It is located in a cooler and quiet farming region about 50 minutes north of Yangon. It is situated on about 10 acres of gardens with many large shady trees and surrounded by quiet, typical, Myanmar villages. Eight buildings were completed in December 1995 and more have been built since. All the buildings are self-contained. The Hmawbi centre is already catering for foreign and Myanmar meditators.
All rooms are fresh and clean with western toilets and showers.
The buildings have two, four or ten rooms with fly screen windows. There is a large meditation hall for men and women away from all other buildings to ensure peace and quiet. Also, a unique feature is the installation of many wooden platforms with shelters which have been built under trees to provide meditators with solitude and a comfortable outdoor meditation situation. Potential meditators are requested to register at Chanmyay Yeiktha, Yangon before coming to Hmawbi.