TMC

by Hla Min

Updated : July 2025

Tathagata Meditation Center

• Founded by devotees (mostly Vietnamese) of Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa.
• Located at 1215 Lucretia Street, San Jose
• Sayadaw U Silananda gave a talk “The ten meanings of Tatagatha”

History & Activities

For the history and activities of the meditation center, please visit

http://www.tathagata.org/

TMC Dining Hall

• In the dining hall, there is an album about Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa’s early years in the US (e.g. meditation retreat at a church, dhamma classes at a Zen Buddhism Temple).
• There are also photos about the Summer Camp for children and young adults.
• There are two cabinets of books: one for dhamma dana distribution, and another for sale.

Newsletter

• The “Dhamma Bell Newsletter” was edited by volunteers (U Theikdi & Maureen O’Brien).
• It was published quarterly.
• It featured dhamma talks given at TMC and also recipes (e.g. vegetarian spring rolls).

Sayadaws

Panditarama Sayadaw

• Sayadawgyi conducted Annual Meditation Retreats.
• Later, he assigned Sayadaws to conduct the Retreats on his behalf.

Beelin Sayadaw

• Spent over a decade as Chief Resident Sayadaw at TMC
• Back in Myanmar, Sayadaw resided at Hse Mile Gone and Panditarama
• Passed away on June 18, 2025.
• TMC will have a ceremony on July 19, 2025 starting at 2 PM to honor Beelin Sayadaw.

U Dhammika (Tharmane Kyaw Sayadaw)

• Sayadaw taught Pali courses at TMC
• He wrote “Pali Sikkha ပါဠိသိက္ခာ” (Practicing Pali) texts.

U Thuzana

• Current Chief Resident Monk of TMC