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The Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System was developed by Sri Lanka's most eminent meditation master, the late Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera. This Buddhist meditation system uses samathā and vipassanā techniques in combination to allow more intense insight results than in the Burmese Vipassanā school of dry insight meditation. It was refined over decades by the head monks of the Nissarana Vanaya meditation monastery which was the meditation "training camp" for all monks belonging to the Sri Lankan forest tradition Kalyāṇi Yogāsrama Samsthava. Famous meditation teachers who were trained in this system or variants thereof include:

Ayya Khema, a German Buddhist nun and international meditation teacher
Bhikkhu K. Ñāṇananda, a Sri Lankan forest monk, famous for his Nibbana sermons
Nauyane Ariyadhamma Thera, a famous Sri Lankan meditation instructor
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya, another eminent Sri Lankan scholar monk
Bhikkhu Dhammajīva, current abbot of the Nissarana Vanaya forest hermitage
Mitra Wettimuny, a famous Sri Lankan lay meditation instructor
Ven. Amatagavesi, he created a variant system
Ven. Pannyavaro
Several Western students now teaching in Great Britain, the US and Sri Lanka

History

In the 1960s, after the sixth Buddhist concil had given Mahasi Sayadaw an eminent role in the Buddhist meditation revival, he was invited by the Sri Lankan government to train, teach and help establish vipassana meditation centers in Sri Lanka. At that time a group of already well known meditation monks received the opportunity to privately train and practice with Mahasi Sayadaw. Among those was the Venerable Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera.

Mahasi Sayadaw made him the main vipassana teacher after his departure and a friend of Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera invited him to lead the training facility for meditation in a newly founded association of forest monasteries, the Nissarana Vanaya.

Over the years Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera added valuable instructions to the Burmese system. One of the fundamental additions was a greater emphasis on concentration meditation as well as a carefully designed set of standardized instructions which helped newly ordained forest monks to methodically develop their concentration and insight faculties.

During this time the Venerable Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera published two renowned books on insight meditation: The seven stages of purification and the The seven contemplations. In the late 80s, one of his foremost students, a former professor of pali the Venerable Bhikkhu Katukurunde Ñāṇananda held a 33 months lasting series of discourses on the topic of the Buddhist goal of meditation, Nibbana.

Many influential meditation teachers visited the monastery during this time (Ayya Khema or were influenced by its meditation methodologies.

During the last decade of Ven. Ñānarama's life the meditation system was refined in its approach towards labelling and noting in vipassana meditation. The amount of labels was reduced, the importance of concentration meditation intensified.

Currently this system is taught in many of Sri Lankan forest monasteries which were influenced by Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera.

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+The '''Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System''' was developed by [[Sri Lanka]]'s most eminent meditation master, the late [[Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera]]. This Buddhist meditation system uses [[samathā]] and [[vipassanā]] techniques in combination to allow more intense insight results than in the [[Burmese Vipassanā]] school of dry insight meditation. It was refined over decades by the head monks of the Nissarana Vanaya meditation monastery which was the meditation "training camp" for all monks belonging to the Sri Lankan forest tradition [[Kalyāṇi Yogāsrama Samsthava]]. Famous meditation teachers who were trained in this system or variants thereof include:
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-The Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System was developed by [[Sri Lanka]]'s most eminent meditation master, the late [[Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera]]. This Buddhist meditation system uses [[samathā]] and [[vipassanā]] techniques in combination to allow more intense insight results than in the [[Burmese Vipassanā]] school of dry insight meditation. It was refined over decades by the head monks of the Nissarana Vanaya meditation monastery which was the meditation "training camp" for all monks belonging to the Sri Lankan forest tradition [[Kalyāṇi Yogāsrama Samsthava]]. Famous meditation teachers who were trained in this system or variants thereof include:
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 ==History==
 In the 1960s, after the sixth Buddhist concil had given [[Mahasi Sayadaw]] an eminent role in the Buddhist meditation revival, he was invited by the Sri Lankan government to train, teach and help establish vipassana meditation centers in Sri Lanka. At that time a group of already well known meditation monks received the opportunity to privately train and practice with Mahasi Sayadaw. Among those was the Venerable [[Matara Sri Ñāṇanārāma Mahathera]].