ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර, රජමල්වත්ත, කුඹුක්ගහවත්ත, බත්තරමුල්ල, ශ්රී ලංකාව
හයි ලෙවෙල් පාර, මීගොඩ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
72/30,රාවතාවත්ත පාර, මොරටුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Affiliated to the Sarvodaya movement, they have programs for males and females of all religions.
525/3, අැල්විටිගල මාවත, කොළඹ 05, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Small place where sick Galduwa monks can stay in Colombo. Affiliated to Galduwa.
කනන්විල, කහටපිටිය, හොරණ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Inquiries and bookings should be made through Ven. Vimalajothi at the Buddhist Cultural Center, see Colombo. It is situated on a hill-top. KuTis and rooms. Good facilities, nice meditation hall, quiet, nice views. Westeners are welcome to stay here. A pla ...
125, අැන්ඩර්සන් පාර, නැදිමාල, දෙහිවල, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Director: Ven. Vimalajothi thera. Comprehensive selection of Buddhist Books. PTS books in stock. A deposit can be made on behalf of a monk so he can get books. It is maybe possible to stay here. There is a branch-bookshop at the junction of Baudhaloka Maw ...
වජීර පාර, බමිබලපිටිය, කොළඹ 04, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Close to Galla Road. An old and reknown place with a famous tradition of scholars like Ven. Narada, Kheminda, and Ven. Piyadassi. The standards have gone down the last decades. Visitors might have to go on piKLapata and in this way they can normally stay ...
106, විජේරාම මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Next door to Lanka Meditation Centre; see above. The abbot is Ven. Kusaladhamma thera. Small place,with only a few monks and good support. Joining in for outside functions, such as danas and funerals of important people, is expected. Reasonable vinaya. I ...
ලේක් පාර, මහරගම, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Major training-centre for young Singhalese monks. The late Mahanayaka of the Amarapura Nikaya used to stay here. There is a “meditation section” in the back where foreign monks sometimes stay. The new Mahanayaka is in Ratmalana. There are over 25 branches ...
380/9, සරණ පාර, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Prof. Bhikkhu Dhammavihari’s and Ven. Mettavihari’s place. On the ground floor there is a Buddhist book shop with a wide selection of books. Small place, outsiders can’t stay here. The Danish Bhikkhu Mettavihari is helpful and can provide useful informat ...
418/31, බෙෘද්ධාලෝක මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Abbot: Ven. Nanda thera. Main Galduwa place in Colombo, thus sometimes crowded with visiting and sick monks from all over Sri Lanka. Guest monks normally stay in a dormitory. Strict Vinaya standards, clean and tidy. Between a major road and school, so ...
49/2, 1වැනි හරස් පටුමග, පාගොඩ පාර, නුගේගොඩ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
ගලහ පාර, හිදිගල, පේරාදෙනිය, ශ්රී ලංකා
dhamma/dhammakuta Meditation centre where Vipassana Meditation courses are given in the tradition of Sayagi U Ba Khin, as taught by S.N. Goenka. On a mountain, beautiful views, cool. Only courses, no permanent residents. Once a year, in November or Decem ...
108, විජේරාම මාවත, කොළඹ 07, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This is a branch of Kanduboda. Ven. Pemasiri used to stay here, but moved to a new place next to Kanduboda in 2003 (see previous entry) and his place was taken over by Ven. AriyavaDsalaZkara. The place has had many Western long-term monastic- and lay-resi ...
හිදගොඩ පාර, දෙල්ගොඩ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
A new meditation centre has been opened in 2003 on the land right next to Kanduboda. Lay people can build kuTis and have access to them for life. This might interest to those who may want to meditate but not become a monk. Thirty kuTis have been built alr ...
කදබෝඩ, දෙල්ගොඩ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
A meditation centre and monastery with a long tradition of offering meditation-instruction to Westerners. Besides monks and nuns also lay meditators are welcome and some get ordination here. The main teacher and head monk is Ven. Upali, who is very experi ...
ගලහ, නුවර, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The major lay-meditation centre in Sri Lanka for western travellers. Many westerners, both male and female, come here, but there are also some Sinhalese. Often a monk or two are visiting or staying there as well, but it is mainly a place for lay-people. T ...
බෝවලවත්ත, නුවර, ශ්රී ලංකාව
In a large forest (old tea-estate) on the mountain above Peradeniya University (1½ hours walking). About 8 km from Kandy town. Quiet. Cool climate, approx. 15 kuTis, very neat, clean, and orderly. Ven. Sanathavihari thera is here occasionally. He speaks e ...