During this time period, we are welcoming people who want to come meditate to stay with us in a more relaxed setting. 

Please arrive during our registration window, between 2pm-5pm on the day of your arrival. This will give you enough time to register, get settled in, take a tour, which will happen at 5pm, and have an introductory session around 6:30pm. However if you wish to learn how to meditate and even practice a bit before arrival, you can do so by listening to our instructional audio and guided meditations. 

After your first registration evening, the typical daily schedule will be as follows: in the morning you can do morning chanting and meditation at 5:30am or you can follow the monks through the village on alms round at 6:30. You are welcome to try out both activities on separate days if you wish. 

In order to cover food, utilities, accommodations, supplies, cleaning and maintenance, and other service costs, there is a suggested donation of 500THB per person per day. 

As stated earlier, we are open to allowing you to stay with us longer term. As long as you show that you are able to live with others harmoniously and follow the community guidelines properly, then the following two options will be available to you.

• The first option would be to stay longer while focusing primarily on your meditation. This option would include the daily suggested donation of 500THB per person as mentioned above.

• The second option available to you would be to stay with us longer as a volunteer. There are many opportunities to contribute including but not limited to: food prep, gardening, organic farming, cleaning, organizing, landscaping, driving, developing land for various projects, construction, walking alms round with the monks, helping out with future retreat programs, etc. These are just some ideas, but we are certainly open to any other ways in which you can contribute to the community.

If you are in need of public transportation, you have a few options that are detailed in this link - https://www.papaemeditation.org/en/?page_id=33. If you decide to take the van (which is the most affordable and popular option) then please make sure to reserve your ticket ahead of time as they can often run out. Reserve your ticket from Chiang Mai Arcade to Pai (or vice versa if you are coming from Pai) through this link - https://premprachatransports.com/welcome/.  Pa Pae is about half way between Pai and Chiang Mai, so this is the right route to take.

However, you must clearly tell both the person at the ticket counter and your driver that you want to get off at Aw Baw Dtaw Pa Pae, otherwise, they will pass that stop, since it is not a typical stopping place. This has happened multiple times to previous participants, and it will require you to buy another ticket back the other way. If it is too late, you will have to find accommodation and wait for the following day.

In order to make sure that this doesn't happen, show your driver the sentence in the next section, which clearly says the stop you want to get off at.

Once you get off at the stop, please call P Than at 084-093-8383 and he can come pick you up at the stop and bring you to the retreat grounds. Otherwise, you can follow the signs and walk 1km to our site.

If you would like to get a better idea of the type of meditation that we practice here and how to do so effectively then you may take a look at our Soundcloud which will give you a good foundation of knowledge to understand how to practice properly as well as guided meditation to follow along with. Enjoy!

If you would like to better understand the environment of the retreat and the community guidelines that we have, then please go ahead and listen to the following: