The opportunity for every one
With the aim of providing opportunities for meditators, volunteers and people in society to do a wide range of good deeds on a regular basis, I established Thabarwa Center. Instead of confronting and solving problems directly by following traditional social norms, I encourage, train and guide those who come to Thabarwa Center, including the elderly and those facing complex health, social and financial problems, to solve their problems with the aid of dhamma (meditation practice of mindfulness & right understanding).
Our Causes & Projects
Helping People In Need
The yogis, seeking true dhamma, also become friends
with fellow yogis in a spirit of give and take. Thus they
do not feel helpless over their miseries of rejection and
loneliness.
There are many local and overseas volunteers who donate
their skills, time, energy, labour and money for a worthy
cause, to look after the welfare of the yogis taking
refuge at Thabarwa Centre as well as to practice
vipassana insight meditation. Thabarwa channels
the money and materials received to provide
a peaceful venue for people to practice dhamma
without worry.
Though Thabarwa functions for common welfare,
that is not the main objective. The main objective is
propagate the Pariyatti and Patipatti Sasana ...
to enable the yogis to enhance their power of right
understanding by listening to dhamma teachings,
practicing vipassana insight meditation and performing
good deeds as much as possible with non-grasping,
detachment and mindfulness.
Due to the increasing number of elderly and infirm (sick) seeking refuge at the Centre and to enable ThaBarWa to cater to those
who are in need, Thabarwa Sayadaw
is now planning to build a modern 6-Storey
Dhamma Hospital within its 80 acres ThanLyin premises.
Hence, the funds, materials, equipment, machinery, expertise, technology, medicines, medical equipment, furniture, etc
are urgently needed in order to start the foundation and to
build the hospital building as soon as possible.
About Dhamma Hospital Project
We firmly believe that health is a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity. We also believe that it is our duty to provide
long term, round-the-clock, physical, mental care and attention to those who are physically and mentally frail and ailing, regardless
of their age and health condition.
This is the reason why Thabarwa takes on everyone, regardless
of age, race, social status, health condition, physical and mental
state and provides a peaceful sanctuary for everyone who come
to seek refuge at Thabarwa.
Due to the increasing number of elderly and infirm people, a new
six-storey Dhamma Hospital building for the elderly, the sick and
the infirm is proposed to enable us to cater to those who are in
need.
The new Dhamma Hospital will be located right inside the
premises of Thanlyin Thabarwa Centre, which has
total land area of 80 acres .
Our hospitality towards those who come to us for help and seek refuge, under the guidance of Thabarwa Sayadaw U Ottamasara
, will hopefully be well placed in this new six-story infirmary 'Dhamma Hospital'.
If you are interested in to support Thabarwa Sayadaw's metta and compassion for the old, the needy, the disables, the infirm as well as chronically and terminally ill persons as well as his mission and vision for the Dhamma Hospital, you may send your dana (donation) to the following account:
Bank Name : POSB Bank
Singapore (Post Office Savings Bank Singapore)
Account Type : Savings Account
Account Number : 171-57463-3
Account Name : OTTAMATHARA
Swift Code : DBSSSGSG
5 refugee rescue centers— 4 at the Myawaddi/ Mae Sot border - 3 on Myawaddi side, one in Mae Sot (Mae Ku) 1 in Naypyidaw
2 animal shelters: One is inside Thanlyin center, only cats and dogs, maybe one hundred each
Thabarwa Is A Place For Everyone!!
Located in Thanlyin Pagoda Hill, Myanmar, Thabarwa Centre, headed by Venerable Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara, is a meditation and dhamma centre cum non-profit humanitarian organization working for a noble cause. It is established with unlimited access for general benefit and is fulfilling the most crucial needs of the society continually, persistently, dedicatedly, one by one.
Our centre opens 24 hours a day, seven days a week without recess. It is the sanctuary which is fulfilling the requirements of the multitude and the world (loka) round-the-clock without attachment and craving.
Since its establishment, without limiting the number of residents, Thabarwa takes on everyone, regardless of age, race, social and financial condition, health condition, physical and mental state and provides them with basic necessities of life and medical care for free so that they can fully concentrate on the pursuit and realization of dhamma. Even on the event of death Thabarwa performs their last funeral rites and gives them a decent burial.
Today, Thabarwa provides a peaceful sanctuary for more than 6000 yogis (October 2024) from all regions of Myanmar as well as from foreign countries, who are seeking refuge for care, attention and desire to practice vipassana insight meditation under the guidance of Venerable Ashin Uttamasara. They include children (orphans), elderly and frails, infirm, the blind, the deaf, the disabled, psychiatric and mental cases, chronically and terminally ills, abandoned and neglected individuals, homeless and helpless as well as those who are facing complex social and financial problems.
Good Deeds At Thabarwa Centre
The activities of Sayadaw Ashin Uttamasara and Thabarwa Center are wide and various, serving the spiritual and physical needs of thousands from far and near.
More and more visitors from all over Myanmar and abroad are coming daily to visit, learn meditation and volunteer their skills and time in caring for those taking refuge at Thabarwa Center.
• Providing refuge not only for meditators but also for the old aged, homeless, orphans, loners, infirm and the people with physical and mental difficulties.
• Providing health care, food, clothing, shelter, clean water for cooking and drinking, etc. and offering aids and support for free of charge.
• Solving day to day problems of centre residents, meditators, volunteers and visitors.
• Communicating and cooperating with volunteers, charities, non-profit organizations and philanthropists from Myanmar and abroad.
• Conducting daily Vipassana Insight Meditation and Dhamma Talks.
• Conducting retreats in the traditions of renowned vipassana meditation masters. All the meditation methods are being utilized without attachment to any particular method.
• Conducting daily and weekly courses in Abhidhamma, Buddhist theory and scripture study.
• Sound editing and free distribution of Dhamma teachings (mp3 and videos), books, and portraits of renowned meditation masters.
• Opening of a Pariyatti (Buddhist Theory) Institutes.
• Establishing Dhamma Library.
• Establishing Dhamma Hospitals, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Myanmar Traditional Medicine and dental clinics.
Our
Story
“With the aim of providing opportunities for meditators to do a wide range of good deeds on a regular basis, I established Thabarwa Center.
Instead of confronting and solving problems directly by following traditional social norms, I encourage, train and guide those who come to Thabarwa Center, including the elderly and those facing complex health, social and financial problems, to solve their problems with the aid of dhamma (meditation practice of mindfulness & right understanding).
I teach them to enhance their power of right understanding by listening to dhamma teachings, practicing insight meditation and performing good deeds as much as possible. Those people gradually come to realise that their problems were solved due to the merits they gained in doing various good deeds while staying at Thabarwa Center.”
There are many local and overseas volunteers who donate their skills, time, energy, labour and money for a worthy cause, to look after the welfare of the yogis taking refuge at Thabarwa Centre as well as to practice vipassana insight meditation. Thabarwa channels the money and materials received to provide a peaceful venue for people to practice dhamma without worry.
Though Thabarwa functions for common welfare, that is not the main objective. The main objective is propagate the Pariyatti and Patipatti Sasana ... to enable the yogis to enhance their power of right understanding by listening to dhamma teachings, practicing vipassana insight meditation and performing good deeds as much as possible with non-grasping, detachment and mindfulness.
Land Donated For Projects
Monastic schools in Hlegu, Pinlone, Naypyidaw, Aung Ban, and one nunnery (~50 or 60 little nuns) in MaOoPin Total 5 schools
The core inspiration of the Bank of Meritorious Deeds are:
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to help and assist those who seek our help, regardless of
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time, place, situation and circumstances, and
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to provide a conducive environment for those who are
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interested in doing meritorious deeds and helping others.
The primary objectives of the Bank of Meritorious Deeds are :
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to provide emergency assistance and response services for
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car accident victims, transportation accidents and other emergencies;
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to assist individuals and families displaced by natural and man-made disasters and
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to provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, aid, support and assistance to the poor and needy locals.
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All emergency, disaster and humanitarian assistance rendered by the Bank of Meritorious Deeds is totally free, provided through the support, cooperation and generosity of the local authorities, uniformed services, hospitals, social welfare organisations, religious associations and generous donors from far and near.
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Indeed, many generous local and foreign individual donors, associations and charitable organisations have been donating rice, oil, food items, medicines, clothing, household and other necessary items to ThaBarWa Centre, Thanlyin. ThaBarWa will organise and distribute some of the donations to the genuinely needy people through its nearest Bank of Meritorious Deeds.
Thabarwa International Foundation
Ad 13212 Francisquito Ave, Baldwin Park CA 91706
Phone:+1(626) 215-8045
Email: TabawaCenterUSA@gmail.com
Bank / payment details: paypal.me/thabarwacenter
California lic. no.1986196/ EIN 95-4639892