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Suan Mokkh includes the original main monastery and the later added International Dharma Heritage for lay people from all over the world. The part for Mae Chis (white-robed women who have dedicated their lives to religion but are not officially recognized as nuns in Thailand) is also spatially separated from the other parts. The main buildings ...
Thailand: Wat Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage. Continuously ranked as one of the leading meditation retreats in the world, Wat Suan Mokkh is a Theravada Buddhist Temple founded by Ajahn ...
In 1989, he founded The Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage for international Vipassana meditation practitioners around the world. There is a 10-day silent meditation retreat that starts on the 1st of each month for the whole year which is free, of no charge for international practitioners who are interested in practicing meditation.
Acharavadee Wongsakon was born in Bangkok Thailand September 28, 1965. She is a Thai Buddhist Vipassana Meditation Master best known for her efforts in protecting Buddhism and raising awareness about the declining Buddhist morality in Thailand and globally.
Chiang Mai Women's Correctional Institution A map of incarceration rates by country [5] Despite its population of only 70 million, Thailand ranks sixth in the world in prison population. [6] Thailand's female incarceration rate is the world's highest at 66.4 female convicts per 100,000 inhabitants. [7] [8]
Klong Prem Central prison (Thai: เรือนจํากลางคลองเปรม; RTGS: Rueancham Klang Khlong Prem) is a maximum security prison in Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand. The prison has several separate sections. The compound houses up to 20,000 inmates.
Prison contemplative programs are classes or practices (which includes meditation, yoga, contemplative prayer or similar) that are offered at correctional institutions for inmates and prison staff. There are measured or anecdotally reported benefits from studies of these programs such a stress relief for inmates and staff. [ 1 ]
Religious studies scholar Rachelle Scott has described her as "the most influential female meditation teacher in Thailand". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] : 503 Her own students call her Khun Yay Achan Mahā-ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong ( Khun Yay Achan , for short), an honorific name meaning "grandmother-master-great-gem devotee ".