Mettāvanārāma

Mettā Forest Monastery, also known as Mettāvanārāma or Wat Mettā, is a Theravāda monastery in . It was founded in 1991 by Ajaan Suwat Suvaco along with his student Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
  • Monastery
  • …dates from 1991
  • Denomination: Theravada
  • Description: Buddhist monastery in the United States
  • Address: 13560 Muutama Lane, Valley Center, CA 92082
  • Also known as
    “Mettā Forest Monastery”
    “Wat Metta Wan”
    “Watpa Metta”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pauma Valley and Pala.
Hamlet
is a geographic valley and unincorporated…
3½ miles southeast of Mettāvanārāma
Town
is a small, mostly Native American community and…
3½ miles northwest of Mettāvanārāma
Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States.
5 miles southeast of Mettāvanārāma
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Latitude
33.3262° or 33° 19′ 34″ north
Longitude
-117.03533° or 117° 2′ 7″ west
Open location code
85548XG7+FV
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amenity = monastery
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denomination = theravada
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Venetian—“Mettāvanārāma” goes by many names.
မေတ္တာဝနာရာမBurmese
MettāvanārāmaCebuano
Monasteryong MettaCebuano
Mettā SkovsklosterDanish
MettāvanārāmaDanish
MettāvanārāmaIndonesian
MéttawenarameIndonesian
Wihara Hutan MéttaIndonesian
MettāvanārāmaKinaray-A
Monasteryo MettaKinaray-A
Vat MēttāLao
MettāvanārāmaLatin
Monastērium Silvāticum MettāLatin
Biara Hutan MéttaMalay
MettāvanārāmaMalay
Mettā skogsklosterNorwegian Bokmål
MettāvanārāmaNorwegian Bokmål
𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀫Pali
MettāvanārāmaPampanga
Monasteriung MettâPampanga
MettāvanārāmaTagalog
Monasteryong MettaTagalog
Wat MettaThai
วัดเมตตาThai
མེཏྟཱཝནཱརཱམTibetan
MettāvanārāmaVenetian
Monastièr Forestale MettāVenetian
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