Vision & Mission of Hadaya Vatthu Foundation

Hadaya Vatthu Foundation is founded by a group of people who has seen and experienced the wonderful effects of meditation according to the Buddha’s teachings (Dhamma), especially to preserve Theravada Forest Meditation Tradition in Indonesia. People cannot have a deep understanding of the Dhamma without also deepening their concentration (samadhi) and awareness (sati); as part of the Eightfold Noble Path. Hadaya Vatthu is a Pali word. It represents the heart base which is present in the blood of the heart. It is described in the Visuddhimaga (viii, 111)…. "there is hollow the size of a punnaga seeds bed where half a pastata measure of blood is kept, with which as their support the mind element and mind-consciousness element occur.” This is the place where our consciousness emanates.

Our vision is to have as many people as possible make meditation (in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha) a common and daily practice in their lives. It is also our vision to have some Indonesians become highly skilled meditation teachers in the years to come.

Our mission is to introduce meditation techniques and practices (in accordance with the teachings of the Buddha) to the general public so that peaceful and happy meditation communities are developed.

October 14, 2012

Retreat Meditasi Samatha & Vipassana Ven.U Ukkansa and Ven. U Mahinda

Yayasan Hadaya Vatthu dan Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore) akan mengadakan Retreat Meditasi SAMATHA & VIPASSANĀ pada tanggal 6 - 19 Nopember 2012 di Kayagata-sati Meditation Centre, Cibodas. Retret akan dibimbing oleh: Ven, U Ukkansa dan Ven. U Mahinda. Ceramah Dhamma disampaikan dalam bahasa Mandarin dan Myanmar. ... Untuk yogi dari Indonesia info dan pendaftaran : daftarhadaya@gmail.com; 08128325692 (Karman Tjandra). Sekilas profil dari para gurunya: Venerable U Ukkansa Born in 1971 in Kyaikhto, Myanmar, Ashin Ukkansa ordained as a novice monk (sāmaṇera) at a monastery in Kyaikhto in 1988. He received the higher ordination as a bhikkhu on 23 October 1990 at Kemāsīvaṃ Pariyatti School in Kyaikhto, where he studied Buddhist Pāli Studies. He passed the "Pathama Gyi" examinations in 1998. From 1998 to 2003, Ashin Ukkansa was a teacher of Pāli language at Sāsana Lyin Yaung Kyi Pariyatti School, at Pago. Ashin Ukkansa went to Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in May 2003, and learned and practised Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the Abbot, the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa. Since December 2006, Ashin Ukkansa has been appointed a Kammaṭṭhānācariya (Meditation Teacher) at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, Mawlamyine. Ashin Ukkansa has assumed his duties as the Resident Teacher of PAMC in April 2008, and he has conducted several retreats in Singapore and taught various Dhamma courses since then. Venerable U Mahinda Born in 1971, Venerable hails from China; he is Meditation Teacher (Kammaṭṭhānācariya) at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery ("Pa-Auk"), Mawlamyine, Myanmar. Ordained in July 2002 at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery with the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa as preceptor, he has practised Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the instructions of the Sayadaw. Commencing May 2004, he assisted the Sayadaw as translator during interviews and helped in tutoring yogis. In March 2006, Venerable was authorised by the Sayadaw to teach meditation, and he has been conducting meditation interviews for monastic and lay yogis at Pa-Auk since then. Venerable U Mahinda has conducted many well-received meditation retreats since July 2007 in Singapore; he has also taught the Abhidhamma Part 1 to 3, and Visuddhimagga Part 1 to 3 at Pa-Auk Meditation Centre, Singapore. In addition to Myanmar and Singapore, Venerable has also given Dhamma talks and taught meditation retreats in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and China. Venerable U Mahinda has authored, translated and edited various Dhamma books in Chinese.