Alex87 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Dear all, I'm new here and would like to seek some help. I would like to be ordinate to become a monk for a short term period of time. I would like to ask that is there any good forest monastery around Southern or Central of Thailand that I can ordinate to be a short term monk (1-3 months)? What are the terms and conditions required for me to be ordinated? As I speaks only limited Thai language, is it possible for me to ordinate as a monk? Kindly advice. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepcell Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Hi, As far as I know, you need a visa for religious purpose to engage in ordination process, but if you are going to Vipassana only, then you do not need special visa(you can do it with a tourist visa or any other type of visa). speak Thai language is necessary otherwise it'll be a barrier between you and your master(unless your master speaks English). it is possible a 10 days retreat in Surathani Provice - Chaya (if I'm not wrong they speak english there, since it has a lot of foreign attending this specific retreat - the retreat's name is Suan Mokkh). Singburi Province has a 7 days retreat in a very famous Wat, but no english, I attended this retreat many years ago, when Luang Po Jarun was still alive - search the internet for Luan Po Jarun, he was the master head of this temple). I have a little PDF file that explain in great details about ordination in Thailand. I hope you find what you are looking for. Regards. ordination.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex87 Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Dear Deepcell, Many thanks for your information. I think I better start with a good retreat and then only seek more information about the procedures to get myself ordinate if I would want to further into it. Buddha Bless. Sincerely, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepcell Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hello Alex, Yes, the retreat will give you pretty much a lot that you need to know before engage in monkhood. It is unbelievable how much you can learn in only a week living a monastic life. I still have my booklet they gave me at Wat Ampawan (Singburi Province) and it is written in English, what helps a lot to follow the chanting/sutras. Also they have a video at the beginning of the retreat demonstrating how to proceed. I had no problem to follow their instructions, except that they do not speak English, and if you are in doubt, better to write it down in a paper and find an answer later. Both the retreats I cited are good, but Suan Mokkh is a truly forest retreat, unfortunately I had no opportunity to engage in their retreat yet, then I can't give you further details, also I heard in North-East of Thailand have more places like that. p.s.: Always remember that when engaging in retreat in Thailand: "the simple the better." Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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