MESSAGE TO THE YOGIS

Special Retreats

Special retreats are typically offered three times a year. These retreats are scheduled yearly around the months of April, July and December. Please refer to the schedule for actual dates.

Guidelines for meditators

Lay meditators must carefully observe the eight precepts.

Consuming alcohol and drugs, smoking, and chewing of betel are not allowed.
Monastics are expected to strictly observe their monastic code of discipline.
Restraint of the senses is highly beneficial for intensive meditation.

Meditators observe Noble Silence.

Talking is a great hindrance to progress in mindfulness meditation.
Meditators should stay alone and refrain from unnecessary speech.
Please keep reading and writing to an absolute minimum.
Socializing is strongly discouraged.
All unfinished personal, family and business matters should be taken care of prior to the intensive meditation retreat so that they do not interfere with one's meditation.
Communication with the outside world through telephone and e-mail should be kept to an absolute minimum.

Meditators should practice with the following qualities:

- Sustained, continuous, moment-to-moment mindfulness from the time of waking up in the morning to that of falling asleep at night,
- Respect and sincerity,
- Diligence,
- Honesty and straightforwardness,
- Heroic effort,
- Perseverance,
- Patience.

Meditators are expected to do 12 - 14 hours of formal practice a day.

Sleep should be limited to between four to six hours per day.
Meditators are advise to perform all activities in slow motion.

Meditators must strictly adhere to the instructions of the meditation teacher.

Sound physical and mental health is a basic requirement for intensive meditation practice.

Clothes worn should be neat and clean. Kindly refrain from wearing revealing or enticing clothes. Please bring enough change of clothes for the duration of the retreat.(For 10-days retreat)

Meditators who do not follow the guidelines at the centre and who do not meditate seriously will be asked to leave.

If you want to listen the basic vipassana meditation instruction, please click below.

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If you want to listen the guidence for yogi at interviews dhamma, please click below.

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