Buddhism Links

Local Practice Centers I'm affiliated with

• Willow Branch Sangha (a buddhist community in the West Chester/Chadds Ford area, affiliated with the Community of Mindful Living, the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village.)
  Location: West Chester, PA
  Regular Practice Schedule: Every Sunday, 6-8PM, Dharma Discussions Thursday in Chadds Ford (7-9PM),
  Recitation of 14 Mindfulness Trainings, 3rd Monday of Month, 7PM-9PM.
  
• Delaware Valley Zen Center (www.dvzc.org) (a buddhist community in Newark DE affiliated with the Kwan Um School of Zen)
  Location: Newark DE
  Regular Practice Schedule: Every Wednesday, 7-8:30PM.

Local Practice Centers I haven't yet explored

• Media Shambhala Meditation Group http://www.shambhala.org/centers/media/.
  Location: Media PA
  Regular practice schedule (last updated Dec 2005): Every Wed 7:30-9pm, 2nd Sunday of month, 9am-noon.

Chanting

Software

• Mindful Clock: a mindfulness bell program for Windows

Online Dharma Talks and Reading

text

• BuddhaNet: http://www.worldlibrary.net/BuddhaNet.htm

Audio

• MP3s of Insight Meditation Society teachers at www.audiodharma.org

Vendors

• SoundsTrue: www.soundstrue.com Many good tapes and CDs related to the practice, including Thich Nhat Hanh, Stephen Batchelor, Sylvia Boorstein, and others.
• Parallax Press: http://www.parallax.org/ The publishing company of the Unified Buddhist Church, which is the community that practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
• DharmaCrafts http://www.dharmacrafts.com/ Source for meditation cushions, benches, mats, etc.
• Carolina Morning Designs http://www.zafu.net/ Source for the meditation bench that I use: lightweight, portable, and environmentally friendly (made from recycled plastic!)

Password Protected Resources

• Resources for UD Student Group Officers