Living with monks in Thailand  

I must say I am kind of surprised you can't read, write or talk. All the other stuff I get but I feel they are filtering out some very useful methods to learn from your surroundings and straighten yourself out.

i agree livin simple the best

I want to do this for 1 year but I have very little money, how much does it cost?

@@nikhilsanade9175 it is?

@@nikhilsanade9175 well, it ain't completely free, gotta fly a plane

+Wessel van den Broek wow, what a boring, unenlightened reply.

+Wessel van den Broek who said it has to be. But your reply has no value at all. It would be better not to leave a comment in the first place. Lol, that's the best you could come up with? *sniff*

+Wessel van den Broek I'm perfectly aware he probably was a curious guy just wanting to test his limits. But he probably wasn't just some random guy stumbling into a monastery. This was probably planned ahead in time, which leads me to think that he didn't take this seriously at all. I don't really care at all, I'm just slightly irritated of the end result, which is an insult to the dedication of Buddhist monks and their way of life. RU-vid comment sections are mostly kindergarten, I post a lot of shit as well, but every now and then it should be allowed to get serious...

assmatronix I agree!!!!

Everything is entitled to it's opinion - he is simply commenting on HIS experience. No need to get offended because he said his experience of it was boring.

no you won't

+footytang yes i will

yes you will

Tim Heidler Changed my mind, you will for sure.

You don't actually have to go to a temple to do this.. Just go camping in a real quiet place and adopt the same routine.. (you do need to find a real quiet place and not a big camping place.) Alternatively maybe you can stay in the backjard at family or friends in the countryside (if you don't already live there) and explain what you're going to do, or even do one of those house exchange/rentals like airbnb and find a real quiet place. Also, clearing your mind can be trained and you can do it whenever you want. But it's slightly more difficult than when you're in this meditation routine. It takes concentration and actively throwing/releasing the thoughts out of your mind one by one. You are addressing each thought mentally and accepting their presence before you release them - the thoughts often return if you don't accept/acknowledge their presence. Sometimes you need to dig thoughts and impressions from this day or even week up and bring them to the surface. You do this, acknowledging and releasing each thought until there's nothing but the thought of releasing those thoughts from your mind and the thought of keeping them out. At that point you need to release that thought and the very effort of keeping thoughts out of your mind. It's very important to stay concentrated at this point, but not forcibly and not at something specific, not even at being concentrated (because those would be thoughts). This point is about acceptance, calm and peace. Don't try to hold on to the moment: let it flow over you, accept that the thoughts will return but they don't matter anymore so you can just let them flow over/through your head instead of into your head. I imagine this works different for everybody but this is basically how it works for me.. It'll take some practise and patience to find out what works for you.. I never did a ten day routine like this but it must be amazing because it will be easier and easier to reach that point of emptiness.

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I'm thai and i had meditation course like this clipe before. (But my routine is not fix like that i can talk can read in freetime) I am in that class for 3 month in temple and how long you practice is how fast you be in "clear state" you can clear your mind faster and faster everyday The good thing after course is 1.i can sleep faster i mean when i want to sleep i can clear my mind and sleep like when you very tried and sleep 2. i need less time to sleep i can sleep for 4 hour and be fresh when wake up 3. i can eazily ignore a thing(sometime it is bad) like when i read a book i cant hear anything when 10 secound pass or when i intend to listen someone i cant hear anything else i still do meditation when i need to fresh in next day like when final tast come it help me a lot sorry for my bad english i

@@user-ny7od9ts2b And what about trance state experience my friend... Did u experience any of jhanas ,(zen or samadhi) Tell us more

@@mrunalmhatre9295 Do you think he would say his experience was so boring if he had attained any jhana states?

@@user-ny7od9ts2b you have great English. Thank you.

It's amazingly transforming, it literally removed my depression and replaced it with peace.

Pa ul Should try that.

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You do not feel Zen... Zen is just Zen

I have Asperger's Syndrome and clearing my mind is definitely possible. I've done it quite a few times and it's a wonderful relaxed and lightheaded feeling, especially since my head is also always full. Here's how it works for me (find a quiet place/room without much distraction): It takes concentration and actively throwing/releasing the thoughts out of your mind one by one. You are addressing each thought mentally and accepting their presence before you release them - the thoughts often return if you don't accept/acknowledge their presence or if you try to fight their presence. Sometimes you need to dig thoughts and impressions from this day or even week up and bring them to the surface. You do this, acknowledging and releasing each thought until there's nothing but the thought of releasing those thoughts from your mind and the thought of keeping them out. At that point you need to release that thought and the very effort of keeping thoughts out of your mind. It's very important to stay concentrated at this point, but not forcibly and not at something specific, not even at being concentrated (because those would be thoughts). This point is about acceptance, calm and peace. Don't try to hold on to the moment: let it flow over you, accept that the thoughts will return but they don't matter anymore so you can just let them flow over/through your head instead of into your head. I imagine this works different for everybody but this is basically how it works for me.. It'll take some practise and patience to find out what works for you.. I never did a ten day routine like this but it must be amazing because it will be easier and easier to reach that point of emptiness.

***** More power to you. By the way, the medical industry no longer recognizes Asperger's as an actual ailment. You are on the ASD, like me.

Neceros -What? Wasn't it before? When was it considered an ailment? What does that even mean?- Never mind I've read up on it. It's strange stuff but fortunately doesn't directly affect me. These kind of disorders/challenges are like a spectrum anyway. I figured that out long before they changed it.

I have ASD and I am a Buddhist monk who regularly practices meditation. Insight meditation has certainly helped sort out a lot of issues, especially through the formation of an objective lens. It's not easy though and I've yet a long way to go.

Neceros Ingest magic mushrooms it's considerably better anyway (3 hour experience) immediately lifts mood for upto 8 weeks in clinical trailed subjects (and me lol). I'm of the autistic spectrum too, and in the attempt of giving the power of "mind cleaning" full credit - it is though what would normally frustrate and agitate you in ordinary life suddenly bears little consequence to you in way of all the bad things that hit us in life. It's a numbing, but of happy and accepting sorts. After 2-3 months of my first mushroom experience I started to notice my patience becoming shorter along with my temper. Now I feel like a prisoner to my temper but sober and thinking clearly every time I drop shrooms.

Hi this is very interesting! I have some questions (answer if you want), can anyone be a monk/nun if they are taught in a Buddhist temple? Do you have to remain at the temple of you become one or can you go back to your old life (if you ever wanted to) and occasionally teach? What was hardest in your staying? What advice would you give?

you can do in your city or country. Search here. www.dhamma.org/en/maps. These are free of charge but you can donate money or labour. However, these meditations centers are run by laities not by monk. Benefit in communication and free from some monastic restriction.

You did it yet? I want to do it to

He looks skinnier

I feel ashamed for my country.

@@spel2024 It's his own loss if he didn't learn what was given to him. There is no reason to be judgmental. Everybody lives their life their own way, following their own beliefs. Yours are not better or worse than his.

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Auhm M Ha ? Dont talk about our own experience ? Who makes the rule ? The Buddha ?

The meditator has to battle with 5 mental factors.. - own sensual desires ( desire to see, hear or feel other things instead of experiencing the recommended mental object) -aversion ( to meditate, towards the surroundings, towards facilities, others around him, toward physical discomforts... etc) - boredom and sleepiness ( called sloth and torpor) -restlessness -doubt( about the master, the instructions, own potential..)

Ty TT you might find this video interesting, which explains how wearing dreads activate different parts of the brain. Fascinating stuff! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Io4SRHblKAU.html

Viktor A I'll check it out 🤙

Yes. Attachment is the root of suffering. Let that shit go.

Search for Suan Mokh

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He does. He's not saying boredom is a bad thing in this instance. There is a reason for the boredom.

Also possible without a "pharmacy."

You can meditate anywhere in the world and at any time. Your home right now can be your "temple" just practice a little bit at a time in your daily life. It is up to you. I recommend www.accesstoinsight.org. Also, you can teach yourself you don't have to pay anyone. All humans have the ability to be self-enlightened.

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Why? You do need to clean your body everyday then why not mind? Sometimes we need to format our hardisc or clean the junks of our mobile.

You can meditate anywhere in the world and at any time. It is up to you. I recommend www.accesstoinsight.org. Also, you can teach yourself you don't have to pay anyone. All humans have the ability to be self-enlightened.

You can actually do a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat near you in your home country :) go to www.dhamma.org

This is usually called a "meditation retreat" in Thailand, which lasts around 10 - 14 days. It is arranged by many monasteries or meditation centrs in order to clean up your mind and body with the set of mindful meditation. All genders, including LGBT, are welcome. You do not have to change your religion or beliefs to join this retreat.

Aaaahhhh sounds lovely :) I have to do this someday for sure at a monastery for sure, can you imagine just how peaceful and serene it'd be...

In Buddhism there is no God You should accept Buddha as Supreme

For an adult yes

The freedom that The Buddha taught was beyond this . ( Hindus yogis teach upto here ) . Boredom is when senses are deprived of pleasures . The maximum attainment through this is a high state of calmness. Thereafter the practitioner need to go into vipassana examinations of mind and matter

Call your local monestary, they should hook you up im looking into it as well

Jesse THE BODY Ventura Thanks brother! I’ll do that.

@@moto__shark good luck to you, from what i hear they are extremely nice people, a guy my dad knew literally just called them up out if the blue when he was getting out of the military, he wound up staying at that monestary for like 4 months

lmfao it perked me up thats for sure xD