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3.10 Rockhill Hermitage and International Retreat Centre..................................... 84 4. Nepal..................................................................................................................... 88 4.1 Nepal Vipassana Centre ................................................................................. 89 4.2 Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation Centre....................91 4.3 Rigpe Dorje Institute Pullahari Monastery (Tibetian Tradition)......................... 93 5. India....................................................................................................................... 96 5.1 Bodh-Gaya-Retreats 2008............................................................................... 96 6. Further reading and links....................................................................................... 97 4
Preface and thanks First of all I would like to thank all those people who exert great effort and devotion to support the Asian meditation centres and monasteries by giving donations and assistance and/or passing on the Dhamma. Three personal reports from people who had meditated in Asia, given to the members of the Munich Buddhist Society during their regular Monday meetings, formed the basis of this retreat guide. They were written down in order to be available to newly interested people at any time. The result was a rapidly increasing loose-leaf collection of interesting information concerning meditation in Asia (mainly in form of leaflets of various monasteries) in the offices of the German Buddhist Union. Many thanks to all who contributed to this collection! However, keeping it up to date proved to be difficult and passing on the information required a lot of time and money (making copies, dispatch them, etc.) That was why Werner Liegl suggested to grant interested people free and easy access to the collected information by making it available through the internet. Apart from that he generously offered to bring his knowledge and his engagement to bear on the project and to carry it out. From that time data and personal reports were collected on a larger scale and were brought into a systematic form based on Bill Weir’s (see literary reference). The first printout contained about ten centres. Hilde Scheller assisted in proofreading and phrasing. Désirée Schoen kindly took on the editor’s job and supplied the printouts. Also many thanks for their personal reports and information to Ven. Pra Claus, Hildegard Huber, Sr. Ariya Nani, Samaneri Uppalavanna Theri, Samanera Analayo, Maggy, Malinee Polte, Ven. Mettiko Bhikkhu, Gerd Neller, Ven. Than Martin, Jörg Dittmar, Steve Weissman, Helge Latzina, Chanda von Keyserlingk, Hella Lohmann, Martin H. Petrich, Than Gavesako, Metaji, Erik Hausstädtler the people working at buddhanet.net and a modest Samanera, who does not want to be mentioned by name (although he made a considerable contribution to the Sri Lanka chapter). I am particularly grateful to Katharina Titkemeyer, who translated the first four chapters (Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka and Nepal) into English and Désirée Schoen, Andrej and Than Gavesako who overtook the editor’s job for the English version, too, as well as the translation of some paragraphs. Different people prefer and dislike different kinds of food – the same it true for meditation methods, Dhamma talks, places and retreat conditions. Almost every place described in this retreat guide was particularly recommended by someone. However, this does not mean that somebody else would recommend it, too. Thus the individual descriptions within the chapters are not ordered according to their quality, but mainly chronologically; other aspects were geographical proximity and belonging to the same tradition. May all people find a suitable place and reach freedom. Dieter Baltruschat 5
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are systematically observed. After
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can be bought in Yangon. Food: Meal
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observed. You can join any time. Mi
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2.8 Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Cen
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which must be sent to the Burmese e
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Food: Daily two full meals. Breakfa
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flip-flops, and water bottle can be
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US$ 5. The train is rather expensiv
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US$ 3. Trip duration is comparable
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3.1 Nilambe source: buddhanet.net,
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3.3 Dhammakuta source: buddhanet.ne
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3.4 Lanka Vipassana Centre source:
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3.6 Vipassana Bhavana Madhyasthana
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3.8 Nissarana Vanaya by Samanera An
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Costs: Lodging, food, and services
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developing a profound understanding
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3:00pm - 3:30pm Tea break in the nu
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4.1 Nepal Vipassana Centre (Dieter
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Climate and best time to go: Octobe
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drying clothes. Furthermore an elec
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Registration fee for retreat progra
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6. Further reading and links Weir,
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