Theravada
Jeff Collins
Jeff Collins is a retired hospice social worker in Ithaca NY and has been leading silent retreats for 25 years, including at Southern Dharma in North Carolina and at Light on the Hill, near Ithaca. He has been practicing meditation in the Zen and Theravadin traditions for over 30 years and has done 3 three-month […]
John Orr
John Orr received Theravada Buddhist ordination while living in Thailand and India as a monk for eight years in the 1970’s. He has been teaching meditation and leading retreats internationally since 1980 and has also practiced in the Taoist, Dzogbchen and Hindu Yoga traditions. He teaches through the New Hope Sangha in Durham, North Carolina […]
Ronya Banks
Founder and lead teacher of the Asheville Insight Meditation center, in Asheville, North Carolina, Ronya Banks originally began her meditation practice in 1985, and she has personally spent over a year on silent residential Insight Meditation retreats with over 30 different teachers. In addition to experience as a Theravada Buddhist nun, Ronya is also […]