Vishva Niketan International Peace & Meditation Centre

The layout and realization of the Centre has been carefully designed to be conducive to the purification of the mind, with great attention paid to all the details, both aesthetic and practical.

The Peace Garden has three elements – the Sand Garden, the Water Garden and the Meditation Garden.

Peace Garden

The layout and realization of the Centre has been carefully designed to be conducive to the purification of the mind, with great attention paid to all the details, both aesthetic and practical.

The Peace Garden has three elements – the Sand Garden, the Water Garden and the Meditation Garden.

Sand Garden

The entrance to the Peace Centre is through the Sand Garden created with sand and kabook which depict a rough surface and reminds the retreatants of the unwholesome thoughts such as hatred, greed, ignorance, jealousy etc. that are generally prevalent in the minds of human beings.

Water Garden

The nearby Water Garden has three curving ponds with flowering lotus plants behind which are miniature waterfalls flowing down small man-made hillocks. The path to the Samadhi Hall, the main meditation hall is over the ‘bridge of mindfulness’ – a series of raised stones in water, necessitating mindful walking promoting focused thinking.

Meditation Garden

The dense jungle-like corner at the north of the site houses a meditation garden containing the Bodhi Tree, a Buddha statue in Samadhi pose (Padmasana) and specially designed gravel paths for walking meditation. A sapling from the Bodhi Tree at Anuradhapura has been planted. The beautiful labyrinth facing the Buddha statute is ideal for retreatants to do walking meditation to experience calm, tranquility and balance. The relics, the physical remains of enlightened beings are deposited in the relic chamber located in the outer circle of the Bodhi Tree. A two feet pure bronze Buddha statue that was gifted by Mr P.L. Singh, the Mayor of Kathmandu, Nepal is also displayed in the relic chambers for retreatants to venerate.