Welcome to Khao Tham Insight Meditation Center
Khao Tham opened on Valentine’s day of 2022 for retreats
Future retreat status will depend on the Covid situation at that time. Keep checking this page for updates, or email took.sookkasem AT gmail.com
To visit Khao Tham, and to participate in any retreats, you must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19, and you must wear mask at all times.
Registration for all retreats is in person only, at the Khao Tham Center from 8:30am-4.00pm on the first day of the retreat. There is no online or pre-registration.
Real-life Buddhism practice is caring for everyone: You must wear mask at all times at Khao Tham, and you should also anywhere on Koh PhaNgan, to protect everyone around you as well as yourself. Even though vaccinated, we can still be carrying and spreading the virus. Not all staff members or local people may be able to get vaccination, and we must protect them.
in this time of COVID-1 pandemic, the action most mindful of others may not be to attend any retreat. It may be to stay away from groups, keep yourself in one place and minimise contact with anyone so as not to spread the virus. Wear mask, wash hands … This is the greatest metta and meditation we can practice these days!
Of course we need company in our practice, and may wish to learn meditation, or get some teachings! You may want to consider joining a sangha online.
More: Just about everything you want to know about the retreats is on this website, on the Retreat and Practices pages, and their sub-pages — including many of your frequently-asked questions!
To know the current schedule: You can see the schedule below, subscribe to the newsletter, subscribe to the site newsfeed, check our Updates page, follow @KowThamCenter at Twitter.com[?] — or just check back at this website.
Registration: There is no online or pre-registration. You must register in person at the Khao Tham Center from 8:30am-4.00pm on the first day of the retreat (10th day of the month).
Donation: All teachings and guidance are given by our teachers at no charge. However the people who supply our food and necessaries, do repairs, and more, need to make a living, so we must request a
donation
of Bt 5,000 to cover the costs of your physical needs for the ten days of retreat.
+66 (0)8 7974 9465
took.sookkasem AT gmail.com
Khao Tham Meditation Retreat Schedule
| Arrival and Registration | Orientation | 7-day silent meditation retreat | Post-retreat activities |
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| Day: | 10 8:30-11am and 1-5pm: Registration | 11 8:30-11am: Late registration 11am: Lunch 1-3pm: Orientation 5pm Silence begins |
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4am-9pm
meditation
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daily schedule
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5:30am: Silence ends 8:30-11am Departure (optional) |
20 8:30-11am: Departure |
- Go to the daily schedule of the 7-day silent retreat.
- Learn about the Khao Tham rules and regulations, and about preparing for retreat.
- Read about meditation.
- See answers to frequently asked questions.
- See the latest updates on this website.
- The world continues and it is beautiful.
It has only put us in cages as we have done to its wildlife.
The air, water, earth, and sky without us are fine.
When we return, be reminded that we are just guests
We must consider our impact like no other generation ever has.
We must change.