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Metta Vipassana Monastery
A quiet forest refuge for cultivating loving-kindness and seeing clearly.
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Loving-kindness practice softens the heart, wishing all beings to be safe, peaceful and free from suffering.
Vipassana
Insight meditation trains steady attention to body and mind, revealing impermanence and bringing quiet freedom.
Daily rhythm
- 4:00Wake bell
- 4:30Morning chanting & sitting
- 6:30Breakfast
- 8:00Walking & sitting meditation
- 11:00Midday meal
- 14:00Dhamma talk & practice
- 18:00Evening chanting & metta
- 21:00Rest
Visit & retreats
Lay practitioners are welcome for day visits and longer silent retreats. Teachings are offered freely, supported by dāna (generosity).
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