Founders
Ludwig Schafft
Pia Schafft
Teacher
Phra Manfred Schafft
In 1995 Ludwig and Pia Schafft bought an old farmers house and throughout the coming 20 years they turned it into a meditation and seminary center. Today it offers a 80m² meditation hall, a large dining hall and enough rooms for over 30 people. In 2019 the house was handed over to their son, Manfred Schafft, who soon after became Teja Pañño Bhikkhu.
Phra Manfred started practicing Vipassana Meditation in the lineage of The Most Venerable Phra Prommongkol Vi (Most Ven. Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo) at the age of 18. After several retreats in Germany and Thailand he started the teacher training under the guidance of Ajarn Thanat Chindaporn. In 2016 he received authorization as a Vipassana Meditation Teacher by The Most Venerable Phra Prommongkol Vi (Most Ven. Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo) and in the same year he received the Benefactor of Buddhism Award from the Government of Chiangmai Province for his services to the Dhamma. In 2019 he received a special award from Most Venerable Phra Prommongkol Vi (Most Ven. Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo).