Dipabhavan Meditation Centre

Such a chilly place with cobras and other jungle stuff. Very calm and peaceful place far from the real world where you can try to make your mind more pure than it was. Just give it a try! First two days of the retreat are tough but then it appears to be an astonishing experience.

Beautiful place, surrounded by natural jungle. Smart concept of teaching mindfulness in combination with yoga and knowledge about buddhism. Simple, but very good food, organic and vegetarian. Thanks a lot again for your kind hospitality and this wonderful experience

I just finished the introduction to Meditation Retreat offered every month, registration on the 11th and ending on the 18th in the morning. Kuhn Reinhardt he's an excellent teacher and I highly recommend the place.

This was my first Vipassana experience and it's hard to describe in words how wonderful it was for me. Only after spending 7 days in silent meditation I could realize how our life and be overloaded with thoughts, feelings, suffering giving us no time to look within and feel and acknowledge our true self. The environment was beautiful, we were in a very diverse, multicultural and respectful group. Our "guru" Sister Ben, was very humble, wise, helpful and with a great sense of humour, made easy to endure long hours of meditation and going deeper into the practice. If you considering doing it, don't think twice, read the other reviews, set a strong mindset, create no expectations and be ready to have a magical experience. If you are lucky to have Sister Ben, like I was, that will be even more special for sure!

In May 2018 I spent a week in this meditation center. I couldn't imagine a whole week of silence and I haven't had any experience with meditating 'till then. So I started this week without any great expectations and was allowed to take some very nice and inspiring experiences with me. On the one hand it is a great emotional challenge to remain silent for a whole week, because you have to deal with yourself, your story and your thoughts and Feelings without talking to anybody. On the other hand, it is also a physical challenge, because in addition to one hour of yoga in the morning, one meditates a total of about 6.5 hours a day. This experience has helped me in many different ways and left me a lot to think about. I am grateful for the experience and would recommend a week of silent meditation to anyone interested. You have time to cleanse yourself internally, to escape the stress of everyday life or simply to enjoy the peace and quiet (without external influences and disturbing factors). Every day you get an insight into Anapanasiti meditation and listen to lectures of a monk. This provides insights into the life of a Buddhist monk and Buddhism itself. The meditation center repeatedly points out that they do not want to convince anyone of Buddhism. You can simply listen and then decide for yourself what you want to take with you on your own path and what not. Furthermore this opportunity is free, but a donation at the end of the week is more than welcome. It is up to you, if you want to donate money for future visitors or not.

I stayed here for the one week meditation retreat at Christmas time. It was a very given and amazing experience for me. I really learnt a lot and the stay made me change the way I look at life. It helped me to find inner peace and begin a journey to know myself better. I can really recommend this experience to anyone who wants to know more about meditation, Buddhism or themselves. Thank you and thank you again. Best wishes

I have completed 7-days course right in the end of the year. There were some hard moments during the course, but overall impression is great: head is light and clear, I've got some very useful insights. They teach not just how to meditate, but also why it is so hard, how to overcome obstacles during meditation, how to apply all these knowledge to everyday life, how to concentrate and live more conscious life. For sure, living conditions are very simple (I brought my own pillow, cause it's just wooden one there), but clean enough and safe. Food is sufficient (once you get used to eat twice a day, without dinner). Place is very beautiful and quiet.