TMC

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/

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.

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.

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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