Day 1
- Arrival and Registration time will begin between 2-4PM. Evening 6PM opening talk will include site orientation, guidelines for retreat, basic meditation instructions. Light dinner on arrival at 5pm. No lunch.
Day 2
- Begin Retreat. the retreat will be a silent retreat under 8 precepts, with daily interviews. This is a Metta-Vipassana Retreat.
Day 3
- Start daily interviews at 9AM and 2PM
Day 10 or 11 – last day of the retreat
- The retreat will officially end after morning service, meditation and breakfast.
Indicative Daily Routine
5:00 am Wake up (your alarm clock)
5:30 am Taking Refuges and Precepts – Sitting 30 min & walking 15-20 min, and repeat.
7:00 am Breakfast -Bell
7:45 am Sitting and walking meditation to 11am
—9:00 am Individual Interviews with Bhante start
11:00 am Lunch – Bell
12:30 pm Rest and Nap – 1 hour
1:30 pm Sitting and walking meditation
5:30 pm Tea time
6:00 pm Dhamma talk and discussion
8:00 pm Sitting and walking meditation
10:00 pm Bedtime