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The Dhamma Vihara is the monastery of CMBT (Centro Mexicano del Buddhismo Theravada A.C.). The monastery was inaugurated on January 30, 1999 under the spiritual guidance of most Venerable U Silananda. The monastery is located on a property of 22 acres of enormous natural beauty in the mist forest in the County of Jilotepec near Xalapa, the capital of the State of Veracruz. It is a rural place, isolated, with a comfortable climate year-round, ideal for the intensive practice of meditation and the study of the Buddha's teachings.

Dhamma Vihara has two main buildings. The first has two floors and includes separate rooms for monastics and lay visitors, bathrooms, a meditation hall, a library and a study room. In the new building there is a large and fully equipped kitchen, a dining hall for both monastics and lay people, a laundry room, a storeroom, guest rooms and bathrooms. Both buildings have electricity and running water.

The Dhamma Vihara following an ancient Buddhist tradition of generosity (dana) offers at no cost the  teachings of its instructors. All this is possible thanks to the generous contributions of its benefactors, friends and visitors. The Dhamma Vihara is the first Theravada  Buddhist monastery in Spanish-speaking countries.