The library
The best places to go deeper: translations, talks, books, monasteries, and retreats — nearly all offered freely by the communities that made them. We point the way rather than copy; each link opens the work in its own home.
Forest monasteries in Thailand and beyond that welcome visitors.
watpahnanachat.org · The International Forest Monastery
The International Forest Monastery in Ubon Ratchathani, founded by Ajahn Chah in 1975 so that people from abroad could train in English. Those who wish to practise there can write ahead to arrange a stay.
Ajahn Chah
forestsangha.org · Forest Sangha
The international community of monasteries in Ajahn Chah's lineage: a directory of branch monasteries around the world, and their teachings, free to read and hear.
Ajahn Chah
amaravati.org · Amaravati
The monastery Ajahn Sumedho founded in Hertfordshire, England, in 1984 — with retreats, talks, and free books from the Western branch of Ajahn Chah's lineage.
Ajahn Sumedho
abhayagiri.org · Abhayagiri
A forest monastery in Ajahn Chah's lineage in Redwood Valley, California, with Dhamma talks, books, retreats, and a calendar of observances.
watmetta.org · Metta Forest Monastery
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu's monastery in San Diego County, California, in the lineage of Ajahn Lee. Day and overnight visits by arrangement.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu