Dhammanikhom

At Most Venerable Phra Prom Mongkol Vi´s (Venerable Phra Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo) suggestion and with his blessings, the Buddhist teaching and the insight- or mindfulness meditation is taught and promoted in Dhammanikhom. 

It is a nunnery (bhikkhunī-ārāma) in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Women can walk the monastic path here, ordain, train and live as a Buddhist nun. It is required to be firmly connected to the Vipassana tradition of the Most Venerable Phra Prom Mongkol Vi.

The name Dhammanikhom was given by Most Venerable Phra Prom Mongkol Vi (Venerable Phra Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo).  

Dhammanikhom describes a community of persons, who come together to live and practice the Dhamma together. It can be translated as a Dhamma community.

Dhamma is the Teaching of the Buddha. 

Nikhom (= Thai) or Nigama (= Pali) means community, settlement, also meeting place, market or small town.