Dhamma Phala

Dhamma Phala ('fruit of Dhamma'; the centre translates it as 'Fruition of Dhamma') is the Goenka-tradition centre for the Philippines, in Barangay San Pedro, Tiaong, Quezon Province. It opened in October 2018 on a secluded 3-hectare property in a hilly farming area, with coconut, mango, banana and rambutan trees, a creek along one boundary and the mountains of Maculot, Banahaw and San Cristobal nearby. The centre's site puts it about 100 km south of Metro Manila, around 2.5 hours by road (its home page says about three hours). It houses around 50 meditators, with separate men's and women's dormitories, six individual rooms with bathrooms for women, a main meditation hall, a teacher's residence and rooms for servers. Buses bound for Lucena stop in Tiaong town, and tricycles run from there to the centre. The first course in the Philippines was held in October 2002 at a Catholic novitiate house in Montalban, Rizal; courses later ran for some years at Sico Farm in Dasmariñas, Cavite, until January 2017, and the organisation bought the Tiaong land in December 2016. Its schedule includes 10-day, Satipatthana Sutta, 3-day, teenagers' and children's (ages 8 to 12) courses, some given in English and Tagalog.

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).