In the Past

The Panditarama Sydney Meditation Centre (PSMC) was founded on the 6th February 2000. It was opened by the Venerable Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa of Panditarama Shwe Taungone Meditation Centre, Yangon. The centre is located at 70 Market St, Smithfield Sydney NSW 2164 Australia, Ph: +61 2 9729 2343. See map for more details.

We accept any meditators worldwide and provide them with food and lodging free of charge in addition to lectures on Vipassana meditation. We warmly welcome any Dhamma friends, Buddhist or non-Buddhist who want to experience the Dhamma.

The Buddha said that "Wisdom, indeed, is born of meditation; without meditation, wisdom is lost. Knowing this two-fold path of gain and loss, one should conduct oneself so that wisdom may increase".

The centre’s aim is to promote the teaching of Theravada Buddhism particularly the practice of Satipatthana Vipassana meditation in the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw (Satipatthana Vipassana) of Burma. Our centre is a non-profit organisation and our Chief Abbott is Venerable Sayadaw U Pannathami who has been a Buddhist monk and teaching mediation globally for over 20 years.

Additional Resources

Any Dhamma friend, Buddhist or non Buddhist, who wishes to join the meditation class, please contact the centre on +612 9729 2343.

There will be regular Fund raising Food Fairs to be held at the centre on the 1st Sunday of each month. Buddhists or Non Buddhists are welcome to try authentic Burmese dishes and experience the benefit of meditation.

The opening of the Panditarama Sydney Meditation Centre is only our first stage. For the second step, we are striving to buy a large block of land so that we can build a combined Meditation Centre ( Meditation School ) and Buddhist Cultural Training Course for children. We firmly believe that this project will be a success in the near future if all the Burmese community and Buddhist families participate and support in unity and donate generously.

For your kind donation, please contact our centre on (+612) 9729 2343.