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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Can I stay in a temple for a few days in Thailand?
Reader question: Can I stay in a temple for a few days in Thailand?
Dear readers,
I have a backpack travel scheduled in Thailand. I will be staying in Thailand from January 6 to February 19.
I have planned a kind of tour that goes like this:
Bangkok–Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai–Phuket. Phuket–Koh Phi Phi. Then continue from Phuket, perhaps via some nature parks towards the east coast and then catch Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Tao. And then to make my journey back from there to return to Bangkok to stay there for four days and catch the plane to Amsterdam again.
But I have a question for you, I think it would be very interesting to spend two days somewhere in Thailand in the middle of the mountains and nature in a monastery or temple. This out of admiration and interest in Buddhism.
I am a very calm and open young person and my question was whether you know that this is somewhat possible and allowed and how this works.
Thanks for your response.
Mitch van Musscher
Dear,
in Chiangma you can visit Wat Rampoeng, located on the canal Rd.
http://www.watrampoeng.com
Success.
I know someone from Holland who stays in a Thai monastery for 10 days every year. There you stay to meditate and there is no speaking all the time. If you like that, you should try it, I don't know which monastery, but I can ask.
there are several monasteries that offer this, but you have to adhere to the rules and they are sometimes strict, do not eat during the day, do not kill insects or animals, etc., etc., I did it once for a few weeks in 1992 in chiangmai It's tough, but it works well and you come out reborn
For more information, search for Suan Mokkh.
http://www.suanmokkh-idh.org/
Dear Mitch
I know the most suitable temple in Thailand to stay in for a few days, in a rural temple near Saraburi, about an hour from Bangkok.
It is an old temple completely surrounded by mountains and with a very nice monk as head. I've known him for 12 years now, and to me he's kind of like a father figure. You can certainly sleep in the temple somewhere if I ask, and follow the daily life. This monk does meditation twice a day. Personally I think 2 days is too short. You can take very nice walks in the mountains and even sleep in a cave. There are also 2 caves that you can enter in January and February. You don't have to become a monk to get a taste of what life is like.
You can call me 0884396063 and then we can exchange data.
regards
JM van Herpen.