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 ...
පොල්ගස්දුව, දොඩන්දුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
On 2 small forested islands in a tropical lagoon, 10 km south of the beach resort of Hikkaduwa. One needs to write the abbot before one comes so that he can arrange to have you picked up with the boat. Bhikkhus known to the place can try their luck at the ...
පන්සියගම, කූරැනැගල, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Get down at Melsiripura on the Kurunegala - Dambulla Rd, from there take bus to Pansiyagama. The road to the monastery is in very bad condition and full of potholes, although the distance from Melsiripura is only 14 km it will take more than 45 min to get ...
මිතිරිගල, ගමිපහ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Large, 100 hectare, forest monastery 30 kms E of Colombo. The most reknown meditation centre in Sri Lanka. Belongs to the Galduwa tradition. About 20 resident monks. The present meditation teacher, Ven.Dhammajiva, speaks excellent English and has meditat ...
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