Got laid off but it's fine since I was planning to go back to uni to get my degree. Moved back in with my parents (26) to save money the last couple months and will finish my applications (or almost all them) in Jan. Then I will have from feb-september. I want to spend some of it travelling but don't want to cut through too many savings.I had a remote job and was able to travel a lot and kind of want to try something different. Anybody know monasteries like Wat Pa Tam Wua? I have never been to SE Asia or India and plan to combine cheap hostel type travel with stints of weeks-months in monasteries that are free. I don't mind the regimented life. I kind of want it. I want to know as many places (buddhist, Hindu, or Sikh) in India and SE Asia I can live for free or near free. It seems Thailand has the most like this.
>>2845306Yeah I wonder about actually finding a cool one where you can also learn some interesting craft like brewing or be able to converse with some deep thinkers, so with that said they would have to speak englishI once went to one in Thailand and i stayed for like 2 days and they literally had someone mowing the this stadium sized field all day every day, so yes they were retarded. The food sucked and there was a lot of hot but annoying "namaste" type girlsThe best part was when we were doing some meditation walk in a light rain. We had some little unbrellas for cover, and then the rain got heavier. Like 20 minutes of a pounding rain beat on the umbrellas besides one tall , bald, buff and tatted up white dude that looked like be did time. He just let the rain pour all over him and when they told us to walk back inside he dropped to his knees and spread his arms out while dripping wet and getting more rain pounded on him. I should of asked him about it
Just fyi if you stay at those places as a visitor they ask for donations and it'd be rude not to do so. If you dedicate to spending years there it's maybe different if you can get accepted there. Either way you must follow the scheduleWake up very early and meditation for 1 hour Then breakfastThen mindfulnessMore meditation LunchMeditation practice Perhaps some local choresDinnerFree timeBed earlyAnd you can't just spend time in phones or laptop it's not a modern housing it's mindfulness living. Dedicated monks never leave, shave heads, only wear robes, don't own tech, don't date or have families, reply in donations and local food
>dedicated monks never leaveUntrue. Monks travel between temples all the time.>>2845306>I want everything for freeEntitlement mentality. Lose it or else stay with mommy & daddy.
you should 100% live in a monastery that you are excited to visit, but you should put all your family and business obligations to the side during that time. a week is good and you might want to extend at that point. you have your whole life(s) to grind for money and status
>>2845789>Entitlement mentality. Lose it or else stay with mommy & daddy.Shut the fuck up pussy wagie.This board is filled with NEETS living like KINGS in Thailand and SEA and you're going to get up on me about living free. Earth to moron AI is coming just watch, UBI is going to be the big thing next election I just need to hold out till then. Why would you care what I do and how I want to live fed? Sad you have to go to work or something and can't live the way we were meant? Free? Literally just walk outside grab some fruits and veggies off the plants and trees and live happy and healthy? No you want me and others to become drones and make non livable wages. I use to have a job at subway making 18/hr and tips, I could BARELY afford to pay my shitty overpriced 720/mo apartment and utilities each month and still have a good social life. Trying to enjoy my 20's not piss them away dude.Bitch over here trying to act all high and mighty not realizing he's the moron wage slaving. Put the fries in the bag idiot, enjoy being bald by 30 from stress.
>>2846573Blah blah blah. I worked hard for four months this year, saved $6500 (plus about $2000 tax refund), and now I'm traveling the world for the third year in a row. Meanwhile you're still stuck with your parents coping and seething about le heckin wagies. Your freeloading mentality isn't gonna fly outside your home country. Comfy beds cost money, it's that simple. If you want to travel for free, go ahead, live your dreams...but you better get used to sleeping in the dirt (which is what you deserve as a non-contributor).
>>2845306Stretching your savings is not the purpose of these monasteries. If you want to stretch your savings, you could try living in a hostel. Some of them will let you live there for free if you do work for them, like checking guests in.
Out of curiosity what's the food poisoning risk at a place like this? So they get the food from donations and local places? But it caters to westerners?
