Established since September 1993, by the Vietnamese Professor, Dr. Lam Trung Quoc, AKA Venerable Huyen Dieu. The Vietnam Buddhist Monastery Lumbini is the first international monastery in the holy land, the Buddha's birthplace, for monks and nuns and a Buddhist practice center for lay people.  The Lumbini Monastery has completed its first and the second phase of construction with the building of the Dharma Hall, the Main Buddha Hall, and the Cultural Pavilion.

Currently the Lumbini Monastery is in its third phase of development; finishing the construction of the Main Buddha Hall, the Dharma Building,  the Cultural Pavilion building, and the Lotus Temple, also called One Pillar Pagoda, over the water pond  with the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the symbol of a loving mother spreading her compassion to save those who immerse themselves in the sea of sorrow and misery.

The Main Budha Hall  Building, the monastery's most important and sacred project, has an area of 10,000 square feet and consists of three levels: the Main Buddha Hall (to worship Buddha), and the other (to worship the Patriarchs and the Ancestors). 

The Main Buddha Hall Building, the Cultural Pavilion building, and and the Lotus Temple, also called One Pillar Pagoda, over the water pond, emulating the architectural style of the prominent pagodas in Vietnam, will be completed at the end of the year 2,000. It articulates the Vietnamese Buddhist faith and tradition for the Lumbini Community and the rest of the world. 

The cost of constructing the the Main Buddha Hall building, the Dharma Hall building, the Cultural Pavilion building, and the Lotus Temple is financed by donation of the Buddhists from all over the world and not accounted yet . The ceremony of the opening will be held on the near future. 

Although we are by tradition a so called "Buddhist" retreat center, we openly respect and appreciate and honor the spiritual teachings of all the great World Religions. We warmly embrace all Seekers of the Truth - Hindu, Christian, Jew, Moslem and others, in the sincere belief that these traditions are as valid as our own. 

Although the place is new, and as yet undeveloped, we have already had several retreats.  Friends and spiritual practitioners from all over the world have come and stayed for one to three weeks to perform individual isolated retreats.  Some individuals have benefited, during such retreats.  Since there are no facilities as yet, in the sense of a kitchen or washing area, we have restricted visitors to the minimum and discouraged all but the most serious of meditators - individuals who are capable of being responsible for themselves in what amounts to quite ascetic conditions. We are not open to visitors during the cold, rainy winter months.