Rules and Regulations

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. All meditators must keep the eight training precepts. Meditators need only bring conservative clothing (preferably white colored clothing), personal hygiene accessories and essential medication.

1. Not being of unsound mind. You should have the ability to control yourself and to strictly observe all the rules and regulations of the meditation center


2. Observe the eight training precepts: no killing; no lying; no stealing; observing celibacy; no drinking alcohol; no eating any solid food after 12:00 hours (fruit juices and liquid refreshments are allowed), no watching or participating in any kinds of entertainment such as singing, dancing, watching television etc., no putting on any cologne or perfumes or any substance that will beautify the human body both facially and bodily ; no sleeping on bed that is too high from the ground or too large in size


3. Listen attentively to your meditation master and do precisely what your meditation master tells you to do


4. Use only the meditation methods that your meditation master of Wat Bhaddanta Asabharam and Sommit Pranee Vipassana Center teaches you. No using other types of meditation method that is not taught by the meditation master of this Center


5. KEEP TO YOURSELF. No talking with anyone during your meditation retreat, except with the meditation master. No consulting with any fellow meditators. No talking with fellow meditators


6. No reading. No writing. No listening to the radio/music/cassette tape player. No using computers/palm top


7. No using the telephone/mobile telephone. No communicating with persons outside the meditation center during your retreat


8. No leaving the compound of the Meditation Center during the retreat


9. Please meditate consistently and continuously non-stop from the time that you wake up in the morning to the time you go to bed. Have strong perseverance


10. If you experience any illness both physical and psychological, please consult the meditation master or officers of the meditation center. Do not consult fellow meditators. Do not talk to fellow meditators


11. All meditators must attend the interview sessions with the assigned meditation master at the specified time and place to report one’s progress. All meditators must come 10 minutes earlier than the specified time, as not to keep the meditation master waiting


12. No smoking. No chewing betels. No drinking alcohol. No fortune telling. No consuming any kinds of illegal addictive drugs. No gambling. No performing any voodoo magic


13. Please keep your room clean, neat and tidy


14. You are permitted only to stay for the first duration of 15 days. After the initial 15 days, should you wish to stay for a longer period, you have to make a special request to your meditation master

At the end of your meditation retreat, please return room keys to the officer-in-charge and inform he/she that you are leaving the meditation center.