Meditation centre near Jurong?

finding SG

Hi,

I am interested in learning meditation and has been trying to find a meditation centre near Jurong West Extension.

Appreciate if anyone can advise me.

Thanks in advance.

Dawnfirstlight SG

Hi,

I am interested in learning meditation and has been trying to find a meditation centre near Jurong West Extension.

Appreciate if anyone can advise me.

Thanks in advance.

I can't think of any meditation centre at Jurong West. The nearest I can think of is Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission Temple at Clementi. They have meditation classes on every Friday from 8 pm to 10 pm. The contact number is 67755557, you may call them to confirm.

Isis SG

The only centre i know in Jurong area is......

Mahamuni Buddhist Society
Address: No. 264, Westwood Ave (off Jurong West Ave 5)

Singapore 648464

Phone: 65-6777-7018, 65-6790-9279

Tradition: Theravada.

Suggest you call them up to inquire if there is meditation class in english and for directions?

An Eternal Now SG

Hi,

I am interested in learning meditation and has been trying to find a meditation centre near Jurong West Extension.

Appreciate if anyone can advise me.

Thanks in advance.

I would recommend you scan through the following site and make a list of which ones you want to check out. But do note that not all centres teach meditation.

http://www.4ui.com/activity/activity.htm

Rooney9 SG

which centre teaches vipassana meditation, anyone knows?

An Eternal Now SG

which centre teaches vipassana meditation, anyone knows?

My friend recommends VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTRE (SINGAPORE) for vipassana.

Basically you can check out in http://www.4ui.com/activity/activity.htm the following:

KMSPKS:

Basic Vipassana (Insight) Meditation Class Every Fri 5/3-14/5 7.30-9.30pm

VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTRE (SINGAPORE)

WAT ANANDA YOUTH (“WAY”, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ANANDA METYARAMA BUDDHIST YOUTH CIRCLE)

By the way if you into hardcore Vipassana I also highly recommend that you read Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book available at http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml

finding SG

Dear all, thanks alot for all the advices =)

wisdomeye SG

I think there is an Goenka styled Vipassana 10 days retreat in St John's island or M'sia organised for Singaporeans every year. If you want, you could try once then go on from there. I'm not sure where to register. But you can search 'Goenka' & 'Singapore' on goggle

The tradition is U Ba Khin from Burma. I think there has been much hype and good results from it. Apparently, Dalai Lama also sent some monks to try it out with good results. I think after attending once, then maybe you have a taste of meditation and it will encourage you to persist.

An Eternal Now SG

Yes I received positive reviews about the Goenka center from my friend who been to those retreats.

geis SG

the Goenka center information can be found here http://www.sg.dhamma.org/. the retreat was last week.

vipassana meditation center information is here http://vmc128.8m.com/page14.html. they also conducted a retreat last week and they are teaching from Mahasi Sayadaw lineage. im signing up for their upcoming meditation course

An Eternal Now SG

Oh got mixed up. Thanks for the info geis.

Now I know I have one friend who went for Goenka, one friend who went for Mahasi Sayadaw.

wisdomeye SG

i think it is good if before you go for meditation class to read some books to have a bit of background knowledge as well as to polish off your expectations.

I can also recommend Ajahn Chah's books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Chah

I think Jack Kornfield

http://www.jackkornfield.org/index/books

and Joseph Goldstein

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goldstein

and Sharon Salzberg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Salzberg

are good readings for anyone venturing into meditation. Knowing more about the teachings on karma and love and compassion is very important.

wisdomeye SG

An e-book by Ajahn Chah

http://ajahnchah.org/pdf/the_teachings_of_ajahn_chah_web.pdf