Hello, I’m Nilantha

I am a lay Buddhist, not a monk, and I teach in the plainest way I know. I live in the hill country above Nuwara Eliya, where the tea terraces climb into the mist and the mornings are cold and quiet. That is where I learned to sit, first beside my father and later on my own.

Most mornings I roll out my mat at home, light a small clay lamp and record a guided sit while the light comes up. Some are about the breath, some about walking slowly between the tea rows, some about metta, the wishing of well-being to others. I post one every Friday, and they run from ten minutes to half an hour.

I am not a famous teacher and I do not promise anything. I share what my teachers shared with me, and how I keep it going in an ordinary house with tea, rice and a practice journal by the lamp.

If you would like to sit with me, start with the playlist. Everything else here, the audio packs, the printable journal and the courses, is there to help you keep a daily sit going.