Useful Links
Buddhist Monasteries and Dhamma Talks
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Sitavana/Birken Forest Monastery - Ajahn Sona
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Sati Saraniya Hermitage - Ayya Medhanandi
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Tisarana Buddhist Monastery - Ajahn Viradhammo
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Arrow River Forest Hermitage - Ajahn Punnadhammo
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Metta Forest Monastery and Dhamma talks/books/audio - Bhikkhu Thanissaro
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Buddhist Society of Western Australia - Ajahn Brahm
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Talks by Ayya Khema
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Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery - Ayya Santacitta and Ayya Anandabodhi
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Audio Dharma - an archive of Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal, Andrea Fella and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
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Dharma Seed - teachings by Western Buddhists, lay and ordained, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Ajahn Sumedho, Ayya Medhanandi, Ayya Santacitta, and many more.
Other Practice Opportunities
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Wednesday Zoom sangha - an online meditation community. Meditate online together with people from around the world. Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Pacific time. https://bcimssittinggroup.blogspot.com/2019/04/wednesday-zoom-sangha.html.
Teachings recommended by members of the CTBC Meditation Group
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Ajahn Brahm on Patience
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Ajahn Brahm on The Power of Silence
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Early Buddhism Course with Ajahns Bramali and Sujato. How to tell if the teachings really came from the Buddha himself, and what the basic teachings of the Buddha are.
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Kamma & Rebirth course containing references to suttas to read as you go through the course.
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Ajahn Brahm on Dealing with Hatred
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Ajahn Brahm - The Purpose of Meditation
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Ajahn Brahm - How to cope with distractions that arise during meditation
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Ajahn Brahm - on making moral and other decisions, ending with a strategy to heal trauma.
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Bhante Sujato - What is Emptiness?
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Bhante Sujato - How to develop wholesome qualities
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Ajahn Brahm - Meditation made easy
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Bhante Sujato - History of the Thai Forest Tradition
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Ajahn Brahm - Ajahn gives a beautiful way to deal with past trauma.
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Bhante Sujato - Stream Entry
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Ajahn Brahm - Being Kind and Caring
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Venerable Canda - Inner Beauty
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Ajahn Sona - The Essentials of the Buddha's Teachings
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Venerable Cittapalo - The Skillful Attitude to Hold While Meditating
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Venerable Akaliko - All the Basic Teachings are given in this series of talks.
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Tenzin Palmo - The Therigata This is a series of talks on Enlightened nuns plus a wonderful history of Buddhist nuns given by a famous Tibetan Buddhist nun.