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In the 1960s, U Ba Khin’s reputation as a meditation teacher spread abroad by word of mouth of his foreign students. He started receiving invitation to teach meditation in India, United States, Holland, Germany, England, and Canada. There was also a plot of land in Hawaii that was donated for the establishment of a meditation centre.
In 1950 he founded the Vipassana Association of the Accountant General's Office where lay people, mainly employees of that office, could learn Vipassana meditation. [10] In 1952, the International Meditation Centre (I.M.C.) was opened in Rangoon, two miles north of the Shwedagon Pagoda . [ 11 ]
Dhamma Joti is one of the first Vipassana meditation centres in Myanmar, founded by S.N Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Kin in accordance with the teaching of Ledi Sayadaw. The centre is situated on an area about 12 acres contributed by the venerable Bhaddanta Sobhita of Wingabar Yele Monastery.
Journey to the Center: A Meditation Workbook. Matthew Flickstein and Bhante Henepola Gunaratana. (1998) Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-141-6. In this Very Life Sayadaw U Pandita, In this Very Life; Background and new developments. Shankman, Richard (2008), The Experience of Samadhi. An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation, Shambhala
He helped establish meditation centers all over Burma as well as in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and by 1972 the centers under his guidance had trained more than 700,000 meditators. In 1979, he travelled to the West, holding retreats at newly founded centers such as the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts , U.S.
Vipassana Meditation Centre was founded in 1993 as a non-profit organization with the objective of providing opportunities and a venue for all Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike in cultivating their dhamma practice. [2] Notable advisors and teachers affiliated with the meditation centre include Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa. [3]
The Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System was developed by Matara Sri Ñāṇārāma Mahathera, the first Upajjhaya of Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha.This Buddhist meditation system uses samatha and vipassanā techniques in combination to allow what it claims are more intense insight results than ‘dry insight’ meditation. [1]
A meditation centre is a place where meditation and related activities are practiced either individually or as group. These centres are located across the world and services are offered either free or with paid admission. The centres are operated by individuals and organisations.