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About Saddhamma Foundation

Saddhamma Foundation is a non-profit Buddhist organization formed in 1989 to support the Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma (Myanmar). A Buddhist meditation master and scholar, Sayadaw U Pandita is a leading authority on Satipatthana (mindfulness) and Vipassana (insight) meditation practice.

Sayadaw U Pandita is regarded as the immediate successor to the founder of our meditation tradition, The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw. (Mahasi Sayadaw is famed for reviving and teaching the practice of Satipatthana meditation to lay people as well as monks and nuns).  Sayadaw U Pandita has striven tirelessly, teaching Vipassana Meditation around world, and has inspired countless meditators to seek the highest spiritual freedom through ardent meditation effort.

Panditarama Forest Meditation Center

Saddhamma Foundation has worked closely with Sayadaw U Pandita since 1995 to help develop the Panditarama Forest Meditation Center outside of Yangon, Burma. Our continuous goal is to ensure the center meets the needs of international yogis. We serve as a bridge assisting those who wish to travel to Burma and practice meditation at the center.
>> Learn more about the Panditarama Forest Center

Sixty Day Meditation Retreat in Burma

From December 1st to January 31st, the Forest Center conducts the annual Sixty Day Special Retreat which hosts over 100 meditators from around the world for a silent, intensive meditation retreat.
>> Find out more about the Sixty Day Retreat


Watch 30 Minute Video
"One Day at the Panditarama Forest Center"
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Sayadaw U Pandita and bird
Sayadaw U Pandita


Your donations make a difference...

Because of your generous donations, we continue to meet the centers' ongoing needs. Your support has helped:
  • Provide purified drinking water at the Panditarama Forest Center

  • Increase the amount of healthy, high protein foods served daily at the Forest Center and Gant Gaw Myaing Monastery

  • Create critical hygiene curriculum in Burmese and provide the monasteries with new kitchen equipment and cleaning supplies

  • Support the training of young monks and nuns who are on track to be the meditation masters of the future  

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Let no human being neglect his own spiritual development for the sake of others, however important they may be. Realizing what is for one's own benefit, let him attend to it earnestly.

-Buddhist proverb
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Saddhamma Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3)not-for-profit organization.