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LOCATION: THE FOREST CENTER
Panditarama Forest Meditation Center is located in Myanmar (Burma) about forty miles north of Yangon (Rangoon) on over 100 acres of secluded landscaped forest. This region of Burma has a special connection with Sayadaw U Pandita’s early spiritual training. He first studied as a young monk at the nearby Mahabodhi Forest Monastery. For many years Sayadaw had thought of building a forest meditation center in this area, and now due to generous donations from Sayadaw’s local and international devotees, Pandirama Forest Meditation Center promises to be a major practice center for both foreign and Burmese yogis.

ACCOMMODATIONS & MEALS
Participants will be expected to abstain from eating after 12:00 Noon until sunrise of the following day. Juices without pulp, herbal teas, and sodas are permitted and will be served in the late afternoon. Burmese food is served for breakfast and lunch. It typically consists of white rice with assorted vegetables, meat dishes, and seasonal fruit.

The monastery can accommodate vegetarians but yogis should not count on fulfillment of other special food needs. Purified drinking water is available at all times and a thermos of hot water is provided daily. Each yogi will be given an individual room or a small meditation hut both with an adjoining bathroom. Each room has a bed, foam mattress, pillow, blanket and mosquito net. A bucket for washing your own clothes will also be provided (faucets are cold water only).

The Panditarama Forest Meditation Center is a rustic, but wonderful place to practice in Burma. The secluded meditation center is being re-landscaped and is neighbored only by rubber tree plantations. In December and January the nights and early morning can be chilly with temperatures in the high 50s. Afternoon temperatures range from 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Little or no rain is expected. The stillness, clean air, freshwater springs and fertile land combine to create almost perfect conditions for a meditation center.

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