Live a Life.
Fourteen days inside the rhythm a Buddhist monastic has kept for 2,600 years.
The flagship. Two weeks of monastic immersion at Lumbini, with one of three traditions: Theravada (Mahasi), Mahayana (Korean Jogye), or Vajrayana (Ka-Nying lineage). You wake at 04:30 with the monks. You attend every chanting session. You sit four times a day. You eat once after sunrise and once before noon — nothing after. You walk the Sacred Garden as the dawn lifts off the Pushkarini pond. You receive personal instruction from a senior teacher who has done what you are doing for forty years. You leave changed. They tell us this. You will know.
Day 7 of 14 at the Theravada cohort: 04:00 wake. 04:30 chanting at Mayadevi (Pali, 90 min). 06:00 sit (60 min). 07:00 breakfast (silence). 08:00 personal interview. 09:30 sit (60 min). 11:00 alms-round walk with the bhikkhus to the village. 12:00 lunch (final meal of the day). 14:00 dhamma talk from Ven. Anandajoti. 16:00 sit (60 min). 17:30 walking meditation. 19:00 evening chanting at the Royal Thai Monastery. 20:30 rest.
- 01Lumbini (anchor)
- 02Day visits: Tilaurakot, Kudan, Ramagrama
Tourist visa (60-day Nepal visa recommended for 14-day cohort)
- 7 or 14 nights in a heritage-design monastic-style villa at the Greater Lumbini Estate
- All meals — fully aligned to traditional monastic discipline (one or two meals per day)
- Twice-daily group meditation (60 min each)
- Daily personal interview with a senior teacher
- Daily chanting attendance — Pali, Korean, or Tibetan depending on cohort
- Daily dhamma talk from a senior monastic
- Three day-trip excursions (Tilaurakot, Kudan, Ramagrama)
- Welcome and closing ceremonies with the resident sangha
- Pilgrim mala (blessed by the teacher), sash, certificate, journal
- Post-program practice support — 90 days of weekly check-ins with the teacher's assistant
Inclusions are comprehensive at this tier. Speak with the concierge for bespoke requirements.
Royal Thai Monastery (Theravada) · Korean Jogye Order (Mahayana) · Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling (Vajrayana)
Serious practitioners ready to commit a fortnight. Founders, executives, and creatives at inflection points. Anyone who has done a 10-day Goenka and is ready for what comes after.
A representative arc of the journey.
The flagship. Two weeks of monastic immersion at Lumbini, with one of three traditions: Theravada (Mahasi), Mahayana (Korean Jogye), or Vajrayana (Ka-Nying lineage). You wake at 04:30 with the monks. You attend every chanting session. You sit four times a day. You eat once after sunrise and once before noon — nothing after. You walk the Sacred Garden as the dawn lifts off the Pushkarini pond. You receive personal instruction from a senior teacher who has done what you are doing for forty years. You leave changed. They tell us this. You will know.
Day 7 of 14 at the Theravada cohort: 04:00 wake. 04:30 chanting at Mayadevi (Pali, 90 min). 06:00 sit (60 min). 07:00 breakfast (silence). 08:00 personal interview. 09:30 sit (60 min). 11:00 alms-round walk with the bhikkhus to the village. 12:00 lunch (final meal of the day). 14:00 dhamma talk from Ven. Anandajoti. 16:00 sit (60 min). 17:30 walking meditation. 19:00 evening chanting at the Royal Thai Monastery. 20:30 rest.