Meditation activities in Thailand
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Northern Insight Meditation Centre
Located 4km south of Chiang Mai and offers an intensive 26-day or longer course. Days start at 4am and meals are taken in silence. The formal name for Wat Ram Poeng is Wat Tapotaram. Requirements include bringing your own white underwear, an alarm clock, passport and passport photos; and an understanding and acceptance of the strict rules governing a stay here. See website for more.
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House of Dhamma
Helen Jandamit has opened her suburban Bangkok home to meditation retreats and classes in vipassana (insight meditation). Check the website to see what workshops are on offer, and be sure to call ahead before making a visit.
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Wat Mahathat's Dhamma Talk: Vipassana Meditation Section
Twice a month, lectures in English on Buddhism are held at Maha Chulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University, Southeast Asia's most important place of Buddhist study.
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World Fellowship of Buddhists
On the first Sunday of the month, this centre of Theravada Buddhism hosts meditation classes in English from 2pm to 5pm. The fellowship also holds interesting forums on Buddhist issues.
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International Buddhist Meditation Center
Offers informal daily meditation classes at 7am and 6pm. Taught by English-speaking Prasuputh Chainikom (Kosalo), classes last three hours.
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Wat Suan Dok
Offers a two-day meditation retreat every Tuesday to Wednesday. At the end of each month, the temple extends the retreat to a four-day period (Tuesday to Friday). Participants should register in advance and meet at Wat Suan Dok for transfer to the meditation centre, 15km northeast of Chiang Mai. Check the website for cancellation notices.
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Wat Sisuphan
Offers a two-hour introduction to meditation using the four postures: standing, walking, sitting and lying down.
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Wat Mahathat
This temple is home to two independently operating meditation centres. The International Buddhist Meditation Center offers informal daily meditation classes at 7am, 1pm and 6pm. Taught by English-speaking Prasuputh Chainikom (Kosalo), classes last three hours. The Meditation Study and Retreat Center offers a regimented daily program of meditation. With both of these programs, longer stays, including accommodation and food, can be arranged, but students are expected to follow a strict regimen of conduct.
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