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Suan Mokkhaphalaram (Thai: สวนโมกขพลาราม, from Pali Mokkhabalārāma, "Garden of Power of Liberation"), known as Suan Mokkh (Thai: สวนโมกข์, "Garden of Liberation") for short, is a Theravada Buddhist monastery, retreat and meditation center in Amphoe Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand.
In 1989, he founded The Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage for international Vipassana meditation practitioners around the world. There is a 10-day silent meditation retreat that starts on the 1st of each month for the whole year which is free, of no charge for international practitioners who are interested in practicing meditation.
Thailand: Wat Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage. Continuously ranked as one of the leading meditation retreats in the world, Wat Suan Mokkh is a Theravada Buddhist Temple founded by Ajahn ...
Plum Village maintains a significant online presence to spread information on the sangha and offers the possibility of participating in specific activities through an online lay sangha, online retreats, video teachings, social media presence, practice manuals, [160] The Way Out is In podcast, publishing arm via ParallaxPress, a newsletter, an ...
Today, Plum Village is made up of four major residential hamlets. Upper Hamlet houses approximately 65 monks and laymen. Lower Hamlet houses over 40 nuns and laywomen. Son Ha Temple houses approximately 20 monks and the New Hamlet, 20 minutes away by bus, houses approximately 40 nuns and laywomen. [8]
At the time Pathum Thani was well outside Bangkok's northern suburbs. [17] From acidic paddy fields, a woodland was created to be a park for meditation practitioners. The initial budget for construction was very low (3,200 Baht), but despite these economical constraints, the construction of the buildings on the land was able to continue. [18]
The retreats were modeled on 10- and 30-day Goenka retreats, but the technique taught was mainly based on Mahasi Sayadaw's practice (with the inclusion of Metta meditation). [34] In 1976 Kornfield and Goldstein, along with Sharon Salzberg and Jacqueline Schwartz founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre , Massachusetts .
U Ba Khin wanted to devise a meditation course with instructions that would give busy householders a taste of the Dhamma with the limited free time available to them. For this, he undertook research and experiments in vipassanā meditation, and drew upon the research and experiences of his own teacher, Saya Thetgyi (who had mainly taught ...