Meditation Resources
Following is a partial listing of a variety of resources that support insight meditation practice and socially engaged service. Should you know of other local resources, click here to add them on the website.
Charlotte Local Mindfulness Meditation Sitting Groups
- Mindful Members Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte, meeting monthly in south Charlotte on Thursday evenings.
- Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte: insightmeditationcharlotte.org. Tuesday Midway and Wednesday Evening; Park Road Baptist Church
- Charlotte Center for Mindfulness: http://ccmindful.org. Wednesday Morning and Thursday Evening; Myers Park Baptist Church
- Charlotte Buddhist Vihara: www.charlottebuddhistvihara.org. Tuesday Evening and Saturday Afternoon; Northeast Charlotte
- Sunday Morning Meditation: www.uucc.org. Sunday Morning. Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte
- Charlotte Community of Mindful Living: http://www.charlottemindfulness.org. Sunday morning and Thursday evening; Myers Park Baptist Church
Insight Meditation Retreat Centers
- Southern Dharma Retreat Center, https://www.southerndharma.org
- Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC, http://imcw.org
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center, CA, https://www.spiritrock.org
- Flowering Lotus Retreat Center, MS, http://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org
- Insight Meditation Society, MA, http://dharma.org
- Insight Retreat Center, CA, http://www.insightretreatcenter.org
Other North Carolina Residential Retreat Centers:
Mindfulness for Beginners - Good Reads!
- The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, Jack Kornfield
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach
- True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in your own Awakened Heart, Tara Brach
- Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, Joseph Goldstein
- Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
- Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, Joseph Goldstein
- Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
- Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg
- Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World, Christina Feldman
- Boundless Heart: The Buddha's Path of Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity, Christina Feldman
- Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the face of Suffering, Phillip Moffitt
Dedicated Practitioner Study Programs & Centers
Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Extended Study Programs
- Dedicated Practitioner Program (DPP)
- Advanced Practitioner Program (APP)
- Community Dharma Leadership (CDL)
- Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation Training Program
Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield – or cut and past the following link:
Spiritual Friends/KM Group
If you would like to start a Spiritual Friends (Kalyana Mitta) group to discuss your meditation practice, study various wisdom teachings, or engage specific social justice concerns, these links will support you in getting started:
- http://imcw.org/Programs/Spiritual-Friends-KM
- http://www.spiritrock.org/kalyana-mitta
- Forming a Racial Affinity Group Guidelines and Inquiry Questions
Dharma Audio Recordings
- Dharma Seed: http://dharmaseed.org
- Insight Retreat Center Audio Dharma: http://irc.audiodharma.org
- Ruth King Recordings: https://ruthking.net/meditation/archived-talks/
- Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com
- Sounds True: http://www.soundstrue.com/store/
Meditation Publications
- Meditation Exercises with Sean Fargo
- Tricycle Magazine: http://tricycle.org
- BuddhaDharma Magazine/Lion’s Roar: http://www.lionsroar.com/category/buddhadharma/page/2/
- Ruth King – Wise Talk: https://ruthking.net/wise-talk/
- Mindful Magazine: http://www.mindful.org/magazine/