Rules for Meditators at Doi Suthep


	training rules for meditators

	" Panatipata veramani - Respect all forms of life including mosquitoes, ants, spiders, cockroaches... We have insect repellent. " Adinnadana veramani - Respect other people's property, if you need anything please ask. Please return anything you borrow. " Abrahma-cariya veramani - Remain celibate, please avoid intimate contact with other meditators, especially the opposite gender. This includes physical contact and intimate speech. " Musavada veramani - Respect honest, gentle speech. Speak when it is helpful and needed. Speak with loving kindness.
			" Sura-meraya-majja-pamadathana veramani - Respect your body, please don't take alcohol, drugs, caffeine or smoke cigarettes while you are here. " Vikala-bhojana veramani - Respect your practice, don't eat solid food after twelve noon, your digestive system will benefit from the rest. It is difficult to be mindful when eating and your body and mind can become sluggish and tired if you eat too much. " Nacca-gita-vadita-visuka-dassana mala-gandha-vilepana-dharana-mandana-vibhusanathana veramani - Be your natural self, please don't wear make-up or perfume or jewellery during your stay here. Do wear modest loose white non-transparent clothing, long sleeved tops and long white trousers. " Uccasayana mahasayana veramani - Live simply. The mattress is thin and basic but the blankets are cosy! Please try not to sleep more than six hours a night.
	the eight rules of training - These are the eight rules (precepts) of training each meditator undertakes at their Opening Ceremony and follow during their stay here. These rules help us to live in peace and harmony, to show loving kindness, compassion and respect to all. Before leaving, meditators have a Closing Ceremony at which they undertake five rules (precepts). These help them to live a caring, respectful life which enhances their meditation practice. These are to avoid taking the life of another living being, to only take what is given, to be faithful to their partner, to speak with compassion, loving kindness and sympathetic joy and to avoid alcohol and drugs as they can cause us to be careless and unintentionally hurt others.