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Cost: Donation. Rules: All participants commit themselves to stay for the entire retreat, to adhere to schedule, to keep silence, not to read and write. Sexual activities are to be discontinued for the duration of the retreat and the five or eight (old students) silas (moral practice precepts) to be adhered to. Clothes should be comfortable, white and decent (no shorts and tank tops). Climate: Pleasant. Note: Well suited for serious practitioners with retreat experience, desiring intensive practice. Also suited for beginners who have no particular problem sitting for long periods of time and who are ready to submit to an intensive and stringent daily schedule. 70
3.3 Lanka Vipassana Centre source: buddhanet.net and Samanera S. Address: Lanka Vipassana Bhavana Centre 108 Vijerama Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka Tel: 0094-11-2694100 Description and tradition: The center is in Colombo and accepts men and women interested in intensive Vipassana meditation according to Mahasi Sayadaw. Meditation technique: The development of constant mindfulness (no breaks) is valued highly in this Vipassana method according to Mahasi Sayadaw. During formal meditation alternation is beween one hour sitting and one hour walking. Outside formal meditation mindfulness is directed towards the task of the moment: eating, walking, laundry etc. The primary object of meditation during sitting is usually the rising and lowering of the abdomen. Several times per week there is an interview with the teacher. Lodging: Part of a building with single rooms and shared baths. Women live in a separate area. Costs: Donation. Recommended reading: Sayadaw U Pandita: "In this Very Life" Mahasi Sayadaw: "Practical Insight Meditation – Basic and Progressive Stages", Buddhist Publication Society, Sri Lanka The Mahasi Center‘s homepage (www.mahasi.com) has additional recommended books to download. 71
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