- The Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC) was founded by the Vietnamese disciples of Sayadaw U Silanandabhimvamsa.
- It is located at 1215 Lucretia Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122
- It’s web site is
- http://www.tathagata.org/
Activities
- TMC conducts about six long-term meditation retreats per year.
- It also offers two week-end retreats for months when there are no long-term retreats.
- It offers summer classes : one for children and the other for young adults.
- TMC has published several books for Dhamma Dana distribution.
Pali
- For the past few years, Sayadaw Dhammika-bhivamsa (Tharmanay Kyaw) taught Pali courses using selected Suttas to interested yogis to have an appreciation of Buddha’s teachings without delving into the details of Pali grammar.
- The course materials were prepared by Som Tu (Director of TMC, Retired executive in Technology) under the guidance of Thamanay Kyaw Sayadaw.
Reference Books
- I used to volunteer as Translator/Interpreter for Meditation Retreats at Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC).
- Beelin Sayadaw U Pannadipa (then Resident Sayadaw at TMC, currently Padana Nayaka Sayadaw at Panditarama Shwe Taung Gone in Yangon) gave me the book “A Pali Myanmar-English Dictionary of the Noble Words of the Lord Buddha”.
- The book was compiled by U Myat Kyaw (Myanmar Sar Ah Phwe) and translated into English by U San Lwin.

- TMC gave me the book “Buddhist Dictionary” by [Venerable] Nyantiloka.
- It is subtitled “Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines“.
- The first edition was published in 1946.
- The third revised and enlarged edition was edited by [Venerable] Nyanaponika in 1970.

- U Hla Myint (former Sayadaw who had completed Dhammacariya and several monastic exams) gave me a PDF version of his manuscript “An Introduction to Pali” for study and review.
- The book is available as Dhamma Dana distribution from TMC.
- He studied Pali under the guidance of Mahagandayone Sayadaw U Jananabhivamsa (one of the greatest Pali scholars in the 20th century) and with the outstanding teachers U Vijaya-lankara and U Dhamika-bhivamsa (with pen name “Thamanay Kyaw”).
- He studied English under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita-bhivamsa and with the eminent teachers such as U Aung Myat Thut, U Aye Maung and U Hla Maung.
- He has written, translated and edited several books for TMC.

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