Wat Sunyata Ireland

Sunyata Buddhist Centre is a retreat centre based on a 10 acre property in rural County Clare. The centre is devoted to, and inspired by the Thai Forest tradition of Buddhism particularly the lineage of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho, who opened our Dhamma hall in July 2000.

Since 1998 the centre has been offering residential retreats and a wide variety of other events to those who wish to learn about Buddhism, mindfulness and meditation. It also welcomes people to come and stay to sample spiritual community life.

Sunyata’s activities are made possible by a community of volunteers, and all offerings, from Dhamma books to retreats, are offered on the basis
I came to Sunyata for 5 days (1/12/2022-5/12/2022) and I was very impressed by how such a small
monastery can have such a big impact. The schedule ran like the other wats in this forest thai tradition
(with Ajahn Chah) such as Chithurst, Amavarati – there was about 3 hours work to be done the entire
day with everything being ran off of dāna, breakfast, lunch, tea and the two daily hour pujas I attended.