Dhamma Malaya

Dhamma Malaya ('Dhamma in Malaya') is the centre of the Malaysia Vipassana Meditation Society, on a small rise surrounded by a plantation in Gambang, Pahang, opposite Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Gambang is 22 km from Kuantan, and the centre is about three hours' drive from Kuala Lumpur; the centre's air-travel page puts it about 30 minutes by taxi from Kuantan airport. Some Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan buses stop at UMP Gambang, about 2.5 km from the centre, and as of 2026 old students run a volunteer charter bus from Kuala Lumpur, independently of the centre. The land, found in 2006, was donated by a family from Kuantan. The first course at the centre, a 3-day course for old students, was held in October 2007, and the first 10-day course was held the same month with 63 students. Later building added more rooms (2009), a multilingual hall (2011) and a two-storey air-conditioned cell building (2013 to 2014), and the first 30-day course was held in 2014. dhamma.org gives private single rooms for 108 students and 24 servers, and two halls with 104 air-conditioned cells; the centre's own pages give 74 cells. Courses at the centre are taught in English with Mandarin or Tamil, and run from 10-day courses to Satipatthana Sutta, 20-day, 30-day and 45-day courses for old students.

How to apply

Apply online through the centre's page on dhamma.org (in Nepal, start from np.dhamma.org). New students must first complete a 10-day course, and there is no charge.

What is taught here

Donation-funded 10-day courses taught with S. N. Goenka's recorded instructions, in the line of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, at centres in Nepal and worldwide. Read about Goenka (U Ba Khin).