Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong Germany e.V.

Ajarnthong Vipassana Meditationszentrum
Jakob - Kneip - Straße 1, 56283 Morshausen Deutschland
Tel: +49 2605 5149669 / Facebook: วัดพระธาตุศรีจอมทอง เยอรมนี

Announcement
Meditation Retreat in
Wat Chom Tong Germany in 2025
April 18 - May 10, 2025
Meditation Course
Meditation Retreat in Germany
Wat Phra That Sri Chom Thong - Germany Branch
Experience Inner Peace with Authentic Vipassana Practice
We warmly invite Thai and international participants to join a meditation retreat led by Phra Khru Athon Samathiwat, a highly experienced meditation teacher from Wat Phra That Sri Chom Thong, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
He is a direct disciple of Phra Ajahn Thong, one of the most respected Vipassana masters in Northern Thailand.
Dates Available:
April 18 – May 8, 2025
Retreat Duration Options:
3 days, 5 days, 7 days, or flexible upon request.
Location:
Wat Phra That Sri Chom Thong – Germany
English Translation Provided
by Phra Ajahn Natthayan
Come and deepen your mindfulness in a peaceful, supportive environment.
Register Now – Limited Slots Available
Open for booking Fill out the Application form
Contact: info@watchomtong.com
Public Transportation
Deutche Bahn Train last stop in Koblenz/Boppard. 2 options: Local Train or Bus (Löhr Center, Koblenz) to Emmelhausen, then another stop to
Jakob-Kneip-strasse. (Bus 615/620/628/629)
*Please use the DB Navigator (Deutsche Bahn Application) to check your routes, some trains/
bus may cancel without prior notice due to maintenance.



















We now offer courses from
August 13, 2025 - September 6, 2025
September 15, 2025 - October 9, 2025
Stay between 3-25 days
Open for booking, a confirmation mail to be sent 1 month before the retreat starts.
Fill out the Application form
Contact: info@watchomtong.com WhatsApp: +66819966644 Phra Chotirat
Requirements:
Bring two sets of white clothes to wear during your stay
Jacket (Check the weather), socks, personal toiletries
Flip flops or indoor slippers to wear in the building (optional)
Courses offered all on donation based. As there is no costs during your stay, we only ask for a donation you feel fitting to help support for the program.
* You may bring in groceries, ingredients, fruits and vegetables to contribute to the monastery to offer to the monks and for yourself as a meditator to cook and prepare during your stay.
Public Transportation:
Deutche Bahn Train last stop in Koblenz/Boppard. 2 options: Local Train or Bus (Löhr Center, Koblenz) to Emmelhausen, then another stop to
Jakob-Kneip-strasse. (Bus 615/620/628/629)
*Please use the DB Navigator (Deutsche Bahn Application) to check your routes, some trains/bus may cancel without prior notice due to maintenance.
Announcement
Welcome to Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong Germany,
Live at a Theravada Buddhist Monastery with the Bhikkhus from Thailand. Minimum stay is 3 days up to 21 days.
During your stay, abide by these eight Buddhist precepts.
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Abstaining from killing.
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Abstaining from stealing.
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Abstaining from all sexual activity.
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Abstaining from telling lies.
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Abstaining from intoxicating drinks and drugs.
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Abstaining from eating after noon.
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Abstaining from entertainment and beautifying the body.
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Abstaining from using luxurious bed.
Discover the vipassana meditation technique as it is taught by the original Chiang Mai, Thailand facility.
Gain foundation and insight from practing vipassana meditation so that you can appropriately continue the practice at home and in your daily life.
Live a happier with ease (focus better, manage with stress more effectively, practice mindfulness every day to promote neural plasticity).
The four foundations of mindfulness explained
Acknowledging is the heart of Insight Meditation. It is the continual work of mindfulness to recognize and acknowledge. Insight meditation, through the four foundations of mindfulness, focuses on the body, the feelings, the mind (thought) and objects of the mind. Literally, the four foundations of mindfulness serve as the base of mindfulness. Practically, they are the state of being continually mindful of what happens to the five aggregates (which are: body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness).
1. Mindfulness of the Body is to contemplate bodily action and sensations. This includes, for example, acknowledging or being conscious of the lifting, stepping and placing of the foot during walking meditation, and acknowledging the rising and falling of the solar plexus in sitting meditation.
2. Mindfulness of One’s Feelings is to contemplate the pleasant/unpleasant/neutrality of your experience. That is, to acknowledge happiness, to know how happy one is, or to acknowledge misery, and to know how miserable one is, or to acknowledge the neutral feeling which is neither happiness nor misery.
3. Mindfulness of the Mind (thought) is to contemplate one’s thoughts or to be conscious of the passion, anger, delusion, sloth, distraction, drowsiness, peace, etc. in the thought. While in meditation our minds may think of the past or the future. We then take that thought as the momentary focus of the meditation by acknowledging ‘thinking-thinking-thinking’ before returning our focus to the breath or the foot.
4. Mindfulness of Objects of the Mind is to contemplate mental recognition and other volitional activities. Recognition is to know something when perceiving it. Volitional activities happen when we think about or comment on something. While we think, we must be mindful of thinking. When we are desirous, angry, slothful, restless, or doubtful as a result of thinking or external stimulation, we must be mindful too.



Where to meditate?
Wat Chomtong Germany has a hall on the first floor that can host up to 50 people. It is a place for chanting and practicing meditation and conducting ceremonies. The third floor (under construction) can accommodate up to around 100 people for teaching meditation and has four private meditation rooms.
Daily schedule for meditators
4:00 - 5:00 Meditate
5:00 - 6:00 Prepare breakfast for the bhikkus/ meditators
6:00 - 7:00 Morning Chanting
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast/ help wash/ clean.
8:00 - 10:00 Meditation session
10:00 - 11:00 Prepare lunch for the bhikkus/ meditators
11:00 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 13:00 Help wash/ clean. You may relax mindfully, but meditators are not allowed to sleep during the day.
13:00 - 16:00 Meditation session
16:00 - 18:00 Mindful break. Tea/ Cocoa
18:00 - 19:00 Evening Chanting
19:00 - 22:00 Meditation session / report, receive guidance from the meditation instructor.
22:00 Rest
*All other times may be used for mindful prostration, walking meditation and sitting meditation in your room or in the main hall.
*The schedule may change according to the monastery or your assigned meditation instructor.
