Low-cost silent meditation retreats in the NC mountains
Southern Dharma Retreat Center is a nonprofit, community-supported retreat center in a mountain hollow near Hot Springs, North Carolina. It offers low-cost retreats led by teachers from various traditions, centered on meditation, contemplation and silence, with roots in Buddhist practice. Retreatants share a daily work period, meals are included, and housing ranges from lodge rooms to kutis, canvas tents and tent platforms.
TypeSpace
CategorySilent retreat center
LocationHap Mountain, Spring Creek, Madison County, Hot Springs, NC
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