Southern Dharma Retreat Center

Vision: To bring about personal and collective awakening based in mindfulness, wisdom, and ethics. Mission: To offer meditation retreats, provide dharma instruction, and support communities, grounded in Buddhist practice traditions.

We are located in Spring Creek/Hot Springs, in a hollow about two thirds of the way up Hap mountain, in Madison County NC. The property has been tended with love and care by human communities for thousands of years. From as early as 1200 BCE, the Cherokee and other indigenous peoples resided in the area and used the land for semi-permanent agriculture, as well as hunting and gathering.