3:45am                  
Rise & Shine!
4:30-6:15am*        
Group Meditation
6:15-6:45am**      
Prepare Breakfast
6:45am***             
Breakfast
7:45-9:45am          
Monastery Work
11:00-12:30pm        Lunch & Clean-Up

12:30-2:30pm         Individual
Study / Practice


[Abbot available for discussion/consultation from 12:00-1:00pm]

2:30-4:00pm           Group Meditation
4:00-4:30pm           Chanting
5:00-6:30pm           Group
Meditation
7:00-8:30pm        
Dhamma-Vinaya Study          
                   
            
9:00pm                   
Rest (Lights out)
 

Facilities of
Vihara
When the Vihara was
established in 1998, Kutis (monks dwellings) no. 1 to 5 were just
constructed. The others
were subsequently constructed
over the years until Dec. 2009 when Kuti no. 9 was completed. The Kutis
measure
4.5m X 4.5m, with bathroom
attached, except Kuti 6. Most of the A-roofs were later renovated to
become flat concrete
roofs because many ants hid in
the ceiling.

Rules and Regulations
of Vihara
Anyone wishing to come to the
Vihara to stay should first call up (Mobile Telephone:+6012-4697483), or
write in, to ensure availability of accommodation.
However, anyone who has not
stayed before will be required to speak to the abbot - either
personally, by way of letter, or via a phone call.
This is to ensure that one’s
reasons for coming to stay are compatible with what this Vihara can
provide.

The 8 precepts are:

+ To refrain from intentionally killing
any living being.
+ To refrain from taking what is not given
(e.g. books, meditation cushion, etc..)

+ To refrain from sexual conduct.
+ To refrain from lying (and carrying tales, coarse speech, idle gossip).
+ To refrain from taking liquor, drugs,
and similar intoxicants
+ To refrain from eating from 1
p.m. (when
the sun is at the highest point
in Malaysia)
until the next dawn (about 7
a.m.). However, certain medicinal allowances according to the Thai
forest tradition are permitted.

+ To refrain from dancing, singing, seeing
shows, hearing music, using garlands,
cosmetics, or perfumes, etc..
+ To refrain from using a luxurious bed



Residents and visitors should be properly dressed and
covered. Smoking, talking loudly and other disruptive behaviour are not permitted.
No food is allowed inside a dwelling. Only medicinal allowances are permitted.


Monks (bhikkhus, samaneras) are not
allowed to possess money, so laypersons should not offer money to them.
Monetary donations should only
be made to the Sangha Foundation.

The harmony of the Vihara is
very important, and residents should remember the advice given in the
Majjhima Nikaya Sutta 31 on
how to live “in concord, with
mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending like milk and water,
viewing each other
with kindly eyes.”


Retreat

There is no scheduled weekly
retreats like some Meditation Centres since this Vihara caters mainly to
the resident community of monks and nuns,
as well as those training to be monks and nuns.

Road Map and Transportation
The Vihara is located
about 2 km
north of Temoh town, and 9 km
south of
Kampar, in Perak state. From
Kuala Lumpur,
it is a 2 hours’ drive
northwards, and
from Penang it is a 3 hours’
drive southwards.   ( VBG’s GPS Coordinates: N 4° 15′ 27.7″, E 101° 11′
52.4″ )



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here to open map


From Kuala Lumpur, it is also
convenient to travel by bus. Catch the express bus from Puduraya Bus
Terminal to Kampar (drop off at Temoh).
You can then ask for directions
from either Lee Huat Grocery Shop, or Sin Chuan Bee Coffeeshop.
(nos. 74 and 121 Main Road
respectively) or call the Vihara (Mobile Telephone:+6012-4697483). You
can also catch an
electric train from Kuala Lumpur
KL Sentral to Kampar. Then take a taxi to the Vihara.

In 1998, through donations
collected by his supporters, a 15-acre piece of land outside Temoh, in
Perak, was purchased to establish the Vihara Buddha Gotama.