< Travel Compendium

Dharma Bumming

Worldwide/Year Round: Goenka retreats (map)

USA

Soto Zen

Spring/Summer: Tassajara (Bay Area, California, USA)

Spring/Fall: Green Gulch (San Francisco, California, USA)

Year Round: Yokoki Zen Mountain Center (Southern California, California, USA)

Vipassana


UK

Vipassana

Year Round/Personal Retreats: Gaia House


Malaysia

Vipassana

Year Round: Dhamma Malaya - 10 day Goenka retreats

Year Round: Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Centre

Myanmar

(If the civil unrest cools down, sigh)

Vipassana

Pa-Auk International Centers

Thailand

Vipassana

Year Round: Wat Ram Poeng YearRound: Wat Suan Mokh - 10 day retreats at the beginning of every month
Year Round: International Buddhist Center at Prathat Doi Suthep - 4-21 day courses (flexible, 21 day “Foundation” course is probably what you want though) Year Round: Wat Chom Tong - 21 day course, Chiang Mai (seems intense as fuck, probably the more hardcore option)