Meditation in Southeast Asia - Insight Meditation Center

4.1 Nepal Vipassana Centre
(Dieter Baltruschat, last update November 2002)
Address: Nepal Vipassana Centre
Dhammashringa, Muhan Pokhari, Budhanilkanth, Kathmandu
Tel.: 00977-1-371655 oder 371007
Leaflet, questions and registration (preregistration recommended):
Nepal Vipassana Centre City Office
Jyoti Bhawan, Kantipath, P.O. Box: 133, Kathmandu/Nepal
Fax: 00977-1-224720, Tel.: 00977-1-225490 or 250581 or 223968
E-mail: rjyoti@jyotib.mos.com.np or nvc@htm.com.np
Internet: www.vri.dhamma.org
Opening hours: Sunday to Friday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Location: A bit outside Kathmandu at the foot of a hill, beautiful garden, easy to
reach from Kathmandu (organised bus trip from information office in Kathmandu at 1
p.m.). The center can accomodate about 140 persons.
Tradition and focus: Vipassana according to U Ba Khin (Burma). Intensive sitting
meditation and one lecture daily.
Meditation technique and schedule of retreat: The first three days Anapanasati,
i.e. observation of breath. Concentrating on inhaling and exhaling. Breath is only
observed, not manipulated. From day three, Vipassana meditation in the tradition of
U Ba Khin. In the "step by step" or "body-sweeping“ method the bodily sensations are
systematically observed. After the body is scanned from head to toe, another round
is performed in the opposite direction. Sensations are not judged but only observed.
The course ends with an exercise for the development of loving kindness.
Course duration and dates. Two ten-day courses twice monthly, from day 1–12 and
14–25. The second course in the months April, August and December is a
Satipatthana Sutta course for meditators who have already taken part in at least
three introductory courses.
Teacher and guidance: After 14 years of practice, his teacher U Ba Khin gave S.N.
Goenka teaching permission in 1969. Goenkaj is from a wealthy Indian industrial
family and grew up in Burma where he was raised in the Hindu tradition. Today he
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