"If beings only knew - same like me, how the result of sharing is of such great fruit, with a gladdened mind, rid of the stain of meanness, they would duly give to noble ones who make what is given fruitful."
(Itivuttaka 26 - Dāna)
According to the Buddhist tradition of Dana (= generosity, giving) the participation in the courses for practice and study is free of charge. There are no fees for the teachings, the facilities and the meals. There are no suggestions for donations. The teaching shall be freely available to anyone, irrespective of their financial background.
All arising costs are covered solely by voluntary donations. People who have experienced the benefits of the meditation practice and who wish to maintain and support such offers in the future, can give a donation according to their own wish and possibilities. In this way the courses are a gift from other meditators, previous participants and general supporters.
General monetary donations
If you wish to donate once you can either leave your donation in the dana boxes at the meditation center or make a transfer to the bank account of the association.
Account:
Dhammanikhom Vipassana-Meditationszentrum e.V.
Sparkasse Spree-Neiße
BIC: WELADED1CBN
IBAN: DE83 1805 0000 0190 0676 24
Purpose: donation
Long-term monthly donation for running costs (standing order)
If you would like to support the association monthly to cover running costs (e.g. electricity, water, heating, insurance, maintenance costs, health insurance), you can set up a standing order. It would be helpful for the bookkeeping if this were on the 1st or 15th of each month.
Currently, the monthly running costs amount to 2,500 €. This does not include maintenance costs, minor repairs and food.
Account:
Dhammanikhom Vipassana-Meditationszentrum e.V.
Sparkasse Spree-Neiße
BIC: WELADED1CBN
IBAN: DE83 1805 0000 0190 0676 24
Purpose: monthly donation
Peach blossom-donation tree & Autumn leaves-donation tree for building measures
Information on the construction measures can be found here. If you have any questions about the process or the organization of the donation tree, please contact us.
The peach blossom donation tree is formed by a trunk with four parts (5.000 € each) and 180 peach blossoms (1.000 € each). It is also possible to donate a whole branch with eight peach blossoms (8.000 €). So in total 200.000 €.
The autumn leaves donation tree includes 96 leaves (2,000 € each), so the total is 192,000 €.
80,550 € have already been donated to the peach blossom tree (of which 22,300 € have already been "harvested" for previous construction phases) and 26,000 € to the autumn leaf donation tree. In total, 85,250 € are available for the next construction phase "Nuns' area". In order to be able to begin still 4,750 € are missing (as by 21.09.2023).
Account:
Dhammanikhom Vipassana-Meditationszentrum e.V.
Sparkasse Spree-Neiße
BIC: WELADED1CBN
IBAN: DE83 1805 0000 0190 0676 24
Purpose: donation tree
Donation of food and meals
The teacher takes her one meal at 11 a.m. The meditators have breakfast at 6.30 a.m. and lunch at 11 a.m. If you wish to contribute something to these meals please contact us at least one day prior to your donation.
If you cannot come on time in the morning (breakfast before 6 a.m., lunch before 10 a.m.) it is possible to leave a prepared meal or groceries in the kitchen the day before, so that the helpers can offer them the next day.
It is also possible to invite the Venerable Bhikkhuni Silavaddhani to the traditional morning alms walk (piṇḍapāta) in front of your own door. If someone is interested in maintaining and supporting this old tradition, please contact us. We can give you more information about the procedure.
If you would like to donate the food for Bhikkhuni Silavaddhani, possibly other nuns, the house community and the meditators on a fixed day every month for a longer period of time, please send us an email.
You can choose a day in the month (e.g. every 1st or 20th etc.) on which you would like to be a food dana sponsor. In the centre we have a list on which we will register the donors and then on the respective day we will share the merits with them and dedicate the blessing for the meal to the donor.
On average over the year, the daily expenses for food are approximately 25-30 €.
It would be helpful for the bookkeeping if the standing order for 25 € - 30 € can be set on the 1st or 15th of each month.
Account:
Dhammanikhom Vipassana-Meditationszentrum e.V.
Sparkasse Spree-Neiße
BIC: WELADED1CBN
IBAN: DE83 1805 0000 0190 0676 24
Purpose: food dana
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When the Food Dana sponsorships were launched, the daily costs were about 20-25 €. In the meantime, the center is usually fully booked and 25-30 € are needed daily. It is foreseeable that in the future this amount will slowly increase due to further growth (in participants and in course duration).
Existing long-term sponsorships at 20 € can continue as normal.
This opens the possibility to take over a "small" sponsorship (about 10-15 €). This is interesting for people for whom the "big" sponsorship is too much each month. For the "small" sponsorship you can add on an already donated day. If you are interested, please contact us.
Donation of time and skills
This can include offering transport or carrying out small gardening tasks, e.g. mowing the lawn. Please ask us what is needed.