New
Vipassana Centre at the Global Pagoda Complex
The
Global Vipassana Foundation is happy to inform all Vipassana meditators
that the Global Pagoda complex will house a Vipassana meditation
centre—Dhamma Pattana. This centre will have suitable
residential
and meditation facilities so that old students can meditate seriously
in the vicinity of the Global Pagoda where the relics of the Buddha are
enshrined. Serious meditators will benefit from the vibrations of the
Buddha relics.
The
second
small pagoda at the Global Pagoda complex will be reserved exclusively
for the use of the participants of the courses at Dhamma Pattana. It
will contain a hundred meditation cells so that each participant in the
course can meditate in an individual cell.
Dhamma
Pattana
will have an additional vital function. With increasing age and failing
health, it has become increasingly difficult for Goenkaji to travel.
Since he needs repeated medical consultations, it is increasingly
difficult for him to stay for long periods at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri.
However, since Dhamma Pattana is in Mumbai, he can spend more time
there. Goenkaji plans to conduct a 90-day course at this centre.
Initially, Dhamma Pattana will host ten-day courses, and later, longer
courses. A major portion of the construction has been completed.
The estimated total cost of the
construction
of Dhamma Pattana is USD 2 miillon.
A
functional
meditation centre will enhance the role of the Global Pagoda as the
lighthouse of Dhamma. Meditators wishing to share in the merits of the
construction of Dhamma Pattana may send donations to:
The
Treasurer, Global Vipassana Foundation,
C/o
Khimji Kunverji & Co., 52 Bombay Mutual Building, Sir P. M.
Road, Mumbai 400 001, India.
Tel:
[91] (22) 2266-2550; Fax: 2266-4045;
Email:
kamlesh@khimjikunverji.com
Website:
www.globalpagoda.org
Cheques
and
bank drafts should be payable at Mumbai and drawn in favour of Global
Vipassana Foundation, A/c No. 11244, Bank of India, Stock Exchange
Branch, Mumbai, India.
