Meditation in Southeast Asia - Insight Meditation Center

Ordaining: It is possible to ordain as a monk or nun. You should have spent some
time as lay meditator in the temple before, though.
Size: Monks: 100–300, novices: 10–300 (during school holidays only), nuns: 30, lay
meditators: 40–100.
Food: One meal daily only. A rich variety of Thai dishes is offered buffet-style. It
always includes some vegetarian dishes.
Costs: Free of charge. Donations are welcome.
Rules: All participants commit themselves to observe the eight silas (moral
precepts). Clothing should be white, comfortable, and decent (no shorts or tank tops).
In the monastery area there is a shop, where on can buy white clothing and the
necessary. Permission is given to stay 7 days in Wat Sanghathan to meditate and
study the Buddhadhamma. If you want to stay longer, you must ask the permission of
Acharn Sanong. For your first stay in Wat Sanghathan please bring 2 passport
pictures. Smoking is not permitted in the temple, and one should try to adhere to the
daily schedule, observe noble silence, and respect the division of the sexes. There is
only one meal a day.
Daily schedule:
4:00 a.m.: morning chanting until 4:30 a.m. – then sitting meditation
6:00 a.m.: warm drinks in the kitchen
7:30 a.m.: walking meditation in the wood
9:30 a.m.: main meal (buffet)
12:30 a.m.: chanting and meditation behind the hall
3:30 p.m.: working meditation
4:30 p.m.: walking meditation behind the hall
5:30 p.m.: afternoon drinks and break for washing, laundry, rest
7:00 p.m.: evening chanting
8.00 p.m. sitting meditation in the dhamma hall
Hint: There is a branch monastery of Wat Sanghathan -- Wat Pah Namtok
Khemakko – located near Suphanburi. A German Mae Chee Maria lives there. In
order to visit her please contact Khun Puky. There are 2 kutis for women visitors.
Men may be accommodated in a tent spread over a bamboo platform in the forest or
in the hall up on the hill.
From Bangkok take the mini bus to Dan Chang. It departs from the gasoline station
beside Central Phra Pinklao Shopping Mall. (The mini bus may take 2-3 hr.) At Dan
Chang from the same place where the mini bus stops take the bus to Ban Rai. After
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