Branch monasteries of the Ajahn Chah tradition
On the collective website www.forestsangha.org you will find all the sites of the official branch monasteries of Wat Nong Pah Pong in Thailand, as well as all the associated monastries worldwide, which are inspired by the teachings and example of Ajahn Chah.
Meditation groups in your area
Continuity in one’s meditation practice as well as exchange with like-minded people can have a powerful effect on one’s life. Meditation retreats represent precious times of introspection, but for most people are usually spaced too far apart. We therefore encourage all our guests and the participants in monastic meditation retreats, to deepen their practice and understanding on a regular basis by becoming a member of a local meditation or Dhamma group. Some of the groups listed are regularly visited by a member of the Dhammapala Sangha. Usually such groups meet about once a week. Should there be no such facility in your neighbourhood, we encourage you to start up a new one.
Switzerland
Basel: Rainer Künzi – www.kalyanamitta.ch 061 331 13 04
Beatenberg: Meditationszentrum www.karuna.ch 033 841 21 31
Bern: www.zentrumfuerbuddhismus.ch kontakt@zentrumfuerbuddhismus.ch
Biel: Andreas Bachmann 032 322 57 65
Frutigen: flow Frutigen, Doris Eckstein, 079 886 60 75
Genf: Patricia Rollier 021 806 22 33, Wäow Rebillet 022 300 12 89
Lausanne: Laurence McKenzie 021 711 26 92
Luzern: Yvonne Bühlmann 041 497 01 31
Pontresina: Alain & Ursula Gayet 081 842 76 05
Weinfelden TG: Roger Stalder 071 558 83 43
Winterthur: Stéphanie Mosimann 052 238 12 31
Zürich: Jörg Dreybrodt 076 747 50 15, Rolf Hafner www.theravada.ch 079 358 90 77
Germany
Freiburg: Susanne Steinhusen 0761 384 270 52
Hamburg: Axel Wasmann 040 399 069 97
Hildesheim: Johannes Dombrowski 05121 8090 580;151 1703 2799
Karlsruhe: Hans-Peter Fettig 0721 9483 636;0160 8351 187
Köln: Akincano M. Weber 0221 139 64 45
München: BGM – Anca Gerner 089 6789 531
Nürnberg: Wolfgang Kaiser 0911 660 42 42
Italy
Rom: Vihara Santacittarama
Via Delle Prata 22,
Localita ‘Le Brulla’
I-02030 Frasso Sabino RT Tel. +39 (0)765 872 528 (During retreat time: 08:00-09:00, otherwise, Tues-Sun, 08:00-10:30)
Fax +39 (0)6233 238 629
France
Aix-en-Provence:
Le Refuge
2505, route de la Sainte Baume
F-13390 Auriol Tel. +33 (0)6 95 85 83 87
Austria
Wien:
Christoph Köck, Gfrornergasse 3/1/39,
A-1060 Wien Tel. +43 (0)1 595 50 18
www.dhammamoon.org (Poetry website edited by Ajahn Sucitto and Ajahn Abhinando)
www.fourthmessenger.org (Teachings and art mainly from Buddhist monastics)