Suggested Resources on Meditation
One Easy Resource to Get You Started with Meditation (includes CD’s):
Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg,
Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate
Recommended meditation app:
Insight Timer (free version is plenty)
Recommended app with talks about Buddhist meditation:
Dharmaseed (free)
Suggested Authors on Meditation:
Joseph Goldstein
Sharon Salzberg
Jack Kornfield
Mark Epstein
Tara Brach
Pema Chodron
Thich Nhat Han
Lama Surya Das
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Mathieu Ricard
Ezra Bayda
Barry Magid
Meditation audiotapes and videotapes are available from:
www.dharmaseed.org (free downloads of talks)
Selected meditation centers within driving distance:
Kadampa Meditation Center, Glen Spey, NY www.kadampanewyork.org
Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush, NY www.bluecliffmonastery.org
Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush, NY www.dharmadrumretreat.org
Insight Meditation Society (IMS), Barre, MA www.dharma.org
Kripalu, Lenox, MA www.kripalu.org (yoga too)
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY www.garrisoninstitute.org
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY www.eomega.org (yoga too)
New York Insight Meditation Center, New York, NY www.nyimc.org
Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper, NY www.zmm.mro.org