From April 24- 30, 2016, The Middle Way Meditation Institute organized the Middle Way Seven-Days Meditation retreat at Mooktawan Retreat Center, Phuket. This gave an opportunity to foreigners who love inner peace to come and practice basic meditation and learn Dhamma that is universal for all, so that they can use the knowledge to benefit their daily lives.
This project has attracted many foreigners from Austria, Brazil, Israel, the USA, Vietnam and Singapore. Meditation sessions were kindly led by Venerable Phisit Jittasuttho, Deputy of the Middle Way Meditation Department, and Venerable Chayanon Jitjanonto.
During this retreat, the participants learned the principles of meditation and received guidance on practicing mindful awareness. After each meditation session, the teaching monk answered the participants’ questions, examined their experiences, and advised everyone to continuously practice meditation. From the discussions, many people had good experiences. Some found happiness and peace within.
In addition, this project offered a variety of special events including yoga, blowing bubbles, food offering to monks in the Buddhist Tradition, and the sharing of meditative experiences amongst participants. The teaching monk suggested solutions to meditation obstacles, which made each participant progress in their meditation. At the end of the program, participants took a group photograph as a souvenir of their experiences.
For the next meditation program that will be organized at Mooktawan Retreat Center, please visit http://www.mdwmeditation.org/ or call (+66) -82-3333-082.
