Memberand Accommodation
Makkanuka Dharma Practice
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Route Don Mueang - Nakhon Si Thammarat both ways (on the opening and closing days of the course)
is Black Canyon Restaurant (at the exit gate). The distance from the airport to Suan Yindee Talay is approximately 60 kilometers. Travel time is 1 hour.
01.
Do not use large suitcases. Please use a backpack or soft bag for convenience in receiving and sending.
02.
Wear a white or dark brown shirt, black long pants.
03.
For the Machanuka (Paticca) course, eat only 1 meal.
04.
Be a host for the entire course, 600 baht per day and 500 baht per person for airport transfers (for those traveling by plane).
**If you drive yourself, you do not need to pay for airport transfers.**
05.
Eight precepts, close your mouth, focus on meditation, listen to Dhamma as appropriate, do not use any communication devices.
06.
No smoking and no drugs of any kind.
07.
Please bring a blanket or sleeping bag because Suan Yindee Talay only provides bed sheets and pillowcases.
1st Day
11.00-13.00
Register + Lunch
13.00-16.30
Meditation, Eight Precepts, Dhamma Lecture
16.30-18.00
Drinking, Resting, Doing Personal Tasks
18.00-19.00
Evening Prayers
19.00-21.00
Dhamma Lecture
2nd & 3rd Day
04.00-05.00
Wake Up + Meditation
05.00-06.00
Morning Prayers
06.00-07.30
Dhamma Lecture
07.30-09.30
Breakfast
09.30-11.00
Dhamma Lecture
11.00-13.00
Lunch + Rest
13.00-14.00
Prayer
14.00-15.00
Dhamma Lecture
15.00-15.30
Break
15.30-16.30
Dhamma Lecture
16.30-18.00
Relaxation for personal business
18.00-19.00
Evening prayer
19.00-21.00
Dhamma Lecture
4th Day (Last Day)
04.00-05.00
Wake up + meditation
05.00-06.00
Morning prayer
06.00-07.30
Dhamma Lecture
07.30-09.30
Breakfast
09.30-12.00
Dhamma talk + course closing
12.00-13.00
Lunch and safe return journey
@Ko Phaluai
Thudongkasathan course, Makkanukawiwek
Important Note
This place is not a meditation center like the ones you have been to for courses. There are no services or facilities. You have to imagine yourself going to a forest temple. There is a place to stay, a mat and a pillow (really… that’s all they provide, not a proverb). Starting from cleaning the hut yourself when you arrive, taking care of sweeping the living area and common areas, cleaning the public bathrooms.
The Dhamma listening hall in the hut has no electricity (because this island is a natural energy island, there is no electricity. The school has to use solar cells, which are only available in necessary areas). As for the bathrooms, some houses have private bathrooms (they will be provided to benefactors who help build them first), some houses do not. But there is one thing that can give you some peace of mind:
The bathrooms are modern toilets for the present era. But since it is on a mountaintop, water usage must be very economical.
Therefore, those who are going to apply should not expect to go for convenience. This is an island, far from the land, on a mountaintop that can only be reached by off-road vehicle. The distance to walk is about 2 kilometers (from the lower school). You will understand and live according to the situation, not asking for things that you want or used to have, and you do not have to prepare many things that you used to have in order to live your life as you used to. (In that case, I recommend staying at home or going to a place that can satisfy those things.)
We would like to emphasize that this place is for training oneself to reduce and let go of attachments and see the truth according to the principles of asceticism to be a person who is easy to live and easy to eat. Therefore, please prepare only the things specified. Do not carry everything. Go camping.
This place is in a forest condition. Even though it has been developed into a Thudongka place, the forest is still rich. The huts are nestled in the forest and mountains. Therefore, those who wish to apply must be able to assess themselves. If you are a timid person, afraid of many things, both animals, ghosts, darkness, and silence with only the sounds of crickets and crickets, We suggest that you do not apply! Because there is only one way out, which is to take a mail boat back to shore the next day. Therefore, you must be confident in yourself.
01.
Wearing a cloth that covers the body
02.
Wearing three pieces of cloth as a practice
03.
Begging for alms as a practice
04.
Begging for alms in rows as a practice
05.
Eating one meal a day as a practice
06.
Eating from one container, i.e. eating from an alms bowl as a practice
07.
Forbidding food offered later as a practice
08.
Living in the forest as a practice
09.
Living at the foot of a tree as a practice
10.
Living in the open as a practice
11.
Living in a cemetery as a practice
12.
Living in a place that is available as a practice
13.
Living as a nesajjikang dhutanga as a practice
In the yellow section, 5 rules are required for yogis to observe when entering this place. As for the green section, 3 rules are up to each person and occasion. As for the clothes that should be brought, no more than 4 sets per person. **You can wash your clothes at the center.** (But if anyone will observe Thudongkwat section 2, bring only one set of clothes. You can shower, but use only one set.) No matter how many days the course is.
This is just a suggestion to let you know the place roughly as information for applying. Don’t go looking for friends to talk to. We will not be considerate of those who do not meditate and will also cause trouble for those who want to escape meditating. This place was built by those who have the only intention of liberation. Therefore, for the benefit of those who want peace and solitude, this place is for training, not for going to find new things in life or having fun camping or hiking.
Applicants have a cost to co-host for accommodation and food of 400 baht/person/day. Or if you want to host to help support the practice course, you can contact Khun Beer (email contact@meditationisland.org)
Preparation & Traveling
01.
No more than 4 sets of clothing + sweater or scarf (dark brown shirt, black pants only!) If you don't have any, use a white shirt.
***Colored or patterned shirts and three-quarter pants or other colored pants are not allowed in the monastery.***
02.
Sleeping bag, flashlight
03.
Personal items (soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel)
04.
Slippers, sneakers
05.
Mosquito repellent, personal tissue
06.
Personal water bottle
07.
Bag (should be small and can be carried up and down the mountain by yourself)
08.
If you want to charge your phone, you can do so at the central pavilion because the hut has no electricity. If you want to listen to the Dhamma on your phone, use earphones. Do not turn on the volume because it will disturb other practitioners.
09.
Things provided in the hut: Leather mattress, leather pillow, and meditation seat
Traveling by Plane
Don Mueang-Surat Thani 07.15-08.30 hrs.
Suvarnabhumi-Surat Thani 05.50-07.05 hrs.
Don Mueang-Surat Thani 07.00-08.15 hrs.
Surat Thani-Don Mueang 18.00-19.10 hrs.
Surat Thani-Don Mueang 19.10-20.25 hrs.
- Nok Air frequently cancels flights. Please study the information carefully before booking Nok Air flights.
- Meeting point at the airport to take a van to Raja Ferry Port at 09.00 hrs. Details will be announced again via email before organizing the course.
- Expenses (pay on the day of travel) for car and ferry fares, round trip, 1,300 baht per person, not included in the course fee. Details will be announced via email before organizing the course.
Agenda
Travel time (course opening day)
09.00-10.30
Take a van from the airport to Raja Ferry Port (you can buy food at Raja Ferry Port to eat on the boat)
11.00-12.30
Raja Ferry to Ko Phaluai
12.30
The team will pick you up from the port to the office by car.
Travel time (course closing day)
13.00-14.30
Raja Ferry departs from Koh Paluay
15.00-16.30
Take a van to Surat Thani Airport
Traveling by Car
By typing in Google map Raja Ferry Company Limited (Donsak) and drive along the road.
You can do it. The car fee (including 1 driver)