Meditation in Southeast Asia - Insight Meditation Center

Daily schedule:
Morning chanting and meditation
Dawn: monks and novices go out for alms, guests sweep paths or help in the kitchen.
8:00 a.m.: meal
9:00 a.m.: tidying up
9:30 a.m.: individual practice
3:30 p.m.: communal work (sweeping etc.)
4:30 p.m.: afternoon drink (sometimes sangha meeting)
6:30 p.m.: individual practice
Evening chanting and meditation
Climate and best time to go: November to February.
Notes: Particularly interesting for men who want to live for some time according to
the rules of Thai forest monasteries and who consider ordaining, and for people who
are interested in this tradition.
Day guests best arrive before 8 a.m. They are very welcome to participate in the
offered meal. After that, there is an opportunity to speak with the abbot.
An interesting visit can be made to the memorial (stupa and museum) of Ajahn Chah
at Wat Nong Pah Pong (www.watnongpahpong.org) not far away.
Texts by Ajahn Chah at: www.ajahnchah.org
Affiliated monasteries:
Britain:
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ
Office Tel: (01442) 842455, Retreat Info - Tel: 843239
Guest Info - Tel: 843411, Fax: (01442) 843721 www.amaravati.org
Aruna Ratanagiri Monastery, Harnham, Belsay, Northumberland, NE20 OHF
Tel: 01661 881 612, Fax: 01661 881 019
email: community@ratanagiri.org.uk Web site: www.ratanagiri.org.uk
Cittaviveka Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
Chithurst, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5EU
Tel: (01730) 814 986 Fax: (01730) 817 334
Web site: www.cittaviveka.org
Devon Vihara, Hartridge Buddhist Monastery
Upottery, Honiton,Devon EX14 9QE
Tel: (01404) 89-1251, Fax: (01404) 89-0023
Web site: www.amaravati.org/hartridge
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