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| Thursday, 01 April 2010 16:36 |
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Little Saffron Raincoats
This week the trustees heard that their bid to purchase the lake at the bottom of Harnham Hill was successful. After signing of contracts, four acres of water and five-point-six acres of adjoining land, will be added to Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery, providing ample space for walking and sitting meditation and scope for endless fantasies. The surrounding fields are presently populated with lots of little lambs dressed in plastic saffron raincoats to protect them from the torrent of April rain (though at the time of writing there is clear blue skies). Meanwhile the redecoration of the Dhamma Hall is completed and already in use for evening puja. Puja this Sunday will be held there; Ajahn Munindo will be giving a Dhamma talk before setting off the next day with Ajahn Abhinando and Ajahn Punnyo to Amaravati Buddhist Monastery to take part in the annual Theras' meeting and Elders’ Council. Anagarika Gabor will accompany them, contributing his considerable computing skills to the project for reformatting all Ajahn Chah's talks in English and setting up a centralized database for Forest Sangha audio files. As Easter approaches Kusala House begins to fill up with guests and Manager Ralph continues to empty out all concerns of how it will be after three months of only a few harmonious and cooperative residents. In the Ajahns’ absence Tan Nandiyo will be acting as stand-in senior incumbent before going back in May to Dhammapala monastery in Switzerland to join Ajahn Khemasiri. |
