The dining hall furniture has also been upgraded, including new plastic chairs and glazed tabletops. A new dining hall for assistant teachers is also ready. Major improvements such as raising the height of the ceiling for better ventilation and additional toilets have been carried out in A' and D' blocks. B' and C' blocks will be similarly improved. Meditators are welcome to earn merits by contributing to the development work on this Dhamma land.
Admission is restricted to twenty male and five female students.
Preference will be given to non-Indian ATs. Manuals Of Dhamma Venerable Ledi Sayadaw is an invaluable link in the chain of teachers that preserved Vipassana in its pristine purity in Myamnar. Hence it is natural that Vipassana students should be eager to read the books written by the Venerable Sayadaw, probably the most illustrious Abhidhamma scholar of the last two centuries. However, the writings of this great meditation master are not easily available today. Therefore, Vipassana Research Institute has published The Manuals of Dhamma , a collection of the Venerable Ledi Sayadaw's writings translated into English.