Wat Pah Nanachat (WPN)The Interna

  Wat Pah Nanachat (WPN)
The International 
Forest Monastery

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Staying at Wat Pah Nanachat

May we welcome you to Wat Pah Nanachat (The International Forest Monastery). Our monastery is situated in a small forest in the Northeast of Thailand about fifteen kilometres from the city of Ubon Rachathani. In 1975 Ajahn Chah established it in order to give foreigners who do not know Thai language and culture the possibility of a traditional monastic training. English serves as the primary language of communication and instruction. Our community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities. 

Although Wat Pah Nanachat is not a meditation centre, there are facilities for a limited number of male and female guests to stay at the monastery and practise with the resident monastic community. We would like our guests to follow the daily routines of the monks as much as possible, and join in with all communal meetings and work activities. As the teachers of the forest tradition stress, in monastic life, qualities like co-operation, respect and self-sacrifice both facilitate communal harmony and individual growth in the practice. Generally, the training at Wat Pah Nanachat aims to follow the Dhamma-Vinaya, the teachings and code of monastic discipline as laid down by the Buddha, respecting both the letter and the spirit. The monastic life encourages development of simplicity, renunciation and quietude. It is a deliberate commitment to this way of life that creates a community environment where people of diverse backgrounds, personalities and temperaments can co-operate in the effort to practice and realize the Buddha's path to liberation. 

Practice Schedule

In general, guests have many hours a day for study and meditation practice on their own. To make good use of the situation it is necessary to have had previous meditation experience and exposure to Buddhist teachings. The daily routine in the monastery is usually: 

03:00 AMMorning wake-up bell03:30 AMMorning meeting: chanting and meditationDawnMonks go out to surrounding villages on alms-round. Lay guests sweep the monastery or help in the kitchen.08:00 AMThe meal10:00 AMChores period04:30 PMAfternoon drink06:15 PMEvening meeting: chanting and meditation
The schedule may be supplemented by periods of group practice, communal work or Dhamma instructions according to the needs of the community. After the meal the abbot or a senior monk is available to receive visitors and resident guests and answer questions. Four times in a lunar month, on the Wan Pra (the Buddhist Holy Day), the community observes a late-night vigil, during which time there is the opportunity to discuss aspects of Dhamma practice with one of the senior monks.

Much of the day is reserved for private practice, using the time for sitting and walking meditation either in one's private hut in the forest or one of the meditation halls. Regarding meditation instructions at Wat Pah Nanachat, rather than solely utilizing a particular technique, we aim our practice to include all aspects of daily life, however simple and ordinary, as opportunities to develop mindfulness and other spiritual qualities such as diligent effort, joy, contentment, patience and faith. In time, the virtuous qualities that grow out of such a training gather strength and contribute towards deeper peace and concentration leading to insight and the growth of liberating wisdom.

The Buddhist lay-training guidelines (precepts): 

Lay guests who stay at Wat Pah Nanachat are expected to abide by the traditional eight Buddhist precepts. The first five form the basic guidelines for conduct leading to harmony and self-respect. The other three precepts encourage a spirit of renunciation and simplicity and are among the fundamental principles of monastic practice.

The five training precepts:

1. Harmlessness:to refrain from intentionally taking the life of any living creature.2. Trustworthiness:to refrain from taking anything that is not given.3. Chastity:to refrain from all sexual activity.4. Right Speech:to refrain from false, abusive, malicious or disharmonious speech and worldly gossip.5. Sobriety:to refrain from taking intoxicating drinks or drugs; smoking is prohibited at all times at the monastery.
The three renunciation precepts:

1. To refrain from eating after midday. The monastery practice is to eat one meal a day in one bowl at one sitting. This frees time for meditation and enhances simplicity of life. 

2. To refrain from using entertainment such as music, dance, playing games, and beautifying or adorning the body with jewelry or makeup. This assists in focusing the mind๏ฟฝs attention inwards towards Dhamma. 

3. To refrain from using high or luxurious beds or seats and from indulging in sleep. This develops the qualities of wakefulness, mindfulness and clear awareness in all postures and in all activities throughout the day. 

These training precepts are guidelines for good conduct in body and speech and provide a necessary foundation for the development of mindfulness, clear comprehension and meditation in our endeavour to cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path. The precepts serve to promote harmony within the community through restraining unwholesome speech and action. These fundamental principles of training cultivate the self-discipline necessary for spiritual development and are taken up as an act of deliberate personal choice and initiative. 

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Staying at Wat Pah Nanachat

May we welcome you to Wat Pah Nanachat (The International. " Forest Monastery). Our monastery is situated in a small forest in the Northeast of Thailand about fifteen kilometres from. The city of Ubon Rachathani.In 1975 Ajahn Chah established it in order to give foreigners who do not know Thai language and culture the possibility. Of a traditional monastic training. English serves as the primary language of communication and instruction. Our community. Consists of monks novices and, postulants from a wide range of nationalities.)

Although Wat Pah Nanachat is not a meditation. Centre.