Pictures from around the Meditation Centre
The main building at the Vipassana Meditation Centre has a kitchen and male and female dining rooms upstairs and accommodation, bathrooms and an office downstairs.
It is located in the middle of a valley that runs through the centre, with the male compound to the left and the female compound to the right.
The meditation hall and teacher's residence are located almost behind the main building up on the side of the hill, just out of this picture to the right.
The
meditation hall sits on the side of the valley and is approached by
sloping paths. There is room inside to seat up to 120 people.
The
buildings are mostly situated on the Southern side of a grassy valley
situated between steep hills covered in native bush inhabited by native
birds.
Accommodation
is situated in the male and female compounds, having
14 room
blocks looking out on to gardens and native bush walks.
As
well as walks along the gravel paths within the compounds, there are
paths through the bush, passing through areas dense with ferns and
leading to waterfalls.These paths loop around so that a pleasant walk may be had during the breaks.
The
dining rooms have large decks which look out into the compounds and may
be used for eating during the warmer months.
All
food supplied is vegetarian and cooking, washing up and cleaning is
done by volunteers who are old students who have sat courses themselves
and wish to assist others in learning the technique.The whole atmosphere of the centre is conducive to a peaceful state of mind suitable for meditation, with its exclusion of the busy outside world and its simplicity of living without need to attend to anything except to look inside ourselves and learn what has been going on there, often un-noticed.