The Demonstration Alms Offering practiced in Suan Mokkh is a practical study in how to feed onehundred monks, in how to do it smoothly while keeping the defilements under control.

The Suan Mokkh style of chanting uses chants that we have translated into our own language, trying to make them graceful and melodious. The passages chosen are concise and powerful, suitable for use as the objects of samādhi and vipassanā, also. May we leave these to be chanted for a long, long time.

The Literary Works making up The Dhamma Proclamation Series, the From His Own Lips Series, the Floating Lotus Series, and the Turning of the Dhamma Wheel Series: may we leave them as a memorial of a poetic mind that has released them with the greatest care into the Dhamma Sea – that is the hearts of all True People throughout the land – for them to thrive in the reservoir of that Dhamma Sea for unending time.

The Buddhist Charter that we develop together remains correct and in line with the principles of Buddhism. Buddhists may take it as a standard for right practice, for good results, and for convenience in being ones who know, are awakened, & have blossomed, and who will never again fall into the swamps of superstition and materialism. May we leave it as a long lasting legacy.

The Three Cs of Cleanness, Clarity, & Calmness are qualities of the Noble Ones and are in the position of being the essence of Buddhism’s Triple Gem. May we leave them as a legacy for everyone to use as a daily mantra.

True Buddhists shouldn’t be bothered even by headaches, let alone nervous disorders and mental illness. This is possible through reliance upon the Dhamma principle at the heart of Buddhism that says ‘tathatā’ or ‘just like that.’

‘Age Teasing’ and giving the Age Teasing gift, as we do at Suan Mokkh, results in a heedfulness and self-knowledge that improves each year. May I leave this to be maintained and continued for the sake of everyone’s spiritual development.

The system of using people language & Dhamma language is most certainly needed in the study and teaching of Buddhism, because the Lord Buddha taught the Dhamma both in the Dhamma language of ordinary people and in the Dhamma Language of those who have seen the Dhamma for themselves.

We use the principle of people language & Dhamma language to distinguish between material and spiritual matters so that we will speak about them correctly, because we will understand them correctly, deeply, and advantageously.

The Diploma from Suan Mokkh is ‘die before dying.’ In other words, mind has finished with feelings of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ before the physical body dies, leaving pure sati-paññā regarding life. This is something that can happen even now. Thus, the sooner one ‘dies,’ the more profitable life is.

The slogan of Suan Mokkh is ‘eat from a cat’s plate, bathe in a stream, sleep in a pen, and listen to the mosquitoes sing.’ This is a practical standard for eliminating the problems of material life and supports mental development because it follows that natural principle which says, ‘simple living, high thinking.’

The five pillars on our roofs are symbolic of the five hindrances (nīvaraṇa), the five groups of clinging (upādānakkhandha), the five powers (bala), the five sovereigns (indriya), the five essentials (dhammasāra), the five paths & fruits & nibbāna (magga-phalanibbāna). Even the five fingers on your own hand are just reminders of the matter of eliminating dukkha for us all.

Spiritual Theaters for spiritual entertainment with the flavor of Dhamma are needed in place of the sensual theaters which always turn human beings into some sort of demon.

Suan Mokkh International, especially for the spiritual light of our fellow human beings from other countries and languages, is an idea that arose when we saw them struggling and searching in order to find themselves.

The Suan Mokkh of the Theater of Spiritual Entertainments is necessary for these beings which instinctually need entertainment, …

Gardens of Liberation (Suan Mokkhs) – places that make intimacy with nature mentally and physically convenient –

The third vow – creating mutual understanding among religions –

The second vow – freeing the world from the power of materialism, from the flavors that arise from sensuous matter –

The first vow – helping everyone to realize the heart of Buddhism –

Three Vows suitable for all servants of the Buddha to take as their standard in performing their duty for the world’s benefit: