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| Friday, 12 February 2010 07:17 |
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Mame cooking
Another pleasant week has zipped past. The winter is slowly retreating and the attractive inevitability of spring is becoming more apparent as we begin to welcome earlier dawns (which create beautiful sunrises just around breakfast time). Ajahn Munindo returned from a trip to Amaravati Monastery last Friday where he welcomed back Luang Por Sumedho after his two months away. Ajahn Munindo brought back with him a new Buddha-Rupa, hand crafted by Ajahn Vimalo, which is currently being gilded. The next day Harnham hosted a large party of Sri Lankan Marine Engineer students from South Shields who had come to offer Dana - fortunately the weather permitted their coach to get up the hill. On Sunday evening the Dhamma Hall was full of visitors who had come for the evening Puja, where we heard a Dhamma talk on the Dhammapada verse (verse 193) featured on the February page of the Forest Sangha calendar (to hear the talk click here, to read the verse click here). Once the weekend had passed the monastery returned to its sparse self, with only the community and winter support team residing. This week Mame has been lending a hand and has been teaching Ralph many a recipe in the kitchen (and a few gardening tips as well). All in all a delightfully ordinary week. |
