- Kind
- Monastery
- Tradition
- Theravada
- Founded
- 1976
- Town
- Bang Lamung
Photo by Mastertongapollo (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0). The ordination hall
Wat Yannasangwararam (the temple’s own English site spells it Yanasangvararam) lies in Huay Yai, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi, not far from Pattaya. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the 19th Supreme Patriarch, initiated and oversaw its building, and the monastery is named after his ecclesiastical title. The temple’s page says the first plot was donated in 1976.
The temple states his aim: a vipassana meditation training centre close to Bangkok. The compound has four zones. Buddhavas holds the main halls and the stupa. Sanghavas is the monks’ quarters, with some huts higher on the hill for monks who follow strict ascetic practice. Karavas is the lay zone, with a central hall and lodging for people who come to practise vipassana and keep the precepts. The fourth zone holds royal-initiated agricultural and wildlife projects.
Lay practice is organised through a separate site, in Thai, that lists courses and meditation rooms and says the teaching follows the Supreme Patriarch’s approach. What technique is taught, whether instruction is available in English, and the conditions for guests are not verified, so they are left out.
The monastery sits within the Dhammayuttika order, the same order as Wat Bowonniwet in Bangkok, where Somdet Nyanasamvara was abbot.
Visiting
The monastery runs a separate Thai-language site for lay meditation courses and meditation rooms. English-language teaching could not be verified, so write or ask first if you do not read Thai.
Teachers
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Related places
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Nearby
within 150 km, straight line
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Sources and verification
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Written from published sources by the volunteer editors. Not yet reviewed by an outside advisor.
- OrganisationWat Yanasangvararam: history page (initiated and overseen by Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, named after his title; land first donated in 1976; intended as a vipassana training centre near Bangkok; four zones; Karavas section for lay vipassana practice)
- OrganisationWat Yanasangvararam: meditation site (Thai; says practice follows the approach of the Supreme Patriarch, courses and rooms)
- ReferenceWikipedia: Wat Yansangwararam (built 1976; Dhammayuttika; coordinates)
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