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Buddhism

The teaching of awakening — how attention, ethics, and insight loosen the self enough to see clearly. From the Buddha's silence to the living lineages.

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Plum Village

Thích Nhất Hạnh's monastery in southwestern France. Founded 1982, now the largest international Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition — five hamlets, hundreds of monastics, retreats year-round in five languages. Mindfulness practised in the original way: silent meals, walking meditation between sessions, working meditation in the gardens. Open to anyone for a week or longer. The closest you can get in the West to actually living the practice rather than reading about it.

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Spirit Rock Meditation Center

The West Coast home of Insight Meditation (Vipassana). Founded by Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, James Baraz, and a small circle of teachers who studied under U Pandita and other Burmese masters. 411 acres in Marin County, California. Day-long sits, weekend retreats, month-long silent retreats. The lineage place for anyone serious about the western adaptation of the Theravada tradition.

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