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.
