Thabarwa
Centre
Thanlyin,
Myanmar
Our Mission
Sharing,
Caring, Helping, Protection and Cooperation by Mindfulness and Right
Understanding.
Our Vision
The
vision of Thabarwa Centre is to provide opportunities for everyone to do a wide
range of good deeds on a regular basis.
Thabarwa Is A Place For
Everyone!!
Located in Thanlyin Pagoda Hill, Myanmar,
Thabarwa Centre, headed by Venerable Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara, is a
meditation and dhamma centre cum non-profit
humanitarian organization working for
a noble
cause. It
is established with unlimited access for general benefit and is fulfilling the
most crucial needs of the society continually, persistently, dedicatedly, one
by one.
Our centre opens 24 hours a day, seven days a
week without recess. It is the sanctuary
which is fulfilling the requirements of the multitude and the world (loka) round-the-clock without attachment
and craving.
Since its establishment, without limiting the
number of residents, Thabarwa takes on everyone, regardless of age, race, social
and financial condition, health condition, physical and mental state and
provides them with basic necessities of life and medical care for free so that
they can fully concentrate on the pursuit and realization of dhamma. Even on the event of death Thabarwa performs
their last funeral rites and gives them a decent burial.
Today,
Thabarwa provides a peaceful sanctuary for more than 2,500 yogis (October 2015)
from all regions of Myanmar as well as from foreign countries, who are seeking refuge
for care, attention and desire to practice vipassana insight meditation under
the guidance of Venerable Ashin Uttamasara.
They
include children (orphans),
elderly and frails, infirm, the blind, the deaf, the disabled, psychiatric and
mental cases, chronically and terminally ills, abandoned and neglected
individuals, homeless and helpless as well as those who are facing complex
social and financial problems.
The yogis, seeking
true dhamma, also become friends with fellow yogis in a spirit of give and
take. Thus they do not feel helpless
over their miseries of rejection and loneliness.
There are many local and overseas volunteers
who donate their skills, time, energy, labour and money for a worthy cause, to
look after the welfare of the yogis taking refuge at Thabarwa Centre as well as
to practice vipassana insight meditation.
Thabarwa channels the money and materials received to provide a peaceful
venue for people to practice dhamma without worry.
Though Thabarwa functions for common welfare,
that is not the main objective. The main objective is propagate the Pariyatti and Patipatti Sasana ... to enable the yogis to enhance
their power of right understanding by listening to dhamma teachings, practicing vipassana insight meditation
and performing good deeds as much as possible with non-grasping, detachment and mindfulness.
Good Deeds At Thabarwa Centre
The
activities of Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara and Thabarwa Center are wide and
various, serving the spiritual and physical needs of thousands from far and
near.
More
and more visitors from all over Myanmar and abroad are coming daily to visit,
learn meditation and volunteer their skills and time in caring for those taking
refuge at Thabarwa Center.
• Providing refuge not only for meditators but
also for the old aged, homeless, orphans, loners, infirm and the people with
physical and mental difficulties.
• Providing health care, food, clothing,
shelter, clean water for cooking and drinking, etc. and offering aids and
support for free of charge.
• Solving day to day problems of centre
residents, meditators, volunteers and visitors.
• Communicating and cooperating with volunteers,
charities, non-profit organizations and philanthropists from Myanmar and
abroad.
• Conducting daily Vipassana Insight
Meditation and Dhamma Talks.
• Conducting retreats in the traditions of renowned
vipassana meditation masters. All the meditation methods are being utilized
without attachment to any particular method.
• Conducting daily and weekly courses in
Abhidhamma, Buddhist theory and scripture study.
• Sound editing and free distribution of
Dhamma teachings (mp3 and videos), books, and portraits of renowned meditation
masters.
• Opening of a Pariyatti (Buddhist Theory)
Institutes.
• Establishing Dhamma Library.
• Establishing
Dhamma Hospitals, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Myanmar Traditional Medicine
and dental clinics.
Good Deeds Outside Thabarwa
Centre
• Establishing new meditation centres
(branches of Thabarwa Centre) across Myanmar and abroad. Over 70 centers are
being established at the moment.
• Establishing Cetana (Goodwill) villages for
families with financial and social difficulties. Goodwill villages include
Dhamma halls for meditation, schools for children, institutes for Buddhist
studies, hospitals and markets.
• Establishing
Banks of Meritorious Deeds (Parahitta Merit Banks) at various locations where
there is a critical need of water, food, shelter, medicines, transportation,
education, etc.
Contact Persons
Ven.
Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara
mobile : 95-95085212
email : mtsm45@gmail.com
Daw
Khin San Oo (Admin)
mobile : 95-9420076866
Nanda
Win (Admin)
mobile : 95-99776383266
Thein
Than Soe (Admin)
mobile : 95-9784563653
For Staying, Visiting,
Volunteering
For
more information about visiting, contributing, meditating, volunteering and
staying at Thabarwa Center please email:
Sayalay
Khema Cari
mobile : +39 3922529623
You can write us on (Telegram or Signal / No WhatsApp)
email :dawkhema2022@proton.me
Soe
Win Htut
mobile : 95-973074192
email :soewinhtut1977@gmail.com
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“With the aim of providing opportunities
for meditators to do a wide range of good deeds on a regular basis, I
established Thabarwa Center.
Instead of confronting and solving problems
directly by following traditional social norms, I encourage, train and guide
those who come to Thabarwa Center, including the elderly and those who are
facing complex health, social and financial problems, to solve their problems
with the aid of dhamma (meditation practice of mindfulness and right
understanding).
I teach them to enhance their power of
right understanding by listening to dhamma teachings, practicing insight
meditation and performing good deeds as much as possible. Those people
gradually come to realise that their problems were solved due to the merits
they gained in doing various good deeds while staying at Thabarwa Center.”
– Sayadaw
Ashin Uttamasara –
