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| Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:46 |
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The Leeds Group
Last weekend Kusala House hosted nine people from the Dhammapala Buddhist group in Leeds who had come to offer dana on the Saturday and Sunday and share in the peaceful atmosphere of the retreat house. Ralph, who is now officially the Kusala House Manager, coped admirably with his first influx of visitors. Also staying was Dr. Mark Overton (ex- Bhikkhu Jotiko), an old friend of Ajahn Munindo's and fellow New Zealander, who had come to take part in the retreat for ten days. No doubt he was pleased to escape the current heatwave of Australia (his current residence) where temperatures have risen past 30 degrees Celsius. Perhaps the frosty mornings and below zero nights (Bolam Lake is still frozen by the way) of Northern England were quite a shock, but they haven't deterred Ajahn Punnyo, who set off for a three day trek to Hexham and back on Tuesday (he will hopefully be back later today). A thrilling display of Yorkshire resilience. We now have only one full week of Winter Retreat left, but fortunatly next week shall be a silent one, allowing us to put aside other concerns and spend our remaining time as skilfully as possible. The blog next week will thus be postponed, but the dana list will continue to be updated as normal. |
