MONK CHAT & MEDITATION RETREAT
CHIANG MAI HALF DAY TOURS
08:30 - 12:30 HRS. / 13:00 - 17:00 HRS.
Pick up from hotel lobby and depart to Suan Dok Temple, was built in the year 1370. This temple is the royal cemetery of the Chiang Mai Royal Family. The main Chedi is a gilded and contains relics of the Buddha. The temple is also famous for the Golden Buddha image, cast in the 16th century.
Continue to Monk Chat; experience an interactive communication with Thai monks who will explain about the Buddhism, Lord Buddha, and Buddhist’s way of life. Learn about the Meditation Retreat (Concentration Meditation and Vipassana Meditation) which is the way to make the mind peaceful, and to develop transcendent insight which penetrates into the truth of life.
Monk Chat Objectives:
- To provide an opportunity for foreigners to chat with monks informally on general topics
- To provide an opportunity to learn, exchange and discuss the general ideas of Buddhism
- To provide a forum for monks to exchange their ideas with people from different cultures, faiths and ways of life
- To give correct information on Thai Buddhism in a friendly atmosphere
Then visit to Umong Temple, the most unique temple with tunnels built in the late 14th century and surrounded by many unique trees with messages of wisdom in both Thai and English.
Then transfer back to the hotel.