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the Rules at Buddhayana Forest Retreat


In support of each retreatant's individual practice, 
and in support of the overall demeanor and retreat energy of Buddhayana,
all retreatants at Buddhayana Forest Retreat will be expected to keep 
the traditional, twenty-five hundred year old Ten Buddhist Novice Practice Precepts,
including maintaining Noble Silence.
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the Buddhist Practice Precepts include:

Abstaining from causing harm
Abstaining from coveting
Abstaining from sex
Abstaining from talking
Abstaining from intoxication
Abstaining from eating after the midday meal
Abstaining from business
Abstaining from entertainments
Abstaining from vanities
Abstaining from slouching & slumping

Otherwise,
The nature of your meditation practice is completely up to you.

On a practical note ...

For the purpose of preemptive fire safety,
there will be NO CANDLES - NO CAMP FIRES - NO SMOKING  at Buddhayana Forest Retreat.

There is no storage at Buddhayana Forest Retreat.
Any thing left behind after your retreat will be considered as discarded or donated,
and will be disposed of immediately.

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