibrance.us phone: 802-223-7966

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
This meditation center has daily instructions, dharma talks, and practice. There are year-round retreats and in the summer, there is a forest refuge

Weston Priory
A community of Benedictine monks in Weston, Vermont in the Green Mountains. All are welcome

Vipassana Meditation Center
Is a vipassana meditation center in Shelburne Falls, Mass. Which started out years ago as a farm.

Buddhist Centers Throughout Vermont
This site is a list of links for 18 Buddhist centers throughout Vermont.

Buddhist Centers in New Hampshire
Much like the Vermont Buddhist directory, the New Hampshire directory links to groups and centers. There are 8 on this site at this writing.


Buddhist Centers in MA but outside Boston

This list of Centers also includes Cape Cod and other areas not near the NH border.

Insight Meditation Society In Barre, MA
This meditation center has daily instructions, dharma talks, and practice. There are year-round retreats and in the summer, there is a forest refuge.

Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley Dhamma Dena Easthampton, MA
Established in 1998. A non-residential center in the Theravadin (Insight Meditation) tradition. We offer drop-in sittings, classes, day-long retreats, special events, and meditation instruction.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Is a worldwide organization with a chapter in Northampton, MA. The aim is to help bring peace where there is conflict, through peaceful communication and cooperation. Emilie Woodward (413) 586-0474
E-mail: emiliewoodward@hotmail.com

Sky Meadow Retreat Northeast Kingdom, Vt.
(802-533-2505) 45 minutes north of St Johnsbury) where we host retreats of 8 - 16 people for weekend or longer events.