Meditation in Chiang Mai can help to change or improve your quality of life. The Meditation Classes will teach you mindfulness. To learn Meditation it's not necessary to be Buddhist, everyone will benefit and meditation classes are available from 1day to a 26 day Retreat.
Meditation is a way to calm the mind and body. It helps us to become aware, to be able to live in the present moment. Have you ever wondered how the Thai people can remain relatively calm in the face of adversity. Do you often return from work stressed out and unable to relax.

There are 2 kinds of meditation.
* Tranquil or Samatha meditation which develops concentration (Samadhi) on one subject to help calm the mind.
* Insight or Vipassana meditation which develops self understanding through mindfulness training.

What is Vipassana?
Vipassana means seeing clearly. Vi means clearly; passana means seeing. To see clearly in regards to what?
To see clearly three things
1. that, inside ourselves and in the whole world, 
things are uncertain, changing all the time (anicca).
2. that, inside ourselves and in the whole world,
things are stressful, unsatisfying (dukkha).
3. that, inside ourselves and in the whole world,
things are uncontrollable (anatta).

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness are:
Body: walking mindfully; sitting mindfully
Feelings: Noting aches, pain or soreness, as well as happy feelings and neutral feelings
Mind: Noting thoughts about past or future
Dhammas: Noting the five hindrances - liking, disliking, drowsiness, distraction, doubt

What is Satipatthana ?
Sati means the ability to remember or remind oneself. It is often translated as Mindfulness. Patthana means foundation or base. Satipatthana is thus translated as Foundation of Mindfulness.

Why should we be mindful?
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness are a device that stops evil, stops bad deeds, stops defilement.
'Sati nivaranam settham' - Mindfulness is an exceptional preventer of evil states. During the time when we are mindful, evil won't enter in to reach our hearts. We will have pure hearts always.
It is like dark and shining light. Mindfulness is a shining light; all defilements, all evil states, are like darkness. When the bright light shines, the darkness disappears. For this reason, we should be mindful at all times - our mind will be bright, clean and peaceful all of the time.

Int. Buddhism Center Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep	Int. Buddhist Meditation Centre Wat U-Mong	Northern Insight Meditation Center Wat Rampoeng

Wat Srisuphan	The Yoga Studio	Vipassana Meditation Centre Wat Thaton

Wat Phrathat Sri Chom Tong

              

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