REGISTRATION FOR ON-SITE PRACTICE
AT THE MONASTERY
Dear Friends,
Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open for registration. The retreat will be organized from November 22th, 2024 to November 29th, 2024 at Thai Plum Village International Practice Center.
Follows are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat:
Languages: Vietnamese, English and Thai.
The number of retreatants: 150 friends.
Instruction for registration: Please click on the link that follows to complete the registration form. The link will be opened on September 06th, 2024 (3:00 P.M. GMT+7, Thailand time).
Arrival date: November 22th, 2024. The Monastery’s representatives will pick you up at the airports on that day between 01:00 P.M. and 04:00 P.M. Therefore, please kindly book your flight that arrives at the airport in the morning or before 03:00 P.M.
Departure dates: November 29th, 2024 (Our drop-off car will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M., please kindly book your flight that departs after 02:30 P.M.)
Notes:
The Monastery is not responsible for your flight ticket if you decide to settle it before a successful registration is confirmed.
You are recommended to arrive and leave the Monastery on the listed arrival dates. May we refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on November 22th, or any other days earlier or later than this day.
The monastery will have a period of monastic practice so extending your stay will not be possible after November 29th, 2024 .
To guarantee community practice and activities, the Monastery only receives participants five years old or older. Participants under 18 years old need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian.
Please read all information that follows prior to filling the registration form.
A. REGISTERING TO VISIT THE MONASTERY
To visit the Monastery, these are must-haves:
Registration link: To register, please follow the link and fill in the form: Breathe and Smile. The link will be available here and open on September 06th, 2024 at 03:00 P.M. (GMT+7, Thailand time) and closed automatically when fully booked.
Necessary details for registering: email address, date of birth, telephone number, Viber or Zalo number (to be convenient to pick you up at the Thai airport), passport number,...
After successfully registering on the link above, you will immediately receive an email notification that shows you have successfully registered and provides instructions for you to send us your flight ticket details. You are asked to read thoroughly all information and all the attached files. Your flight ticket details should be sent to us before 03:00 P.M. on September 16th. On September 16th, if your flight ticket has not been sent to us accordingly, your registration will be considered canceled.
Health insurance and travel insurance: You are suggested to purchase health insurance and travel insurance when traveling to Thailand.
Arrival date:
1.1 For participants who registered “to be picked up at the airport”:
The Monastery’s car will pick you up from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang Airport (DMK) from 12:00 P.M. to 04:00 P.M. on Friday, November 22th, 2024. You are suggested to select a flight that arrives in Thailand before 03:00 P.M. If possible, please select one that arrives at about 12:00 P.M., so that after being picked up, you will have more time to take a rest and be ready for the activities.
If you are now living in Thailand and could not arrange your own means of transportation to come to the monastery, you could register “to be picked up at the airport” also (Please arrive at BKK airport between 10:00 and 12:00 a.m. on November 22th, 2024).
Upon welcoming you at the appointed assembly point, our pick-up car will go directly to the Monastery. Please wear a face mask for the whole trip; the car will stop once for toilets at a pre-planned public place.
1.2 For participants who registered “will arrive in my own means of transportation” (not having registered “to be picked up at the airport”): Please arrive at the Monastery on Friday, November 22th, 2024 from 03:30 P.M. to 07:00 P.M. We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on November 22th, 2024 or any other days earlier or later than this day.
Please note:
To help our pick-up team: Please buy a Thai sim card upon arrival at Thailand’s airport (or use Wifi at the airport to use the Viber app) to stay connected with the Monastery and our pick-up team via email, Viber, or direct telephone.
2. Pick-up fee (Airport <--> Monastery)
The pick-up fee is around 600 Thai Baht per person (or 1,200 Thai Baht per person for two rounds).
If the Monastery needs to arrange a taxi pick-up, the fee is 2,300-2,500 Thai Baht/taxi. If you travel with other friends, the taxi fee will be shared.
3. Departure date:
The Monastery can arrange a drop-off service from the Monastery to the airport (either BKK or DMK). Our drop-off car will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M. on November 29th, 2024. You are suggested to select a flight that departs at least six hours and a half after the time you leave the Monastery, which means approximately four hours and a half of traveling from the Monastery to the airport plus two hours of check-in at the airport. For example, upon leaving the Monastery at 08:00 A.M., you are advised to book your flight that departs after 02:30 P.M.
Except for medical emergencies, please do not go out of the Monastery.
Please clean your own space regularly according to the instructions of the Monastery.
If you are currently taking any medication, please make sure that you bring them with you.
If the number of rooms is not sufficient, tents are used as accommodation in the retreats, if needed.
The monastery requests that you not leave your vehicles outside the monastery during the retreat days in order to collaborate in reducing emissions to conserve the Blue Planet and provide energy support for the practice sessions.
As a Buddhist monastery, the internet is not available, so please kindly arrange everything before coming to practice at the monastery.
Information on general rules, personal items to bring when visiting the monastery, etc: Please Click here
The Monastery is a non-profit practice center. All activities are therefore donation-based only. We look forward to receiving your support during the time you stay in the Monastery. For the time being, the estimated expense including food and accommodation for Retreat is 1000 Thai Baht per person per night. For children from 6-12 years old, the estimated expense including food and accommodation for Retreat is 750 Thai Baht per person per night.
Your donation will support the Monastery to cover the monastics’ daily expenses like food, electricity, water, and health care. Donations can be made in Thai Baht or USD (by cash) at our Registered office. Credit cards are NOT applicable.
Please read the information carefully below to prepare for the best visit to Thailand:
If the retreat is unable to take place for whatever reason, the monastery will not refund your flight ticket. The monastery will notify you via email of the retreat's cancellation.
Pets are not welcomed.
Please note: Thai Plum Village Practice Center is a non-profit organization without any support from commercial establishments. The funding is provided solely by donations from those with kind hearts. Therefore, should you develop any health problems or personal issues (including the case of being infected by Covid-19) that require treatment during your practice and stay in Thailand, please be aware that you will be fully responsible for any expenses incurred.
You can consider purchasing travel insurance before traveling abroad (to protect your benefits in the event that you require medical assistance abroad, you can purchase travel insurance packages at a low cost - these packages cover general medical treatment while in Thailand).
Thai Plum Village on Google Maps: Click Here
If you have any further questions regarding attending retreats or other Monastery events, please email us at visitus@thaiplumvillage.org.
Thank you very much! We wish you a great Retreat with a lot of joy and happiness!
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