International Quiet Vacation and Retreat we can afford

A very healthy way of living life is making basic structure for daily life, and also for planning annual year retreat once or twice a year.
From the experiences of many years of traveling, I have visited many places and retreat centers. There are some retreat centers which are really marvelous and suitable for quiet vacation and retreat.

Here is a list of links I personally visited or trusted feedback from friends who visited, which are suitable for quiet vacation or retreat :


  1.

Goenka Vipassana Retreat
http://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schdvara.htm
Many retreats! 10 days, 3 days...etc
It is free and donation base, with guided teachers.


  2.

Thailand tradition monastery
Here are the many monastery of Ajahn Chah's European branches, leads by his disciple, Ajahn Sumedho and many more, you may visit these places, and they offered free retreat and stay from time to time, all you need to do is to send them mail for request to visit and stay, or request for retreat, there are always teachers who guide meditation and practice:

http://www.buddhanet.net/masters/sumedho.htm

There are branches in England, Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and so on.

This list could be more complete for search by categories of continents, countries, branches and many more:
https://forestsangha.org/community/monasteries

BRITAIN:

London
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
www.amaravati.org

Cittaviveka
Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
www.forestsangha.org/cittavi.htm

Scotland border
Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery
Harnham Buddhist Monastery
https://ratanagiri.org.uk/


Italy

Santacittarama Buddhist Monastery
www.santacittarama.org


Switzerland
Dhammapala
Buddhistisches Kloster
http://dhammapala.ch/home-eng/


Portugal
Budismo Theravada da Floresta
http://mosteirobudista.com/author/appamado/page/5/


   3.

Myanmar Samatha and Vipassana monastery
Here is the link of my Burmese teacher's monastery, and you may google "Pa Auk Monastery" for many of its branches in the world, in Himalaya (Nepal and India), in Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA, Sri Lanka etc.

http://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/aboutUs.htm

For visiting the main monastery in Myanmar, you may E-mail: paauktawya@myanmar.com.mm ("attention: Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw") for sponsor letter.
There are teachers who guide meditation in English, and translator in various languages.

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Welcome to comment here for more retreat places you feel cool, and I will visit these places and check out the suitability of the environment for personal and guided retreat.

  4.

Other Buddhist Monasteries

www.anenja-vihara.org (Buddhist Nunnery)
www.buddha-haus.de/metta-vihara-waldkloster
www.muttodaya.org
www.skogskloster.no (Norwegian)
www.sumedharama.pt (Portuguese)