Mettāvanārāma
Mettā Forest Monastery, also known as Mettāvanārāma or Wat Mettā, is a Theravāda monastery in Valley Center, California. It was founded in 1991 by Ajaan Suwat Suvaco along with his student Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Theravada
- Description: Buddhist monastery in the United States
- Also known as: “Biara Hutan Métta”, “Mettā Forest Monastery”, “Mettā skogskloster”, “Mettā Skovskloster”, “Méttawenarame”, “monastère forestier Mettā”, “monasterio Mettā”, “Monastērium Silvāticum Mettā”, “Monasteriung Mettâ”, “Monasteryo Metta”, “Monasteryong Metta”, “Monastièr Forestale Mettā”, “Vat Mēttā”, “Wat Metta”, “Wat Metta Wan”, “Watpa Metta”, and “Wihara Hutan Métta”
- Address: 13560 Muutama Lane, Valley Center, CA 92082
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pauma Valley and Pala.
Pauma Valley
Hamlet
Pauma Valley is a geographic valley and unincorporated… Pauma Valley is situated 3½ miles southeast of Mettāvanārāma.
Pala
Town
Pala is a small, mostly Native American community and… Pala is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mettāvanārāma.
Rincon
Hamlet
Rincon is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States. Rincon is situated 5 miles southeast of Mettāvanārāma.
Mettāvanārāma
- Categories: wat, hermitage, building, and religion
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.3262° or 33° 19′ 34″ north
Longitude
-117.03533° or 117° 2′ 7″ west
Established
1991
Open location code
85548XG7+FV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=theravada
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Venetian—“Mettāvanārāma” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “မေတ္တာဝနာရာမ”
- Cebuano: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Danish: “Mettāvanārāma”
- French: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Indonesian: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Kinaray-A: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Latin: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Malay: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Pali: “𑀫𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀫”
- Pampanga: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Spanish: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Tagalog: “Mettāvanārāma”
- Thai: “วัดเมตตา”
- Tibetan: “མེཏྟཱཝནཱརཱམ”
- Venetian: “Mettāvanārāma”
- “Mettāvanārāma”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pala Mountain and Wilderness Gardens Park.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Pauma Heritage Quik Stop and Pauma Elementary School.
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