Where in china to meditate?

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bazzaman
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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If you are looking for a good place to do your own practice then I think there might be many places. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a good teacher in the Theravada tradition then might I suggest U Mahinda.
Sorry, I don't have any information as to his location. Also don't know if you speak Chinese. But I think he does speak English.
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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JamesTheGiant wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:05 am
Damian V wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:09 pm www.dhamma.org there are 5 big Vipassana centres in China unfortunately they are only open to Chinese nationals, Hong Kong has a centre open to everyone
Five! That's pretty good. I wonder how they got approved by the government, China seems pretty serious about restricting religion.
Not mainland china. Just Hong Kong and Taiwan. I've heard of some kind of hidden ones on the downlow but other than that, nothing official.
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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eto wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:47 pm
JamesTheGiant wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:05 am
Damian V wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:09 pm www.dhamma.org there are 5 big Vipassana centres in China unfortunately they are only open to Chinese nationals, Hong Kong has a centre open to everyone
Five! That's pretty good. I wonder how they got approved by the government, China seems pretty serious about restricting religion.
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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bazzaman wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:16 am
If Bhante Mahinda is in China, he is probably in this monastery that assaji introduces and eto already responded to the post.
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Bhante Mahinda is the meditation teacher for the bhikkhus there.
If I'm not mistaken, as i heard, only China origin can be enrolled for a retreat there; not sure if there is any changes.
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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eto wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:47 pm Not mainland china. Just Hong Kong and Taiwan. I've heard of some kind of hidden ones on the downlow but other than that, nothing official.
Hong Kong:
https://www.dhamma.ru/sadhu/1882-hong-kong

Taiwan:
https://www.dhamma.ru/sadhu/169-taiwan
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Re: Where in china to meditate?

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i suggest on a comfortable chair or cross-legged on the floor
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