Vipassana · Monastery
Meetirigala, Western Province, Sri Lanka · Also called Meetirigala Nissarana Vanaya, Mithrigala Nissarana Vanaya
Nissarana Vanaya is a strict forest monastery in a forest reserve at Meetirigala, founded in 1967 by Asoka Weeraratna (later Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanissanti), with Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama as its first meditation teacher. Its retreat centre runs silent Satipatthana retreats in Sinhala and English under the abbot, Ven. Uda Eriyagama Dhammajiva.
Details checked 24 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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