Daily Retreat Schedule
| 4:00 AM | Morning Bell |
| 4:30 AM | Chanting & Meditation |
| 6:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | Group Sitting |
| 11:00 AM | Lunch (Main Meal) |
| 6:00 PM | Evening Discourse |
What to Bring
- Loose, comfortable white clothing
- Personal toiletries and towel
- Meditation cushion (if you have a preference)
- Water bottle and flashlight
Code of Conduct
To maintain a supportive atmosphere for meditation, all students are asked to observe Noble Silence and the Eight Precepts throughout the course.
Dhamma Resources (PDF)
Chanting Book
Daily morning and evening verses.
Discourse on Metta
Guide to loving-kindness meditation.
Common Dhamma Terms
Anicca
Impermanence; the transient nature of all conditioned phenomena.
Dukkha
Suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or stress; the inherent insecurity of conditioned things.
Anatta
Non-self; the absence of a permanent, unchanging self or soul.
“Mano-pubbangama dhamma, mano-settha, mano-maya…”
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
— Dhammapada, Verse 1