WAT TUNGSAMAKEEDHAMM 
VEN. AJHAN SANGWAHN KHEMMAKO
NAME : WAT TUNGSAMAKEEDHAMM
LOCATION : 5 KM. OUTSIDE OF SAM CHUK DISTRICT SUPHANBURI PROVINCE (130 KM. FROM BANGKOK)
TEACHER : VEN. AJHAN SANGWAHN KHEMMAKO
SIZE : MONKS : 30 - 50
NUNS : 100
LAYPEOPLE : VARYING
DESCRIPTION : IT IS A QUIET MONASTERY COMPRISING 200 RAI SURROUNDED BY RICE FIELDS.
ACCOMMODATION : INDIVIDUAL COTTAGES WITH THAI-STYLE BATHROOM, RUNNING WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
FOOD : ONE FREE MEAL WITH PLENTY OF VARIETY IS PROVIDED EACH DAY.
LANGUAGE : TEACHINGS ARE GIVEN IN THAI.
ENGLISH AND GERMAN SPEAKING TRANSLATORS ARE AVAILABLE.
DAILY ROUTINE : PRACTICE IS INDIVIDUAL AND INTENSIVE AND IS DONE IN ONE'S OWN ROOM. THERE IS MORNING-CHANTING (3 - 4 A.M.) AND EVENING-CHANTING (6 - 7 P.M.) FOR MONKS AND NUNS. LAYPEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE.
TEACHING - METHOD : INTERVIEWS ARE GENERALLY HELD EVERY FEW DAYS.
MEDITATION SYSTEM : MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING (ANAPANASATI) FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS ( 4 SATIPATHANA ) AND OTHER MEDITATION SUBJECTS AS TAUGHT IN THE SCRIPTURES.
PAST WESTENERS : SEVERAL WESTENERS HAVE STAYED HERE. SOME NUNS WHO HAVE STAYED HERE FOR MANY YEARS HELP WITH TRANSLATORS INTO ENGLISH AND GERMAN.
INFORMATION : FROM THE NORTERN OR SOUTHERN BUS TERMINAL IN BANGKOK IT IS 2 - 3 HOUR BUS JOURNEY TO SAM CHUK. FROM THE MARKET IN SAM CHUK ONE CAN GET TO WAT TUNGSAMAKEEDHAMM BY MOTORCYCLE TAXI OR PICK UP TRUCK.***PHOTOS***
