All instruction and dissemination of meditation practice offered here are free of charge, and we never expect anything in return for services rendered. There are of course inherent costs involved in running courses, creating and distributing learning materials, as well as running and maintaining a meditation center. For this reason, people often ask if there is a way they may support our organization. Below is a list of ways such kind individuals may support our cause. For more information on the inner workings of our organization and our current state of financial affairs, please see our Org.Sirimangalo website.
Donate funds
Persons wishing to donate monetary support for our projects may donate to Sirimangalo International, our 501c3 tax-exempt religious organization in the USA, or it’s sponsored meditation centre at the Ekayana Magga Aranya in Sri Lanka.
Donations to the USA non-profit organization will be generally used to support international projects, including this website, our online broadcasts, and our Dhamma Carika program.
Donations to the meditation centre in Sri Lanka will be used to build, repair and run our meditation centre directly. Our regular running expenses include a salary for our steward and treasurer, electricity and Internet bills, transportation, supplies, etc. Our meditation centre is still u For a list of our monastery’s planned construction projects, please visit our projects page.
Donations to the USA non-profit organization may be transferred to the meditation centre in Sri Lanka as well, so donors should feel free to use which ever method is most convenient for them.
To donate directly to our monastery and meditation centre in Sri Lanka, the easiest method is via a MoneyGram or Western Union transfer. Our treasurer’s name is R. D. Dulan Manjula Ranasingha, and his telephone number is +94 77 325 0522. The nearest location for both services is Kirindiwela. Direct transfer to the monastery bank account is also possible. The bank account information is as follows:
Bank Name: HATTON NATIONAL BANK PLC
SWIFT Code: HBLILKLXXXX
Branch: Kirindiwela
Account Name: Ekayana Magga Gotamaputhra
Account Number: 099010005431
Please note that this bank account is in Sri Lankan rupees, in case this information is necessary when making a transfer.
To donate to via the non-profit organization, you can send an on-line donation via PayPal using the “Donate” button below. If you have a specific project in mind, please specify which you would like to support when making your donation.
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Supporting Our Meditation Courses
Running meditation courses requires many different supplies; you can help us by donating these things directly. Some things we need on an ongoing basis include:
- meditation mats
- lighters
- soft and hard bristle brooms
- energy-saving lightbulbs (Sri Lankan socket type)
- mattresses
- foot-wiping mats
- misc. tools
Some more substantial supplies we are looking for:
- water pump
- water filtration system
- washing machine
- floor fans
More information about this can be obtained by contacting or visiting us in Sri Lanka.
Dissemination of the Teaching
Aside from monetary donation, simply helping to spread the word about us and our website, distributing our video, audio and written materials, or seeding our How To Meditate DVD via Bit Torrent (please visit this site for instructions on how to use Bit Torrent). Our book on How to Meditate is a good start for anyone interested in meditation in this tradition, so passing it on to others would be a great help for our work.
Building our meditation center
We are currently building a meditation centre in a forest monastery in Sri Lanka. For more information, please see our centre’s projects page. Persons wishing to help with this venture should contact us or use one of the above buttons to make a donation.
Thank you to all of those generous beings who have already supported us thus far, and may all find peace, happiness and freedom from suffering. Anumodana.
Yuttadhammo