一個根植于简朴与服务的社区： 兰纳阿苏克内部 曦莲草
在乔恩·占戴（Jon Jandai）的慷慨引导下，我们于10月8日有幸拜访了位于清迈山赛区（San Sai District，V295+G2P）的“乌汶阿苏克”（Ratchathani Asoke）社区之一——兰纳阿苏克（Lanna Asoke）。
虽然我们事先并未预约，但社区成员以真诚与热情接待了我们。成员们发自内心的欢迎立刻体现了他们生活方式的真挚与纯朴。我们幸运地遇到了一位会说英语的成员，使得交流更为深入，也让我们对该社区的理念、实践及指导原则有了更全面的理解。
兰纳阿苏克坐落在宁静的绿意之中，体现了阿苏克运动（Asoke Movement）“简朴、道德、与自然和谐共处”的愿景。成员们以自律与服务为生活核心——在日常的方方面面实践“足够、独立与觉知”的精神。他们自己种植有机食物，准备健康的素食餐点，并以合作共居的方式生活，不执着于物质享受与舒适。那份由宁静环境与有意义的集体服务所孕育出的祥和气息，映照出一种深邃的内在平静——通过合作、觉知与道德清明所滋养的心灵安宁。
“兰纳阿苏克”是泰国北部“乌汶阿苏克”社区的一个分支，隶属于更广泛的“善提阿苏克”（Santi Asoke）网络。该运动由博提拉克法师（Phra Bodhirak）于20世纪70年代创立——他原名孟空·拉蓬（Mongkhon Rakphong），曾是一位知名的电视艺人，后来出家为僧，倡导人们回归简朴、道德行为与自给自足的生活方式。
兰纳阿苏克大约建立于三十年前，目前约有50名成员，年龄从4岁到93岁不等。年轻成员与父母共同生活，单身成员则按性别分宿于社区宿舍。我们来访时，主要遇到了年长成员与青少年，以及三位中年成员，他们亲切地带领我们参观社区设施与日常生活，并分享了他们富有洞见的体验。
该社区成员全为泰国人，作为一个自给自足的集体运行。其主要的经济支持来自每周六前来参与共修与劳动的信众捐赠——这一活动不仅强化了道德学习，也巩固了社会纽带。
每周六，有两位志愿医生到社区提供免费体检与预防保健服务。这种充满慈悲的服务完美体现了社区“互助与集体福祉”的精神。
另一部分支持来自他们通过志愿经营的“泰国素食协会”（位于清莱国际机场附近）销售有机蔬菜。约十名成员在那里无偿工作，把劳动视为一种神圣奉献——通过推广素食来弘扬慈悲、健康与环保意识。这份服务被理解为一种灵性修行，根植于觉知、合作与无私奉献，而非物质回报。
社区还运营着自己的广播电台，向内部与公众传播生活反思、道德教育与社区新闻——以此推广伦理生活与自立精神。
每天清晨五点，社区生活从冥想与集体学习开始，为一天注入专注、简朴与服务意识。
入会途径
加入兰纳阿苏克是一个深思熟虑的过程：
• 新申请者须由现有成员推荐，但也可自行申请。
• 推荐人需对申请者的品行与承诺进行评估。
• 申请者需阅读七本社区著作，并至少访问社区七次。
• 他们必须遵守“五戒”，将正念与道德修养融入日常实践。
兰纳阿苏克的特色
• 生活方式：成员生活简朴——素食，每天仅进一餐，戒除酒精与纵欲。摒弃迷信，以正念、自律与道德修养为核心。
• 社区实践：生活围绕自立、合作劳动与资源共享展开。
• 社会贡献：更广泛的阿苏克网络通过免费素食餐、农夫市集、二手商店与社区广播等方式，将“布施（dāna）”精神落实于现实行动中。
尽管“善提阿苏克”运动因独立于主流佛教体系而曾受审视，但它仍是道德生活、生态意识与安静力量的鼓舞典范。
我们的来访不仅是一次观察，更是一堂“灵性生态”的生动课程，让我们看到内在转化如何自然地从集体关怀与简朴生活中萌芽。于那谦卑的节奏中，我们看见了——目标孕育的美、纪律孕育的自由、道德清明中绽放的平和。
未来合作：搭建生命禅院与兰纳阿苏克之间的桥梁
虽然生命禅院与兰纳阿苏克源于不同的灵性传承，但两者共享一个愿景——通过生态生活、集体和谐与超越自我的服务，实现道德觉醒。正因如此，双方之间存在着丰富的非宗教性合作潜力。
试点项目：泰国·生命禅院生态学习中心
一个联合学院，用于培训个人与小团体，课程包括：
• 自然农法与永续农业
• 社区设计与合作治理
• 废物管理与可再生能源
• 综合养生与正念生活
形式：开设泰语与国际课程，接待对可持续生活感兴趣的学生、研究者与志愿者。
互惠价值：此项目将作为“生命禅院理想”在泰国文化语境中的现实示范，同时强化兰纳阿苏克“社区自足”模式的生命力。
长远愿景：亚太可持续社区网络
兰纳阿苏克与生命禅院可作为发起成员，共同建立一个连接亚洲生态社区的区域联盟，以：
• 共享培训课程、方法与研究成果
• 推动青年与家庭生态交流项目
• 接待实习生与访问学者
• 增强生态与社会危机的韧性
通过此合作，两方可在共同价值的基础上汲取精神与生态力量——让慈悲、简朴与服务之乐成为新时代可持续文明的引导之光。
结语
与兰纳阿苏克的相遇提醒我们：真正的可持续性并非始于科技或政策，而是源于人心的静默革命。
在他们有纪律的简朴与全心的服务中，我们看到了一个活生生的证明——当一个群体以道德清明、自我约束与慈悲为生命重心时，一切皆有可能。
当生命禅院继续探索“在地球上实现天堂”的道路时，与兰纳阿苏克的交流既是一面镜子，也是一座桥梁——展示了古老智慧与现代理想如何在共同愿景中汇合。
携手同行，我们不仅能建造“生态村”，更能孕育“生态觉知的文明”——在那里，合作取代竞争，工作成为修行，人与自然的和谐被真正“活出来”而非仅被宣讲。
通过互学、文化交流与实际合作，两大社区将继续彼此启发——共同夯实新人人类得以崛起的道德与生态根基。
2025-10-13
Inside Lanna Asoke: A Community Rooted in Simplicity and Service Xilian
Guided by the generous insights of Jon Jandai, we had the privilege on October 8 to visit one of the Ratchathani Asoke communities in Chiang Mai, located in San Sai District (V295+G2P).
Although we had not arranged a prior appointment, we were received with genuine warmth and openness. The members’ heartfelt welcome immediately reflected the sincerity of their way of life. A serendipitous encounter with a member who spoke English enabled meaningful dialogue, deepening our understanding of the community’s philosophy, practices, and guiding principles.
Nestled amid tranquil greenery, Lanna Asoke embodies the Asoke movement’s vision of living simply, ethically, and in harmony with nature. Members devote themselves to lives shaped by discipline and service—cultivating sufficiency, self-reliance, and mindfulness in every aspect of daily living. They grow their own organic food, prepare wholesome vegetarian meals, and live cooperatively, free from attachment to material comfort or indulgence. The serenity of the surroundings, coupled with purposeful communal service, reflects a quiet yet profound inner peace—nurtured through cooperation, mindfulness, and moral clarity.
The name “Lanna Asoke” designates this northern Thai branch of the Ratchathani Asoke community, part of the wider Santi Asoke network. Founded in the 1970s by Phra Bodhirak—formerly Mongkhon Rakphong, a well-known television entertainer who renounced worldly life to become a monk—the movement calls for a return to simplicity, ethical conduct, and self-sufficiency.
Established roughly three decades ago, Lanna Asoke is home to about 50 members, aged between four and ninety-three. Younger members live with their parents, while single members stay in gender-based dormitories within the compound. During our visit, we met mostly older adults and adolescents, along with three middle-aged members who kindly guided us through their facilities and daily routines, offering thoughtful insight into the community’s way of life.
Entirely Thai in composition, the community functions as a self-sufficient collective. Its main support arises from donations by visiting devotees who gather every Saturday for communal service and fellowship—strengthening both moral learning and social bonds.
Each Saturday, two volunteer doctors visit to provide free medical check-ups, ensuring members’ health and offering preventive care. This gesture of compassionate service beautifully complements the community’s ethos of mutual care and collective welfare.
Another source of support comes from the sale of organic vegetables through their volunteer-run shop, the Vegetarian Society of Thailand, near Chiang Rai International Airport. About ten members work there without pay, treating their service not as commerce but as a sacred offering—a mission to promote compassion, health, and environmental awareness through vegetarian living. Their labor is understood as a spiritual discipline, grounded in mindfulness, cooperation, and selfless devotion rather than material reward.
The community also operates its own radio station, broadcasting reflections, ethical lessons, and community news to both members and the public—extending their message of ethical living and self-reliance to a wider audience.
Daily life begins at 5:00 a.m. with morning meditation and group study, cultivating focus, simplicity, and service-minded awareness throughout the day.
Membership Pathway
Joining Lanna Asoke is a deliberate and reflective process:
• New applicants must be referred by an existing member, though self-nomination is possible.
• The referring member provides an evaluation of the applicant’s character and commitment.
• Prospective members must read seven community texts and visit the community at least seven times.
• They must uphold the Five Precepts, nurturing mindfulness and ethical conduct as daily practice.
Distinctive Features of Lanna Asoke
• Lifestyle: Members live simply—vegetarian, eating one meal a day, and abstaining from alcohol and indulgence. Superstition is set aside in favor of mindfulness, self-discipline, and moral cultivation.
• Community Practice: Life revolves around self-reliance, cooperative work, and equitable resource sharing.
• Social Contribution: The wider Asoke network extends this ethos through free vegetarian meals, farmers’ markets, second-hand shops, and community radio—embodying generosity (dāna) through direct, practical service.
Though the Santi Asoke movement has faced scrutiny for its independence from mainstream institutions, it remains an inspiring model of ethical living, ecological consciousness, and quiet moral strength.
Our visit was more than an observation—it was a living lesson in spiritual ecology, revealing how inner transformation naturally grows from communal care and mindful simplicity. Within its humble rhythm, we found beauty born of purpose, freedom rooted in discipline, and peace blossoming from ethical clarity.
Future Collaboration: Building a Bridge Between Lifechanyuan and Lanna Asoke
While Lifechanyuan and Lanna Asoke arise from different spiritual lineages, both share a vision of moral awakening through ecological living, collective harmony, and service beyond self-interest. This common ground opens many non-secular possibilities for collaboration.
Pilot Project: Thailand–Lifechanyuan Eco Learning Center
A joint campus that trains individuals and small groups in:
• Natural farming and permaculture
• Community design and cooperative governance
• Waste management and renewable energy
• Integrative wellness and mindful living
Format: Thai-language and international courses, hosting students, researchers, and volunteers interested in sustainable living.
Mutual Benefit: A living “legacy project” demonstrating real-world applications of Lifechanyuan ideals in Thailand’s cultural context, while strengthening Lanna Asoke’s model of community sufficiency.
Long-Term Vision: Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Communities
Lanna Asoke and Lifechanyuan can serve as founding members of a regional alliance of intentional communities—linking eco-villages across Asia to:
• Share training programs, methods, and research
• Support youth and family eco-retreat exchanges
• Host interns and visiting scholars
• Strengthen resilience against ecological and social crises
Such collaboration would allow both communities to draw moral and ecological strength from shared values—embodying compassion, simplicity, and the joy of service as guiding forces for a new era of sustainable civilization.
Conclusion
Our encounter with Lanna Asoke reminded us that true sustainability begins not with technology or policy, but with the quiet revolution of the human heart. In their disciplined simplicity and wholehearted service, we glimpsed a living testimony to what becomes possible when a community orients its life around moral clarity, self-restraint, and compassion.
As Lifechanyuan continues to explore ways of manifesting heaven on Earth, our dialogue with Lanna Asoke stands as a mirror and a bridge—showing how ancient wisdom and modern aspiration can meet in shared purpose. Together, we can cultivate not just eco-villages, but eco-conscious civilizations—places where cooperation replaces competition, where work becomes worship, and where harmony between people and planet is lived rather than preached.
Through mutual learning, cultural exchange, and practical collaboration, both communities can continue to inspire one another—strengthening the moral and ecological foundations upon which a new humanity may rise.
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