Creating a Labyrinth Maze for Walking Meditation | Monk Life

This is a story of how the monks at the Papae Meditation Retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand came together to build a labyrinth maze (a maze for walking meditation). While this video is 11 minutes long, it actually took 2 full months of hard physical labor. The goal was to build a space where future retreat participants can use to improve their meditation. With love, we wanted to show you this project. Hopefully it will inspire you to either come to Thailand and visit us or create your own space for meditation wherever you are :) haha. Beautify your inner world, and it will begin to beatify your outer world. Hope you enjoy! Let us know how we did below. #buddhistmonks #asmr
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Thanks for watching.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Tell us how we did? Would you use it?

[@tohodakilla]

incredible! yes yes yes ❤️

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@Joc Holmes thank you so much 😍😍

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@@tohodakilla thank you so much ❤❤

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@gautam bk aww thank you so much. That's very kind of you ❤

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@gautam bk I appreciate the support

[@foxmacnamara8809]

If everyone in the world worked together in harmony the way you all do we would be in good shape!

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yessss 😊😊😊

[@andykoop638]

**Amazing creation** As I stepped onto this meditation retreat I was lost but centered. I cleaned and swept the holy grounds. Silence became even more quiter as I got farther into the jungle. Before my very eyes was this "Maze". Then I remembered this video and felt as if the Maze found me. I figured try it and see what there was in this peaceful art work. Firstly I immediately found my mind trying to find the fastest way to the end or alternative routes. I then realize to just focus on my breath and foot movements. Lifting moving and placing my foot. I was filled with a sense of security and enjoyment for the moment at being. "Serenity" No more expectactions just in the moment. At the finish realize the maze was one way and walked the whole thing. In aMazement it was a nice movement meditation.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Awwwww andy. This is AMAZING. I'm really glad you got to come here and experience it. The maze was built for everyone to use so they can have the experience you just did. That makes me so happy that you came here 😊😊😊🙏❤❤ sadhu

[@roberth.5363]

Buddhism isn't just setting. It's about walking the maze of life.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊

[@Sactar]

It is very touching to see how by doing something wholesome and as simple,you are spreading love to the entire universe. Sending u all love and peace 🙏🏽

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you so much my friend. This was such a fun activity and now many retreat participants are enjoying it 😀😀

[@LMCrowell]

The labyrinth has a long history in many cultures dating back to antiquity. Always nice to see more being installed and used. They are sacred places.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤❤🙏

[@TammyInTheUniverseShow]

Hard workers. I also Love seeing their doggys 🐕 🥰😇

[@danielbrigato3661]

I’m loving these videos. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Awwww thank you so much Daniel. I'm really glad you enjoy them 😍😍 That makes me happy:)

[@juliaangelicaa5395]

Wow, that's labor intensive. I saw similar "stone circle maze" in Chiang Rai & did not know what it's for. Now I get it 👍🏻 Thank you!

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Oh nice 😍

[@Asad-kw3ty]

They are so lucky they spend days and night happily without stress but i live with absurd fear and stress and those that i dont have. I envy them im iranian and live in tehran the life is awful here and no budhist temple i wish to go there .where i could relax my mind and feel the treasure of precense .thnx u inspired me to make same maze but in small scale in my garden

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Oh wonderful. I'm glad. Yes please create your own sacred space. Its very important 😀😀

[@jbb2660]

Buddha bless you Asad 🙏

[@Asad-kw3ty]

@Laz Arus thnks sorry i dont have access to zoom yet .i have whatsap

[@ankaralion]

I'm was born in a Sunni Muslim ☪️ family but I was always curious about the deep and complex questions of the life like existence, meaning, suffering cause..etc. & I couldn't find the answers but kinda fascinated and attracted to the Buddha ever since I was a kid and after reading about thr Nikāyas and Therāvada Buddhism, it changed my life and it means a lot that I found the Noble Buddha's Dhamma, the greatest gift to humanity. Namo Buddhay ☸ from Turkey 🇹🇷

[@CANSAVca]

Went here in Nov. 2021 for a retreat for the Loy Krathong festival. I love walking meditation and was delighted to find this maze. Because of covid and the lack of international visitors the maze hadn’t been used in quite a while. But I could see it had taken a lot of effort and intention to create it. So happy to find this video. I gave the maze a good sweeping and it cleaned up nicely. Takes about 30 - 45 minutes to gently walk the maze.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

WOW! i'm glad you got a chance to visit papae. I hope you had a great time and sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello. Hope you are doing well bob.

[@lorraineann5956]

So soothing and beautiful. Thanks

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you 😊

[@rohitrathi1787]

Please keep making more videos like these where monks build things on their own. Highly appreciated. Thank You.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Awwwe thank you so much my friend ❤❤

[@Eyez2melt]

The monk community exudes love and humility. I wish families would send their children to Summer Camp in a Monk community. The best school for value formation. May we all learn from their examples.

[@rajaarya6667]

Very nice buddhists monk

[@nickkeomahavong01]

🙏🙏🙏

[@blackheartgaming6121]

i love that more people are finding your channel but i don't like that it is because of all this hurting going on that they are finding it but it is fate because light shines brightest in the dark and so your channel is one of our lights thank you again

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Awwwww. That is one of kindest thing I've heard. Thank you so much. That means alot. Sadhu my friend ❤❤❤

[@lisatruitt1141]

I was drawn to this channel, started thinking about meditation and what's going on in my life, I just need peace..... Love watching your channel..... Blessings 🙏

[@diva555sg]

Awesome! Observation. Working with intention & mindfulness. Each doing there part. Purity of mind & heart.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

sadhu sadhu :)

[@jiraiyasensei5015]

This is Purification. It feels good just to watch!

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤🙏

[@didierlason6453]

I follow your videos as they're so full of wisdom and truth. This video really highlights the true essence of Buddhism. It really does bring me to tears. Wow! There is no beginning and no end - existence is just a cycle. I would love to visit this place one day. May you reach full enlightenment, dear Nick. Peace.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Thank you so much ❤❤❤🙏 and yes anytime you are in Thailand, please come visit us in Chiang Mai 😊

[@outlookthailand5094]

Thanks for sharing the making of this amazing Maze. Hard work, good for the body, the mind and the soul. One day I will walk this Maze and tread the steps of calm and peacefulness there, and reflect upon the Love and devotion that was put into its construction.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yes please. Definitely come and visit us when you can 😍

[@shielamartinez8991]

I love the simplicity of your work and how lovely it looks at the end Sheila

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you ☺️

[@petert5938]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Can't wait to visit papae again. Wish end of this year able to visit papae. 🙏🙏🙏

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yes. Please come visit. I believe they should be opening the borders soon. Just double check.

[@asha36636]

Thank you

[@xiaomaozen]

As I practice walking meditation I love it! 😻

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Beautiful 😊😊

[@Khmer-cu1ow]

I like how the Venerable and the lay people worked together for this Labyrinth, the walking Meditation Maze. Very inspiring and I might want to use this idea for my back yard and all. Thank you and May you be very blessed with all the things that you want to do and hope to accomplish. Very calm and peaceful.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Awww thank you so much. And please feel free to use it ❤❤❤🙏

[@chriswalter6793]

Thank you for your effort it putting this together. Its inspiring to watch🙏

[@nickkeomahavong01]

It's a pleasure Chris. Thank you so much 😊😊

[@sonneco9924]

I love your content! 🌹

[@nickkeomahavong01]

sadhu sadhu. thank you so much 🙂🙂🙂

[@hambyla]

So peaceful, so beautiful.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you so much ❤❤

[@DiscoverLabyrinths]

A great documentary from the start to finish. I love all the details which really show the many aspects in the creation of this sacred space. What a wonderful offering to have a labyrinth to complement sitting meditation. Peace on your path.. .

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you so much my friend. I appreciate the support and your kind words 🙂🙂

[@ianpangelinan3787]

I love you man take care!

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤🙏

[@79rosalee]

Yay good to see your videos again. I watched this while at the doctor and it was very relaxing. I was so nervous. Thank you. 🙏

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Oh nice. I'm glad to hear 😍😍

[@atashakgem]

Earth, soil, water, plants, nurturing love and compassion creates such calm & peace , why two legged creatures don’t learn from NATURE? Mother Earth is sacred and holy 🙏🙏🙏🙌🏻💌👌🌱☘️🙏🙏🙏♾♾♾

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊😊😊

[@abelardoreclusado7807]

Wow so Creative mind.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you very much 😍😍

[@padsvj9255]

Bhikkhu Nick, Awesome as always 😇

[@nickkeomahavong01]

sadhu sadhu. thank you so much 🙂🙂🙂

[@carlosrivas2012]

Buen trabajo......

[@nisanthmukundhan1604]

😊😊😊😊❣️

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😀😀

[@janetjones6363]

Beautiful and I love your content

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Sadhu sadhu 😀😀 thank you so much

[@martyr1856]

So calm and relaxing just to observe :)

[@nickkeomahavong01]

That's great to hear. Sadhu ❤❤

[@trishna2661]

Very Very cool....thanks for uploading

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you so much 😊

[@medea_mujer_cuervo]

1000 "me gusta" 🙌🪷🌠🌀🎑📿 el laberinto cósmico.

[@snakefich]

Thank you, very nice, Namaste

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤❤❤ sadhu

[@SylviaAlana]

A*maze*ing 🙏🏻namaste Sylvia UK

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Haha. That's great. Thank you so much 😊

[@roaringthunder3131]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊😊

[@billbenn4499]

Outstanding ☸️🕉️☮️

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊🙏🙏🙏

[@janeclausen141]

What an amazing work - thank you so much for sharing. I haven`t mentioned it before but I like you introduction to each video. I learn from it too. And I like the music you use to all your videos. Would you perhaps please make a note who plays and sing. Would you mind tell some about the walking with the candles and putting them down in the middle. Thank you )(

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you so much jane. I will try to take your feedback into consideration :-) thank you for your input.

[@jbb2660]

Asmr - The monk life 👍

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤

[@sarmadnestorius5807]

Nice.👍👍

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Sadhu 😍😍

[@user-qq6re8pr7h]

Nice be relieve of mind

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤

[@annasoldani9642]

🙏♥️

[@devkotarohit5055]

Absolutely amazing..i wanted to know are there some nepalese monks or not?just willing to know😀😀

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yes we do have some.

[@JCinerea]

I'm not a huge fan of adding more microplastics to our biosphere. Perhaps landscaping fabric would be better. These videos are wonderful.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊😊

[@JohnHildebrandtWilliam]

Hey Nick, Where did the design come from? I noticed a whole section of the maze was not accessable. Was this by design? Thank you for your contribution.

[@johnk5230]

👍👍

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😀😀🙏🙏🙏

[@MaikeruT]

They broke the 5 precepts just like that. Harming that tree.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

That my friend was a dead and hollow tree damaged with termites. It was already dead, that's why it came down. If we didn't do that, it has a potential of falling on the meditation hall.

[@MaikeruT]

@@nickkeomahavong01 Ah I see. I guess I assumed things. Just didn't fall out of the scope of what I'd think a monk might do. Many commentaries speak of jhana being absorption when really it's renunciation or sense restraint, as stated in the suttas.

[@user-uh6xh5pn9c]

法海雷音如來

[@angiemariescandale9074]

What style of labryinth is this? How many circuits? Beautiful video.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Thank you Angie and Unfortunately I do not know. We just built it off inspiration :)

[@ExtraordinaryTK]

Personally, I would prefer to walk around all the trees since there's a forest. A quiet mud path, walking bare feet. Imitating water or snake moving through the forest and end back to the original point to complete a cycle.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Nice 😊😊

[@nibiruresearch]

The labyrinth that we see at 1 min is not the classic labyrinth so it can not be explained. We find the classic labyrinth all over the world. Very ancient ones. The labyrinth represents the increase and decrease of the world population during a cycle of seven world eras. It represents the path of life from mankind. This cycle is the curse of our Planet Earth. The eras are separated by a natural disaster. Those disasters are caused by the ninth planet in our solar system. They are predictable but inevitable. The disasters cause a huge tidal wave thus flooding all over the planet, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and a bombardment of fiery meteors. Many living beings do not survive. Another result is a cycle of five civilizations. Four of them live a 'short' period of time. One civilization lives much longer, becomes more numerous and educated. The labyrinth shows this increase and decrease in a remarkable way. To learn much more about the cycle of civilizations and its timeline, recurring floods and ancient high tech, read the e-book:"Planet 9 = Nibiru" You can read it nicely on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Just search for: invisible nibiru 9

[@thisismy3352]

👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤❤❤🙏

[@scottm2553]

Wouldn't the plastic contribute to poor drainage and flooding? I'd think landscaping fabric would have been a better choice so water is able to easily drain.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

We built the center on a slope so it runs down the hill. Plus we use the plastic so it's more durable and weeds don't grow into the maze. But landscaping fabric might work too. I just don't know what that is 😂😂

[@scottm2553]

@@nickkeomahavong01 Awesome, I think it should work if you've got the grade right. I think they use landscaping fabric to prevent weeds as well.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@@scottm2553 oh I'll look into that. Thank you so much 😊😊

[@samuelzayton316]

Is the candle made by Phra Alex?😁😁

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yes it was....its from the other video 😀 good catch.

[@jarijansma2207]

[@nickkeomahavong01]

:-)

[@pikvik17]

Do they still have to eat once a day while doing laborious work? And I what to know what nuns do?

[@nickkeomahavong01]

We eat 2x a day. Regarding nuns, I do not know.

[@anilballari96321]

SIR WHAT IS MAZE, AND WHAT IS THE USE OF MAKING MAZE?

[@nickkeomahavong01]

It's a tool to help people become calm and be mindful

[@AnTran-zs8ny]

If you look closely you can see they cut down a dead tree.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Yes if we don't bring it down, it will fall on the meditation hall ☺️☺️

[@ninatrinh6530]

👏👍😁🙏💖🍻🇺🇸

[@nickkeomahavong01]

🙏🙏🙏

[@nilmanibar2885]

how they get that amount of money to build that homes and all stuffs electricity amd watter etc

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Lay supporters 😊

[@nilmanibar2885]

if its possible to live there to meditate with them and help them. it's a dream of mine ... don't know that when it will come to a reality to me ...

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@@nilmanibar2885 yes you can come join the retreat here. Www.papaemeditation.org/en/

[@alenomeragic9009]

Are you talked anything in this ceremony? 😂

[@nickkeomahavong01]

No talking 😊

[@zaaframoon]

I was fine until the plastic...

[@nickkeomahavong01]

😊👍

[@katlee2474]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@nickkeomahavong01]

❤

[@nickkeomahavong01]

Have you ever used a walking meditation maze before? If so, what was your experience?

[@Laura-tv2dx]

There's a labyrinth in South Carolina near Murrells Inlet. The labyrinth is 1/3 of a mile. They have walks like on New Year's Eve or Summer Solstice. There's no pictures/phones allowed. There are aerial pictures of it on Google though.

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@@Laura-tv2dx oh wow that's amazing. Thank you for sharing. Is there a website? Or what's the name of it? I would love to look into it ❤

[@Laura-tv2dx]

@@nickkeomahavong01 Brookgreen Garden Labyrinth

[@nickkeomahavong01]

@@Laura-tv2dx wonderful thank you so much. I'll check it out.

[@anairda-arte]

Hi Nick. To respond: I found one for the first time in a festival in the UK with no explanation about it. After observing it I started to walk through it like I see you do in this video and it did feel like a meditation; I think there must be some kind of intuitive connection to this kind of walking ritual in all humanity, because it came quite natural to me and I'm familiar with meditation but I'm not Buddhist, so didn't now about how you use it. Thanks for the video! :)