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CAPACITY: 10 persons (Recommend booking 7 days  in advance)

The retreat is widely open for both beginner and experienced meditators. On the retreat, all meditators are expected to keep silence at all times except when giving meditation reports. Please keep talking to barest minimum with fellow meditators.  Meditators need only bring conservative clothing. For clothing, both men and women please wear white shirt/blouse and dark colored pants eg. black, blue, grey.  Please bring personal hygiene accessories, flash light, mosquito repellents, umbrella,  and essential medications. Please NO SMOKING. 

Retreats are ongoing year round. There are no advance registrations required and you may come at any time you wish but we do request you give us at least 7 (seven) days prior notice.  English speaking interpreter is always available.

INSTRUCTIONS AND INTERVIEW

When there are only one or two English speaking students you will be learning Vipassana meditation on a one-to-one basis with the vipassana meditation instructor.  All instructions  and discourses for foreign meditators will be in Thai language.

You sit and walk with other students who may speak only Thai at the meditation center.  At some point every day, the teacher will sit with you privately and give you instructions in Thai language (English interpreter is always available)    You are free to ask questions, so in many ways this is better than being in a larger class.

Individual interviews with the meditation instructor are scheduled at regular intervals to enable the student to report their meditational experiences and to receive necessary guidance by their teacher for further progress. In this way each student will receive personal attention and guidance throughout the entire course of meditation and will have an opportunity of gaining sufficient personal knowledge and experience of Vipassana Meditation.

Please practice and use only the meditation methods that your meditation instructor of Wat Thaton Meditation Center teaches you.   No using other types of meditation method that is not taught by the meditation instructor of this Center.

Please bring torch light with you if you wish to attend our Buddhist Chanting early in the morning or in the evening     

English Interpreter is available at the  meditation hall most of the time during the day to offer assistance as needed.

DONATION BASIS  FOR LESSONS

Donations for teaching/lessons of vipassana meditation to the meditation instructor is up to the foreign  meditator. There are no set fees. The basic principle of the donation is to give what you can afford to generously give.  It is customary in Thailand that Theravada Buddhist Vipassana meditation teachings/lessons are freely given away by Buddhist monks as a gesture of goodwill to all. In the spirit of giving away Vipassana meditation lessons, our Meditation Center will hopefully be a means for those who have been helped to help others. Any donations for teaching vipassana meditation are greatly appreciated.

ACCOMMODATION AT WAT THATON MEDITATION CENTER IS NOW UNDER RENOVATIONS

We are still renovating our accommodations and therefore we do not have lodgings available.

Lodgings available at Thaton village.

The ranking below is according to Rates

High to Low

1.
http://www.maekok-river-village-resort.com/
http://www.track-of-the-tiger.com/html/mrvr.html

2.  http://www.thatonchalet.com/

3.  http://khunmaibaansuan.com/


4.  Apple River Village   
address:  555 M 14, Thaton Mae Ai Chiangmai  50280
Tel:  +66 53 373 144
Fax:  +66 53 373 145
email:  applethaton@yahoo.com

5.  http://www.gardenhomenature.com
tel:  053-373-015
fax:  053 459 325

6 .  Chankasem Guest House
209 Moo3 Thaton, Mai Ai, Chiangmai. Thailand
Tel: 053-459-313
mobile:  +66 86-197-7914

7 .  Kwan's  Guesthouse
address:  2 Moo 3 Thaton, Mai Ai , Chiangmai
Mobile:  +66 81-9931267 (call from overseas)
081-9931267 (local calls)
email:  kwan.guesthouse@hotmail.com
(better to telephone)

FOOD

(ONLY LUNCH)

We can only provide lunch at the temple. Breakfast and dinner are not available.  There are many restaurants and food stalls in the village;  only 10 minutes walk from the temple.  Food is not vegetarian, but if requested we can provide some vegetarian food.  Payments for lunch shall be made on a meal by meal basis (day by day)  directly to the cook.

DONATIONS

The donations that you generously give us are channeled back into the meditation center so that we can continue to improve and develop our meditation hall, accommodation facilities, kitchen facilities,  maintenance of the water and electricity facilities.  Your donations will help others who come to practice vipassana meditation with us to continue to receive the benefits that you have received. All donations are greatly appreciated.