Meditation
Buddhist meditation practice of all types is encouraged at Wat Nanachat, though breathing meditation predominates. In the spirit of Ajahn Chah's teachings, vipassanā or insight, and samatha or concentration, are regarded as two sides of a coin rather than two distinct categories. Lay visitors are expected to observe the eight precepts version of sila, or the practice of virtue. For monks, strict adherence to the Vinaya, the 2,500-year-old code of discipline, is not only required but is the distinguishing characteristic of the lineage. For lay visitors, no formal meditation teaching is available beyond Dhamma talks and what may be derived from freely available reading matter, the priority being the formal training of the full-time mendicants.
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