Best Cities For Spiritual Communities?

[joegarland]

Right now I only have the money for 1 retreat a year. In several years I'll have enough to attend as many as I want, but for now my finances are kind of tight. In the meantime, I've finished college and I'm about to move to a new city, and if I can't attend the best seminars and retreats, I can at least live around the best spiritual teachers and communities.

I especially like this pet idea of an "enlightenment dojo"--a place where you regularly attend enlightenment sessions. Like a Zen center, I suppose, but as bullshit-free as possible. 

Anyone have any recommendations? Do "enlightenment dojos" exist?

[Toby]

Are you talking about cities in the US or what country?

@joegarland If US, maybe SF or something like that. You could hang out with Adya or Leonard Jacobson there. And you also have some famous Zen-Centers in California I guess..

Edited June 14, 2016 by Toby

[joegarland]

Yeah, US. Currently in Mississippi.

[nbolt]

@abrakamowse and I regularly visit www.zenstudies.org/newyorkzendo.html.

There are "enlightenment dojos" in various forms around. The center I linked above also has a retreat upstate where you can become a resident for months at a time. Then you also have places like http://antaiji.org/en which are multi-year commitments.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Neill

[Zane]

Here are some links for meditation retreats you might be interested in 

1. http://www.outsideonline.com/1870271/best-meditation-retreats-us

2. http://www.tripstodiscover.com/18-of-the-worlds-most-blissful-meditation-retreats/16/