Thailand

"And how does a lodging possess five factors?

Here, the lodging is neither too far from a place for alms nor too close, and it possesses a means for going and returning.

During the day it is not disturbed by people and at night it is quiet and still.

There is little contact with flies, mosquitoes, wind, the burning sun, and serpents.

One dwelling in that lodging can easily obtain robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicines and provisions for the sick. In that lodging elder bhikkhus are dwelling who are learned, heirs to the heritage,experts on the Dhamma, experts on the discipline, experts on the outlines. It is in this way that a lodging possesses five factors."

(Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.11 - Senāsana Sutta)

Thailand

Northern Insight Vipassana Meditation Center

– International Department -

Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong Voravihara

Tambon Banluang, Amphoe Chomtong

Chiangmai 50160, Thailand

mobile: +66 89 700 71 29

phone: +66 53 826 180

www.northernvipassana.org

Germany

Wat Buddhapiyawararam - Thailändische Buddhisten e.V.

Dietzenbacher Str. 6

63303 Dreieich-Götzenhain

meditation.goetzenhain@gmail.com

www.watthaigoetzenhain.npage.de

Wat Buddhapiyawararam is a Thai-Buddhist monastery and meditation center nearby Frankfurt am Main which is part of the Thai Vipassana tradition.

At Venerable Phra dharmamangalajarn Tong Sirimangalo´s suggestion the association has been founded in 1994. Wat Buddhapiyawararam is a social and cultural venue for several Thai and German Buddhists and persons who are interested in mediation as well as a place where one can learn and practice Vipassana meditation.

Dhammacari Vipassana-Meditationszentrum e.V.

Allgramsdorf 8/ Sonnenthal

84056 Rottenburg a.d. Laaber, Germany

phone: +49 87 85 969 877

vipassana@dhammacari.de

www.vipassana-dhammacari.com

The Dhammacari Vipassana Center is situated in Sonnenthal near Allgramsdorf/Rottenburg on Laaber. It is embedded in the hilly countryside of Lower Bavaria, Germany. This quiet spot offers ideal conditions for meditation.
At the suggestion of Venerable Ajarn Tong, the Dhammacari Vipassana Meditation Center Association was founded in September 2004 with the mission to establish a meditation center in Germany. The center was opened in February 2006 in Sonnenthal (near Munich). Hildegard Huber has resided there ever since.

Hildegard Huber has been a student of Venerable Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo since 1992. In 1998 he authorised her as Vipassana teacher and gave her the name Dhammacari. 2004 she gave up her worldly professional life completely.

Through her own long term extensive meditation practice, she can pass on the acquired knowledge and the realization of the teaching in an understandable way. Her kind nature allows her to guide her students in an empathetic manner through their practice.