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Woodacre: Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Vipassana center hosts meditation classes, day long retreats and residential retreats. Information on meditation, programs offered, history of the organization.
Skillful Meditation Project
http://www.meditationproject.org/
Offers insight meditation instruction in local sitting groups. Includes articles and details of events.
Sebastopol: Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Center
A Samatha-Vipassana Center in the lineage of the late Ven. Shwe Baw Gyun Sayadaw of Burma, it was founded on the principles of metta (non-violence), dana (charity), sila (keeping the precepts), bhavana (cultivation of the mind towards enlightenment.)
Santa Clara: Buddhi Viharaya
Sri Lankan Buddhist temple. Includes articles, kids' activities, and events calendar.
San Jose: Buddhi Vihara
http://www.buddhivihara.iirt.net/
A Sri Lankan temple, following the Theravada School of practice.
San Diego: Wat Metta, Metta Forest Monastery
http://here-and-now.org/watmetta.html
Wat Metta is a Thai forest monastery established in the rural hills outside of San Diego.
San Diego Wat Lao Boubpharam
http://www.watlaoboubpharam.8k.com/
Laotian Theravadan Buddhist temple.
Redwood Valley: Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Sangha tradition of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho.
North Fork: California Vipassana Center
http://www.mahavana.dhamma.org/
Schedule of courses in the practice of Vipassana meditation, extensive background information on the center and its teachings.
Los Angeles: LA Dharma
A focal point for Insight Meditation in Los Angeles and that supports meditators in the deepening their practices and the opening their hearts. Information on Buddhist ethics, traditions, and practice inspire our meditation retreat series, public talks, and service activities.
Auburn and Nevada City: Mountain Stream Meditation Center
Vipassana retreat center in the Sierra foothills committed to teaching and supporting the practice of insight meditation. Newsletter, teacher profile, schedule of workshops.
Albion: Mendocino Vipassana Center - Dhamma Manda
Dedicated to the practice of Vipassana meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka. This technique gradually eradicates all inner suffering.