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Internetish

Back online again for this weekend… just been busy with the monastery and things, trying to take time for meditation, but construction was finishing up this week, which kept my attention. The construction workers built too more rooms, we received … Continue reading

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December 2011 Update

December has been a busy month on all fronts; after the novice ordination, there was the robe dying, robe-wearing instruction, etc. Then we started an off-line Pali class, which has been fruitful – for me at least, learning a bit … Continue reading

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Meditators ‘R’ Us

The how to meditate for kids video received a bit of a mixed response; lots of people have said how useful it will be, which is honestly what I expected – hence the effort put into making it. Some people … Continue reading

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This is Progress

Well, we’re back on track – an eight-man construction crew hacking apart, tearing up, making a mess that will eventually turn into a new meditation centre. Today the steps to the downstairs cave were rebuilt, most of the old meditation … Continue reading

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thanks, Carp

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Unwelcome Visitors

Live and let live is fine, to an extent. Don’t make friends with the monkeys, they’ll crap on your head. And visitors like this one: are to be relocated when possible. Same goes for big spiders with red abdomens.

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Caves, Monkeys, & Monks

Who could ask for anything more? It’s too early to tell, but I’m settling in here. I would have settled up on the mountain as well, but this place is more convenient in the end, and I’ve got my own … Continue reading

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Finally

I’ve been given notice that tomorrow morning we will go to see the new forest monastery/meditation centre. [And there was much rejoicing. "Yaaaaay."] No, really, this should clear up something about my future here. I’ll take some pictures, maybe a … Continue reading

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Before and After

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Support

This evening, the array of personal and communal affairs I like to call “things” are looking up. But first, I want to address something I forgot in this morning’s post, something dearly important, the Sri Lankan almsround Almsround in Sri … Continue reading

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