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Monastery Rules and Regulations
1. Monks and novices are prohibited from asking for things from those who are neither relatives nor donors who have formally invited requests. They are also prohibited from associating with householders or ascetics who are harmful to the holy life and Buddhism.
2. Monks with fewer than five rains retreats (vassa) must live under dependence on a preceptor or teacher. Even those with more than five vassa, if still unable to rely on themselves, are permitted to request dependence upon a teacher.
3. Before undertaking any action, one should first consult the Saṅgha or the presiding monk. If it does not violate the Dhamma or the Vinaya, then it may be carried out. One should not act according to one’s own authority.
4. Monks should be content with the lodging assigned by the Saṅgha and keep their huts, entrances, and surrounding areas clean and tidy. No alterations or decorations to the kuti are permitted without prior permission from the presiding monk. When traveling elsewhere, one should properly store robes, pillows, blankets, and personal belongings before departing.
5. Whenever Saṅgha duties arise, all should participate together; when the duty is finished, all should stop together. One should not make oneself objectionable to the community.
6. During the alms round and while eating alms food, monks should refrain from conversation. After the meal, the dining hall should be cleaned before quietly returning one’s requisites to the kuti.
7. One should be moderate in speech, eating, and sleeping; delight in seclusion; and remain diligent and wakeful. Gathering in groups for idle talk, either day or night, in public places or in the kuti is prohibited. If conversation is necessary, it should not be loud, boisterous, or unbecoming to the monastic life.
8. Monks and novices wishing to practice in this monastery must present their certificate of good standing (suddhi letter) to the presiding monk or his representative on the first night of arrival.
9. Telephones or entertainment devices that are obstacles to concentration are prohibited. The study of worldly occult arts or improper sciences is also prohibited.
10. If letters or documents arrive from outside the monastery, they must first be reported to the Saṅgha or the presiding monk.
11. When special offerings arise within the monastery for the Saṅgha, if the donors do not offer them equally to every monk, such offerings become communal property of the Saṅgha. If the donors offer them equally to all monks, each may accept his share. This is for the harmony of the Saṅgha community. Anyone who does not comply is subject to the authority of the Saṅgha administration.
12. Monks and novices are prohibited from entering the area designated for female lay practitioners without permission from the presiding monk.
** Monks and novices are prohibited from teaching or instructing male or female lay devotees without prior permission or formal approval (apalokana-kamma) from the presiding monk or the Saṅgha community.
Rules and Regulations for Male and Female Lay Practitioners Staying for Dhamma Practice
1. Loud socializing, joking, boisterous behavior, and gathering in groups, both day and night, in the manner of ordinary worldly people, are prohibited. Conversations should instead be concerned with Dhamma that leads to letting go, renunciation, peace, higher knowledge, and Nibbāna, according to one’s proper situation and conduct.
2. Whenever leaving the monastery for outside business, one must inform the presiding monk or the Saṅgha each time before departing. No one may claim ownership rights over a kuti or lodging. If absent from the lodging for more than three months, one must relinquish the kuti before leaving.
3. Male and female lay practitioners staying for Dhamma practice must present their national ID card or other identification documents to the presiding monk on the first night of arrival and clearly state the duration of their stay. (Except for local devotees from Ban Nam Tok Sai Rung.)
4. Male and female lay practitioners staying for Dhamma practice should dress modestly and properly. Female practitioners must wear a brown sarong or skirt. All practitioners should be restrained and mindful in bodily conduct while standing, walking, sitting, lying down, and speaking. Female practitioners are strictly prohibited from entering the monks’ area for casual purposes.
5. When a monk walks by, male and female lay practitioners should sit down respectfully with palms joined in añjali. When speaking with a monk, they should also sit respectfully with palms joined as a sign of reverence.
6. Whenever communal duties arise, all should participate together and conclude together in harmony, delighting in unity and learning to forgive one another.
7. One should establish bodily conduct, verbal conduct, and mental conduct properly toward fellow practitioners, both in their presence and behind their backs. One should not carry tales from one side to another, nor bring internal matters outside or external matters inside. Practitioners should abide in the Four Divine Abidings: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. (Anyone who does not follow these regulations is subject to disciplinary consideration by the Saṅgha.)
8. Men aged seven years or older are prohibited from being received on the women’s residential huts, and males aged five years or older are prohibited from staying overnight in the female practitioners’ area. All males must leave the female practitioners’ area before 6:00 PM.
9. The maximum period permitted for staying at the monastery for Dhamma practice is 7 days.
Contact Wat Nam Tok Sai Rung
For inquiries or to express your intention to participate in meditation practice.
14:00 – 16:00
Tel : 064-146-6595 (Nun Ruenrudee)
Note Offer morning alms to the monks 07:00-07:30
Meeting with Venerable Ajahn
Meeting with Venerable Ajahn (Ajahn Chan) for Dhamma discussion or to inquire about questions regarding meditation and spiritual practice.
09:00 – 10:00
14:00 – 16:00