Hilltop Newsletter: Thursday 31st October, 2024/2567
Today, Thursday 31st October, is a New Moon day (second New Moon in October).
The next Uposatha Day will be a Full Moon, and falls on Friday, 15th November, 2024.
Current residents at the monastery are: Luang Por Munindo, Ajahn Punnyo, Ajahn Mahachomgaew, Ajahn Thee, Tan Samacitto, and Tan Attannyu.
On Sunday 13th October Luang Por Munindo gave a talk titled, Balancing of Wisdom and Compassion. The talk was in response to a question about the different emphasis put on suffering and compassion in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions.
The annual post-Rains-Retreat Robe-Offering ceremony took place on Sunday 27th October. Since we had five monks living here for the retreat we were able to have a full Kathina. This year’s joyous occasion was led by friends and supporters in the Burmese community. A large gathering of monks and nuns from our other monasteries also joined us. The talk given by Luang Por Munindo on the occasion was titled, A New Religious Paradigm.
A new VIMEO channel has been launched – https://vimeo.com/arunaratanagiri – offering a selection of teachings given at the monastery.
LOOKING AHEAD:
From Delhi, India, another live Q&A Zoom session is planned to take place on Saturday 16th November, 2.30 pm UK time. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/99885126773?pwd=RHRmdFpmU3ArVWpNd1M1eGJjZExLZz09#success
A One Day Retreat (in the Thai language) led by Ajahn Mahachomgaew, is scheduled for Sunday 3rd November. Start time is 10 am. To participate, please book in advance with Daranee Batty: daraneebatty@yahoo.co.uk
There are potentially still vacancies for anyone interested in being part of the 2025 Three Month Winter Retreat Team.
With good wishes.
