Wat Chomtong Vipassana Germany

Welcome to Wat Chomtong Germany

Discover the vipassana meditation technique as it is taught by the original Chiang Mai, Thailand facility.
Gain foundation and insight from practing vipassana meditation so that you can appropriately continue the practice at home and in your daily life.

Announcement Spring Retreat available for reservation March 7th until May 17th 2026

The Winter Retreat is open for beginners and experienced meditators. You are invited to join our Retreat during February 25th until May 17th. With the duration of 3,5,7,10, 15, or 26 days. Advanced review course 16 days (For those who have completed the foundation course). Start any day after application form submission, your reservation will be confirmed, or join with the other meditators on

February 25th until March 21, 2026 Break: March 22 - April 1 2026 Vipassana Workshop in Den Haag, NL April 2 until May 17, 2026

Phra Ajahn Tong A lifetime dedicated to teach the practice of Vipassana Meditation

Phra Ajahn’s practice focuses on teaching the world to practice Vipassana Meditation. He received an invitation from a student who had practiced in Thailand, to reveal teaching since 1985 in Germany and finally in 2018 at the Federal Republic of Germany.

Wat Chomtong Vipassana Center

Chiang Mai Thailand Mehr lesen

We welcome anyone wishing to participate in meditation practice every day.

Discover your next spiritual practice.Come and practice meditation with us, a leading Vipassana center in Thailand. Our curriculum is led by Phra Ajahn Thong Sirimangkalo,
who has dedicated his life to teaching Vipassana meditation in Thailand and around the world.

current teaching

April 2 - May 17 2026

Meditation instructor : Phra Maha Kritsada, Assistant/translator: Phra Chotirat, language, English, Thai

Phra Chotirat

Course start & duration

The minimum duration of the meditation retreat is 3 days. We recommend a 7-10 day stay, or ideally a 24-day basic course or a 14-16 day advanced refresher course. Reservations are required so that our staff can reserve accommodation for you.

Learn 3 forms of meditation

Our teaching is modeled after the meditation center at Wat Chom Tong in Chiang Mai, focusing on mindfulness of the hands, walking, and sitting. Participants are not permitted to apply any other techniques they have learned previously during their meditation training with us.

Meditation report room

Those participating in the meditation practice will receive direct instruction from the master, one person at a time, without others listening. Awareness of states of mind that are not present within oneself is crucial to our practice, because learning meditation with us is not about listening to lectures, but about understanding mental states and addressing only those that truly occur within oneself.

Journey to Temple Mehr lesen

The meditation center, Wat Chom Tong, Germany, is located on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by tranquil nature, ideal for meditation and self-discovery. It's also conveniently accessible by public transportation, and the lovely villagers are always ready to greet visitors with smiles.

What is Insight
Vipassana is a Pali word which means: seeing clearly, seeing specially or seeing through (Vi = clearly, specially, into, through + passana = seeing). Vipassana means introspection, intuitive wisdom, intuitive knowledge. Vipassana is often translated as Insight.

Seeing what clearly? Insight into what?
Vipassana means seeing through the true nature of reality or Insight into the true nature of reality. It means seeing things as they truly are. Vipassana is the direct and intuitive understanding of the true nature of all mental and physical phenomena.

Vipassana is intuitive knowledge or Insight into the true nature of Nama (mind: consciousness, mentality) and Rupa (body: materiality, physical form) which make up the Five Aggregates of Existence (Panca Khanda: Rupa (body, physical form), Vedana (feeling), Sanna (memory, perception), Sankhara (mental formations, volition), Vinnana (consciousness)).

Vipassana is the realization that all mental and physical phenomena are Impermanent (Anicca), Suffering (Dukkha) and Non-self (Anatta). These three Characteristics of all Phenomena (Tilakkhana) are the marks of Insight wisdom and are the main objects of Vipassana Meditation.

Vipassana is the direct realization of the true nature of Nama and Rupa. All conditions whether internal or external, mental or material are Impermanent, Suffering and Non-Self (Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta).

The meditator who develops Insight Knowledge (Vipassana Nana) will realize that everything inside oneself and in the world outside of oneself is constantly changing, uncertain or Impermanent; is stressful, dissatisfactory or Suffering; and is uncontrollable, devoid of substance, not belonging to oneself, or Non-Self. These Three Characteristics are the True Nature of all phenomena.

leads to the purification of beings,
to overcome sorrow and grief,
to the disappearance of pain and suffering,
to attain the right path,
to experience Nibbana.
It is named the Fourfold Awakening of Mindfulness.

Lord Buddha (Satipatthana-Sutta M 10)

" This path which everyone must walk alone and for himself "

Where to meditate?

Wat Chomtong Germany has a hall on the first floor that can host up to 50 people. It is a place for chanting and practicing meditation and conducting ceremonies. The third floor (under construction) can accommodate up to around 100 people for teaching meditation and has four private meditation rooms.

Live at a Theravada Buddhist Monastery with the Bhikkhus from Thailand. Minimum stay is 3 days up to 21 days.

During your stay, abide by these eight Buddhist precepts.

Abstaining from killing.

Abstaining from stealing.

Abstaining from all sexual activity.

Abstaining from telling lies.

Abstaining from intoxicating drinks and drugs.

Abstaining from eating after noon.

Abstaining from entertainment and beautifying the body.

Abstaining from using luxurious bed.

A lifetime dedicated to teach the practice of Vipassana Meditation.

Phra Ajahn’s practice focuses on teaching the world to practice Vipassana Meditation. He received an invitation from a student who had practiced in Thailand, to reveal teaching since 1985 in Germany and finally in 2018 at the Federal Republic of Germany. All of his practice focuses have been passed on by Phra Srisilpajarn, the closest disciple who follow along Phra Ajahn throughout every journey. And it will always be.

- June 6-12, 1985: Teaching meditation in Frankfurt. Approximately 80 participants.

- June 19-29, 1989: Teaching meditation in เฮมซูลม์. Approximately 55 participants.

-February 5-26, 1993: Teaching meditation in Frankfurt.

- June 26 - July 16, 1994: Teaching meditation at the Thai Temple of Sri Lanka, Berlin.

- March 1-15, 1995: Teaching meditation in Munich.

- May 9-16, 2004: Teaching meditation at Wat Buddha Piyavararam, Frankfurt.

- May 22-28, 2008: Teaching meditation at Wat Buddha Piyavararam, Frankfurt.

- May 29-June 5, 2008: Teaching. meditation at Dhammajari Meditation Center, Munich.

- November 13-28 2013: Teaching meditation at Wat Buddhavipassana Wassenach

- May 12-22, 2017: Teaching meditation at Watbuddhavipassana Wassenach, Dhammajari Meditation Center, Munich; Wat Phra Buddha Piyavararam, Frankfurt.

- November 26-December 15, 2018: Teaching meditation at Watbuddhavipassana Wassenach Wat Phra Buddha Piyavararam, Frankfurt; Meditation Center, Berlin.

Phra Srisilpajan Dr.

Sangha President, Founder

Wat Chomtong Germany

Association members

Pk. Athonsamadhiwat

Meditation instructor

Phra Saran

Officer

Phra Maha Kritsada

Meditation instructor

Phra Maha Arun

Officer

Pk.Phutthithamvitheti

Meditation instructor

Phra Paitoon

Officer

Phra Chotirat

Translator English

Phra Suracha

assistant

Phra Natthaan

Translator English

Where to meditate Mehr lesen

There is ample space and rooms for 80 participants; it's not crowded and is comfortable, ideal for meditation.

Sleeping quarters Mehr lesen

Accommodation There are 11 rooms for meditators, separated by floors:

Rules for meditators Read all

Minimum stay 3 days, recommended stay 7-10 days. Foundation course 24 days. Advanced Review course 14-16 days.

Dining room Mehr lesen

You will be served two meals per day breakfast at 06.00 am. lunch at 11.00 am.

Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong Germany e.V. (2022)

Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong, Germany (monastery branch) Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo is located on Jakob-Kneip 1, Morshausen, Hunsruck, Rheinland-Pfalz. Watchomtong Germany, is under the patronage of the disciples of Phra Phrom Mongkhol Vi. (Venerable Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo) and all Buddhists Thais and Internationals disciples led by

Phra Srisilpajan Dr. (previous secretary of Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo).

Intent to build a monastery as a memorial and to commemorate Venerable Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo and use as a Vipassana Meditation Center based on the four foundations of mindfulness. Therefore, the Thai Temple Association Committee was established in accordance with the Federal Republic of Germany law.

Thai festival In the temple

Songkran (April)

The temple organizes the Songkran Festival during the month of April every year for Thai people in Germany. To celebrate Thai New Year's Day, which is an old Thai tradition that has been inherited from the past, with activities such as making merit, offering alms, listening to dhamma sermons, and pouring scented water on the Buddha images, monks, and the hands of the elderly to receive blessings from them. That is beautiful, gentle, caring, and filled with an atmosphere of gratitude, fun, warmth, and respect, using "water" as a medium to create good relations.

Mother's Day (August)

Mother's Day is an important day. In many countries around the world, Mother's Day activities are held to honor mothers and motherhood. In Thailand, Mother's Day falls on August 12 of every year, which coincides with the Royal Birthday. Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. On this occasion, the monastery has organized a celebration to commemorate His Majesty's benevolence. Organize activities for Mother's Day for children to show respect and love. Gratitude towards mother and benefactor: organizing such activities to encourage children to remember the grace of the mother who gave birth, who is a highly benefactor, by providing children with the opportunity to ask for forgiveness from the mother, washing their feet as an expression of gratitude.

Juli
Vassa candles have been around since the time of the Buddha. Buddhists will uphold the tradition of bringing candles and offerings provided to monks during the Buddhist Vassa ceremony to wish for oneself to be intelligent and sharp-minded, like the light of a candle, because in the past the monks did not have electricity. The villagers therefore cast a larger candle in order to offer the monks a spot to illuminate the performance of various duties. It is a Buddha worship for 3 months. The Buddhist community often organizes parades, bringing Vassa candles to offer to the monastery joyfully with Thai music and Thai traditional dance. Wat Phra That Si Chom Thong has a tradition of offering Vassa candles every year. On the eve of Vassa.

Oktober
The Kathina Ceremony is the offering of a Kathina garment to Bhikkus who have stayed in one temple or place for 3 months in order for the monks to accept a new garment. Each temple can accept Kathina garment once a year. It must be done within the time specified in the Kathina ceremony, which is one month after the end of the Vassa (rain retreat). It is considered a big offering to the specified bhikku because it can only be done once a year. Being qualified according to the Buddha's permission for bhikku who have stayed the entire three months during Vassa. Wat Phra That Si Chom Tong, Germany, conducts the Kathina Ceremony every year.

September
Wat Phradhatu Sri Chom Tong, Germany, was built as a memorial to commemorate Phra Phrom Mongkhon Vi (Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo) and as a place to practice vipassana meditation. On this Graditude Day, specifically to commemorate the day he passed away, the event is organized to make merit through almsgiving, practice vipassana meditation, and allow the faith group to make merit for their relatives who have passed away. According to Buddhist principles, in order to show gratitude, there are activities such as making merit, giving alms, giving dhamma sermons, and practicing meditation collectively. The event will be held in December every year.

Dezember
Chanting on New Year's Eve is a tradition that Thais have continued to practice since the reign of King Rama III, who used to perform New Year's chanting during the Songkran Festival (Thai New Year). It corresponds to the universal principle, which is January 1st of every year. It is an initiative to practice good deeds at the beginning of the year. Kicking off the new year by having precepts, cleansing the mind from practicing meditation, listening to a dhamma sermon, and offering almsgiving on the 1st of January in the morning.

Visakha Bucha Day (Mai)

is an important Buddhist religious day and an internationally recognized day by the United Nations General Assembly. This is because it commemorates three significant events in Buddhism: the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of the Buddha. On this day, Buddhists observe religious ceremonies, typically involving making merit, offering alms, listening to sermons, and circumambulating stupas (pagodas) to remember these important events in the Buddha's life. The Phra That Sri Chom Thong in Germany also observes this day.

Makha Bucha Day (Marsch)

This is an important day in Buddhism, commemorating the miraculous "Chaturanga Sannibata," where 1,250 Arahants (enlightened beings) gathered without prior arrangement. During this event, the Buddha delivered the Ovada Patimokkha (the essence of Buddhism: doing good, refraining from evil, and purifying the mind). On this day, Buddhists traditionally perform religious ceremonies such as making merit by offering alms, listening to sermons, and circumambulating stupas with candles to remember this significant event.

Asanha Bucha Day (Juli)

This is an important day in Buddhism commemorating the complete establishment of the Triple Gem (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha). On this day, the Buddha delivered his first sermon, the "Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta," stating that all things that arise must inevitably cease to exist. This sermon led to the attainment of enlightenment by Venerable Aññakondañña, the first member of the Sangha. Buddhists traditionally observe this day by making merit, offering alms, listening to sermons, circumambulating the temple with candles, observing precepts, and practicing meditation.