Resources

`MEDITATION & RETREAT RESOURCES IN KNOXVILLE AND THE EAST TENNESSEE AREA`

`GROUPS:`

`30 Good Leaves, (Sangha group that meets Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in Knoxville) : Contact Ike Parkey at ikep36@yahoo.com; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/30GoodLeaves`

`DrepungMonastery, Atlanta: write to Irene Pittman at 2625 Piedmont Rd., # 56473, Atlanta, GA 30324; call 404-816-5510; see http://www.drepung.org/`

`Knoxville Mindfulness Meditation Group: meets each Sunday at 4pm at the West Knoxville Friends Meeting House; contact Holly White, 11500 Millcove Lane, Knoxville, TN 37931; email to Holly44724@aol.com ; or telephone Linda Doyle, 865-212-5297.`

`Losel Shedrup Ling, Tibetan Buddhist Center, Knoxville; teachers from the Gelug and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism: contact Traci Black 382-1585; see also http://www.korrnet.org/lslk/`

`Great Tree Zen Temple, TeijoMunnich, resident priest.`

`Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Knoxville and East TN, Inc.: contact Thanh Van Ho or Grace Duong at 690-2616`

`PLACES:`

`Hawks Above: http://www.hawksabove.com/`

`Highlander Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820; Tel: (423) 933-3443, Fax: (423) 933-3424; Email: hrec@igc.apc.org`

`Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center; at Washburn, (near Luttrell), TN: contact Bill Nichol at Rural Rt. 2, Box 125, Washbrun, TN 37888, tel. 497-2753`

`Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Hot Springs, NC: write to SDRC, 1161 West Road, Hot Springs, NC 28743, tel 828-622-7112`

Yoga With Shanti, 5415-F Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921, Tel. (865) 584-1086, e-mail: Iamshantih@aol.com, Event Schedule

`Zen Center of Asvhille, Ashville, NC`

`NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:`

`Naropa` `University: http://www.naropa.edu`

`Tibet Information Network: http://www.tibetinfo.net/`

`Tibet: The Government of Tibet in Exile: http://www.tibet.com/`

`NATIONALLY/INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN TEACHERS WITH WEBSITES:`

`Joseph Goldstein: http://www.dharma.org/teachers/joseph/index.htm`

`Bhante` `Henepola Gunaratana: http://www.bhavanasociety.org/`

`Jack Kornfield (Sprit Rock): http://www.spiritrock.org/html/KornfieldSched.htm`

`Jiddu` `Krishnamurti: http://www.kfa.org/`

`Lama Surya Das: http://www.dzogchen.org/surya/`

`Lama Yeshe (Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive): http://www.lamayeshe.com/`

`PemaChodron: http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/`

`Sharon Salzberg: http://www.dharma.org/teachers/sharon/index.htm`

`ThichNhat Hahn (Plum Village): http://www.plumvillage.org/`

`ThubtenChodron: http://www.thubtenchodron.org/`

`CUSHIONS AND MORE:`

`Aronsha: (Ron & Sharon McConathy, Kingston, TN ): http://www.aronsha.com/meditate/`

`Carolina Mornings: http://www.zafu.net/`

`DharmaCrafts: http://www.dharmacrafts.com/`

`Gaiam: http://www.gaiam.com/`

`Green Earth Emporium, 4451 Kingston Pike, 37919 (Western Plaza Shopping Center), 588-9882`

`Samadhi: http://www.samadhicushions.com/`

`Sun and Moon: http://www.sunandmoonoriginals.com/`

`PUBLISHERS:`

`Buddhist Publication Society: http://lanka.com/dhamma/bps/bps_main.htm`

`Dharma Communications: http://zen-mtn.org/zmm`

`Dharma Publishing: http://www.nyingma.org`

`Inquiring Mind: http://www.inquiringmind.com/ or write to PO Box 9999, Berkeley, CA 94709 send a postcard with your name and address for a free subscription for two issues a year (they hope you will contribute something like $15/yr.`

`Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: http://www.lamayeshe.com/ has free publications, but they hope for a contribution`

`Pali` `Text Society (see Wisdom)`

`Parallax Press (Thich Nhat Hanh): http://www.parallax.org`

`Seven Star (Ni Hua-ch'ing): http://www.taostar.com`

`Shambhala: http://www.shambhala.com`

`Shambhala` `Sun: http://www.shambhalasun.com/`

`Snow Lion: http://www.snowlionpub.com`

`Sounds True (recordings): http://www.soundstrue.com/`

`Tricycle: http://www.tricycle.com`

`Vipassana` `Publications: http://www.vrpa.com/ (distributor for the Buddhist Publication Society)`

`What is Enlightenment?: http://www.wie.org/home/default.asp`

`Wisdom: http://wisdompubs.org`

`SOME WEBSITES:`

`Access to Insight: /www.accesstoinsight.org/`

`Beliefnet:http://www.beliefnet.com/`

`Buddhanet: http://www.buddhanet.org/`

`Dzogchen: http://www.dzogchen.org/`

`Internet Sacred Text Archive: http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm`

`Killing the Buddha: http://www.killingthebuddha.com`

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