Dhamma Phala - Vipassana Meditation Center

About Dhamma Phala Dhamma Phala Vipassana Meditation Center opened in October 2018 and is one of over 180 international centers where the technique of Vipassana meditation is taught and practiced. It is located Tiaong Quezon, a secluded place in the south of Metro Manila, conducive for learning Vipassana Meditation. It is about 3-hour drive from Metro Manila and surrounded by coconut trees and the mountains of Maculot, Banahaw and San Cristobal. It is 3 hectares and can house around 50 meditators at a time. S.N. Goenka Background Satya Narayan Goenka was the foremost lay teacher of Vipassana meditation of our time. Although Indian by descent, Mr. Goenka was born and raised in Myanmar (Burma). While living there, he had the good fortune to come into contact with Sayagyi U Ba Khin and to learn the technique of Vipassana from him. After receiving training from his teacher for 14 years, Mr. Goenka settled in India and began teaching Vipassana in 1969. In a country still sharply divided by differences of caste and religion, the courses offered by Mr. Goenka soon attracted thousands of people from every part of society. In addition, many people from countries around the world came to join courses in Vipassana meditation. Over a period of almost 45 years, Mr. Goenka and the teachers appointed by him taught hundreds of thousands of people in courses in India and other countries, East and West. Today, meditation centers established under his guidance are operating in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia. The technique taught by S.N. Goenka goes back two and a half millennia to the Buddha. The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma – the way to liberation – which is universal. In the same tradition, Mr. Goenka's approach is totally non-sectarian.