International Wake Up Retreat – Living in the Moment!
“When you go home to the present moment, you touch the wonders of life that are inside you and around you. Just enjoy this moment, you don’t have to wait for tomorrow to have peace and joy. When you feel you have arrived in the here and the now, you will be very happy. You must tell your friend,
“Dear friend! I have really arrived! This is a good news”
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Every year at Thai Plum Village, we organize an International Wake Up Retreat for young people. It is a great chance for young people to come to Thai Plum Village to generate peace, happiness, and joyful moment together.
We would like to invite you to enjoy the kingdom of present moment that we; brothers, sisters, the Wake Uppers (the young volunteers) at Thai Plum Village, and including you generate together. We just need to come home to our conscious breathe, each steps we take, and singing mindfully to make our smiles become real. See the whole cosmos in the plate of food, or sharing from the heart, so that our happiness and suffering could be called by their true names.
Happiness and peace are available for us right in the here and the now. There are ways for us to really enjoy life, rather than rushing our lives just as a machine without stopping. We knew that the wonders of life are always there and that we can touch them every time, right now.
We welcome all the young people from 18 to 35 ages to join us in this 5 days lively retreat!
Date and Time: 10.00am 12 August – 14.00pm 16 August, 2015
Venue: Thai Plum Village International Practice Center, Pak Chong, Thailand
Main Language: English& Thai (translation provided for Thai and Vietnamese)
Number of participants: 400 people
Daily Schedule:
4:45 Wake Up
5:30 Sitting, Touching the Earth and Walking Meditation
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Working Meditation
9:45 Singing meditation
10:00 Dharma Talk (1 / The flower is smiling to me; 2/ Power in my hand; 3/ The rain in your cup of tea)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Total Relaxation
15:00 Sharing from the heart
16:30 Sports and Games/ Personal Consultation
17:30 Dinner together
19:30 Presentation on 5 Mindfulness Trainings, Beginning Anew Presentation, Performance
21:30 Noble Silence.
Participants: 400 people (aged 18-35 years old)
- Participants should be able to stay throughout all 5 days. The program will start at 10am on the first day and will finish at 2pm on the last day.
- We provide 3 vegetarian meals per day.
- Please dress in a respectful manner as this is a monastery. Please do not wear shorts or tank tops (singlets), wide or open-neck t-shirt, loose attire is preferred and the most comfortable for sitting meditation. This is also for you to feel more at ease around the monastic brothers and sisters. You don’t need to wear all white outfits.
- The accommodation is separate dormitories for females and males.
- Please bring umbrellas, hats, flashlights, mosquito repellant, jackets, sleeping bags, sport shoes, flip-flops, and your own medicines (if any).
- Very important: please bring your own water bottle or glass (we have the refill water stations for you).
- We will not keep your cell phones but we would like you to use them as less as possible and only during your free time. Please do not use the cell phones during the activities and always put them in silent mode.
Transportation
If you would like to travel by the provided bus/van, there will be an extra charge of 700 baht per person for the round trip transportation between Bangkok and Thai Plum Village.
- Meeting Point 1: In front of McDonald’s, Amarin Plaza, Chit Lom BTS Station (E1). Departure Time is 6:00am.
- Meeting Point 2: ESSO petrol service station, Phahonyotin Road, next to BIG C supermarket, before the entrance of Meongeak Village at 6.30am.
There will be the return buses on August 16th to Rangsit Klong 1 (first stop) and final the final stop is BTS Chit Lom station aroundt 6:30 pm.
If you would like to travel to Thai Plum Village on your own, please study this map:http://www.thaiplumvillage.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207&Itemid=112
Course fee (not include the transportation fee)
- 2,500 baht for adults
- 2,000 baht for students and/or adults who need this financial support
You can also donate to support our friends in need of financial support and/or to help our Wake Up activities.
Transfer the money to Account Name: PVF for Retreat
BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED / SIAM PARAGON BRANCH / Account no. 855-0-13333-7, SWIFT CODE: BKKBTHBK
KASIKORN BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED / SIAM PARAGON BRANCH /Account no. 738-2-06689-4, SWIFT CODE: KASITHBK
** Please send the payment slip via email: tpvretreats@thaiplumvillage.org within 7 days to confirm your registration.
** If you are not currently in Thailand, you can pay at the retreat. After registration, please send us an email at tpvretreats@thaiplumvillage.org to confirm you registration.
The registration deadline is August 5th at 6pm, or when the number is full.
For more information
E-mail: tpvretreats@thaiplumvillage.org
Facebook: Wake Up Thailand
Tel: 095-007-5926 (Time: 9.00-20.00)
Wish to meet you at the kingdom of the present moment.
Organizing Team
Wake Up Thai Plum Village
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/775813799183682