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<div>{{Short description|Buddhist monastery in Singapore}}<br />
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|leader_name = [[Maung Kyaw Teza]]<br />
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'''Vipassana Meditation Centre''' is a [[Buddhist]] monastery in [[Singapore]] set up in 1993 to propagate and perpetuating [[Theravada Buddhism]] and provide opportunity for the practice of [[Vipassana meditation]] in [[Singapore]]. This group is not related to non-sectarian society "Vipassana International Center (Singapore)", which offers 10 Day residential meditation courses, taught by [[SN Goenka]], in the tradition of [[Sayagyi U Ba Khin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vipassana Singapore|url = http://www.sg.dhamma.org/|website = www.sg.dhamma.org|access-date = 2016-02-18|first = Vipassana Singapore|last = Webadmin}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
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Vipassana Meditation Centre was founded in 1993 as a non-profit organization with the objective of providing opportunities and a venue for all [[Buddhists]] and non-Buddhists alike in cultivating their [[dhamma]] practice.<ref>{{cite web | title = Objectives | publisher = Vipassana Meditation Centre (Singapore) | url = http://vmc128.8m.com/page9.html | access-date = 2014-09-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009132256/http://vmc128.8m.com/page9.html | archive-date = 9 October 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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Notable advisors and teachers affiliated with the meditation centre include [[Sayadaw U Pandita|Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pandita|first1=Sayadaw U|title=Sayadaw U Pandita's Dharma Talks|url=http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/160/?p=0&q=|website=Dharma Seed|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref><br />
There are several meditation locations across the world (Examples: Singapore, Australia, China, South Korea) <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.korea.dhamma.org/ko/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207141411/https://www.korea.dhamma.org/ko/ |archive-date=7 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Burmese Buddhist Temple]]<br />
* [[Palelai Buddhist Temple]]<br />
* [[Wat Ananda Metyarama Thai Buddhist Temple]]<br />
* [[Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Temple]]<br />
* [[Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association]]<br />
* [[Bodhiraja Buddhist Society]]<br />
* [[Vipassana meditation]]<br />
* [[Vipassana movement]]<br />
* [[Mindfulness (psychology)]]<br />
* [[Acceptance and commitment therapy]]<br />
* [[Mindfulness-based stress reduction]]<br />
* [[Neural mechanisms of mindfulness meditation]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.rasmi.dhamma.org/}} <br />
*{{facebook|vipassanameditationcentre.singapore}}<br />
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