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How to Invite and Support a Monk: Vinaya Rules Explained
Nov 10, 2025
Why Is Halloween Bad According to Theravada Buddhism?
Oct 21, 2025
The Famous Buddhist Blessing for Food
Oct 16, 2025
A Short Message About The Eightfold Noble Path
Oct 11, 2025
Triple Gem and Einstein
Oct 8, 2025
Buddhist Compass App
Sep 5, 2025
How to Sit Longer in Meditation
Aug 20, 2025
Mystery Pātimokkha Purity?
Aug 4, 2025
Is Shame Good For Meditation?
Jul 16, 2025
What Is Buddhist Rainy Season (Vassa)?
Jul 10, 2025
The Beautiful Mind in Meditation?
Jul 6, 2025
Are Monks Allowed To Use Uber, And Gift Cards?
Mar 10, 2025
My Digital Projects For Buddhism
Feb 24, 2025
Choosing Your Awareness With Selective Attention
Feb 14, 2025
Why I Left The International Institute of Theravāda
Feb 11, 2025
Does Buddhism Have A Creator
Feb 3, 2025
A Month In Geneva Florida
Dec 14, 2024
What Is An Ordained Sayalay?
Nov 5, 2024
New Belt And Pocket
Sep 8, 2024
About The Dhammapada
Aug 11, 2024
Dhammapada 118 Giving Again And Again
Aug 7, 2024
My Trip To America In 2024
Jun 27, 2024
Alms Is Never A Sure Thing
Jun 23, 2024
About Alms In Sri Lanka
Jun 18, 2024
Supermarket Alms In America
May 6, 2024
What Is Buddhist Vesak?
Apr 28, 2024
Can Homosexuals Ordain as Buddhist Monks?
Apr 21, 2024
my-ordination-brother-visits
Apr 16, 2024
How to Lose Weight as a Buddhist Monk
Mar 16, 2024
Making Garlands of Merit
Mar 10, 2024
A Talk On The Monk's Bowl
Mar 1, 2024
American Monk Website Has A New Home
Feb 25, 2024
Planting Wisdom: Reflections on the Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta and a Meditation Journey
Feb 11, 2024
The Power Of Timing In Donations
Feb 7, 2024
How I Got Permission From My Parents
Feb 4, 2024
Three Stories Of Loving-kindness
Jan 14, 2024
Why A Monk's Empty Bowl Made Me So Happy!
Jan 6, 2024
2023 Year Stats In Review
Dec 31, 2023
Memorizing The Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha
Dec 22, 2023
Cambodia Was More Than 1000 Times We Expected
Dec 2, 2023
A Brief Stay At Spring Hill Forest Monastery
Nov 17, 2023
Why did you become a monk?
Oct 1, 2023
What Does Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa Mean?
Sep 16, 2023
How The Buddha's Teachings Saved Japan
Sep 9, 2023
Theravāda Buddhist Monk Head Shaving: Traditions, Stories, and Techniques
Aug 27, 2023
Monks Goings To Autopsies
Aug 9, 2023
Changing The Cloth: The Process To Become A Monk In Sri Lanka
Jul 9, 2023
The Most Common Dhammapāda Chants
Jun 22, 2023
My Sabai Thai Trip
Jun 10, 2023
Intelligent Donations: Turning The Tables
Apr 1, 2023
Percentage of Monks Who Do Not Use Money
Mar 23, 2023
The Order of Monks: How Seniority Shapes the Buddhist Monastic Life
Mar 7, 2023
Living as a Monk in Myanmar During Covid and Government Change
Mar 4, 2023
Buddhism and Lists
Feb 25, 2023
What is Theravada Buddhism?
Feb 15, 2023
About Piṇḍapāta: Why Do Monks Go For Alms in a Village?
Jan 21, 2023
What does AI think of Loving-Kindness? Here is a poem.
Jan 17, 2023
Are Monks Allowed To Perform Marriage Ceremonies?
Jan 14, 2023
International Institute of Theravada
Dec 27, 2022
What Is The Bhikkhu Patimokkha or Buddhist Monk Rules?
Nov 11, 2022
The Buddhist Monk's Bowl
Oct 21, 2022
Tipitaka Pali Reader
Sep 29, 2022
Water Purification
Aug 19, 2022
A Pa-Auk Walk-In Refrigerator
Aug 7, 2022
How Do Monks Live Without Money?
Jul 29, 2022
Are Buddhist Monks Allowed To Use Money?
Jul 10, 2022
How To Be Human and Higher
Jun 29, 2022
Giving is Always Better
Jun 5, 2022
Buddhism: What Happens After Death?
May 29, 2022
Only The Best For Buddha
May 15, 2022
Stay Away From the Fools and Associate with the Wise
Apr 23, 2022
Patheos Interview On Robes
Apr 14, 2022
Pa-Auk Lockdown #3: Living With COVID
Mar 26, 2022
Making Natural Brooms
Mar 3, 2022
Video: Knowing And Seeing Pa-Auk Forest Monastery
Feb 19, 2022
Patimokkha Chant Feb 15, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
My Blackjack Anniversary
Feb 7, 2022
Umbrella Shop 2004-2014
Jan 27, 2022
Should Bhikkhunis Be Sent To Probation Monasteries?
Jan 13, 2022
Happy Boxing Day
Dec 26, 2021
Accused Of Being Psychic
Dec 19, 2021
Monk Towels and Soap
Dec 4, 2021
What is an Overturned Bowl?
Nov 28, 2021
How To Memorize Pāḷi by Rote Method
Nov 23, 2021
Today I Saved A Cockroach
Nov 16, 2021
Memorizing The Noble Eightfold Path
Nov 13, 2021
Toothpaste In A Gated Community
Nov 10, 2021
Suttanta Versus Abhidhamma Rivers
Nov 3, 2021
How Long Do Monk's Robes Last?
Oct 27, 2021
The Monastery Murder Massacre
Oct 17, 2021
Basic Pali Terms for Dhamma
Oct 6, 2021
Only In The West, Only In Asia
Sep 28, 2021
Pa-Auk Vaccination 2021
Sep 18, 2021
Buddhist Sun App
Sep 13, 2021
Remembering 9/11
Sep 11, 2021
Are Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordinations Valid?
Sep 9, 2021
Did The Buddha Know Einstein's Theory?
Sep 5, 2021
The Most Basic Pali Chants to Learn
Aug 19, 2021
Free Buddha Pictures
Aug 9, 2021
When Does Rainy Season Start?
Jul 24, 2021
The Buddha's Intermittent Fasting
Jul 3, 2021
Super Quarantine Inside Pa-Auk
Jun 27, 2021
Can Monks Get Married?
Jun 21, 2021
Why Do Monasteries Have Skeletons?
Jun 11, 2021
Pa-Auk Lockdown #2
Mar 22, 2021
A Buddhist Monk's Prayers For The Old And Sick
Feb 22, 2021
Time for Balance
Feb 16, 2021
How I Got My Name
Feb 6, 2021
Pa-Auk Forest Monastery and Pa-Auk Sayadaw Shared Names
Jan 28, 2021
American Monk 2020 Review
Dec 31, 2020
As Long As You Stand On The Road
Dec 25, 2020
The Real Buddha Statues
Dec 17, 2020
Have You Eaten Yet?
Dec 8, 2020
Mawlamyine Pa-Auk Kitchen 2014
Dec 6, 2020
Thanks and Giving
Nov 26, 2020
Ajahn Brahm's Dark Jhāna
Nov 19, 2020
7 Lockdown Suggestions From A Monk
Oct 25, 2020
Turning 50
Oct 6, 2020
Rice Soup in Buddhist Culture?
Oct 1, 2020
Monk Life and Natural Dyeing
Sep 10, 2020
Where to Ordain?
Sep 4, 2020
A Great Day, 2019
Aug 17, 2020
Tipiṭaka Pāḷi Projector (unsupported)
Aug 10, 2020
The Robes of Theravadan, Mahayanan, Tibetan Monks
Aug 4, 2020
Why Is Vassa (Rainy Season) Late Sometimes?
Jul 31, 2020
Murder He Won't
Jul 13, 2020
The Swastika
Jun 22, 2020
Monastery-wide Sickness Happens
Jun 18, 2020
What is a Kuti?
May 27, 2020
The Mantra of Loving-Kindness
Apr 20, 2020
Covid-19 Lockdown @ Pa-Auk
Apr 6, 2020
Walking Meditation Inside The Home
Mar 23, 2020
Having Fun At The Pa-Auk Dentist Clinic
Mar 16, 2020
500+ monks at Pa-Auk Main. Some slippers go missing, but not these.
Mar 9, 2020
Sabbe Satta -All Beings
Mar 2, 2020
Maymyo Pa-Auk Meals
Feb 17, 2020
Anniversary 19: I’m Still Standing
Feb 6, 2020
Free PTS Sutta eBooks
Dec 29, 2019
On The Way Back Home
Dec 24, 2019
All in the Family
Nov 20, 2019
Chicago Lao Monastery
Nov 12, 2019
Leaving Kaua'i On A Jet Plane
Oct 9, 2019
Early Monk Pictures
Oct 8, 2019
Ian (exVen. Visarada) Visits Kauai
Oct 1, 2019
Why I Ordained Twice
Sep 13, 2019
Most Important Buddhist Lesson Learned and Taught
Aug 18, 2019
Interview: Monk Meditates for 24 Hours
Aug 4, 2019
Meditation or Religious Visas
Jul 23, 2019
Conversations With Christians
Jul 7, 2019
Pa-Auk Monastery Alms Line in Myanmar
Jun 25, 2019
Fighting Anger With Loving-Kindness and No Money
Jun 17, 2019
Koral Inspires Me
May 31, 2019
Kauai Update: Lihue
May 9, 2019
Interview 2
Apr 1, 2019
Video Interview About Alms
Mar 25, 2019
Legal Name Change
Mar 4, 2019
18th Anniversary and Update
Feb 8, 2019
Should Monks Use Mixing Bowls as Monk Bowls?
Feb 1, 2019
An Old Kauai Favorite: KKCR Interview
Jan 22, 2019
Fingernail Meditation
Jan 1, 2019
Miracle On 3 or 4 Streets
Dec 23, 2018
Kauai Monk Update 3
Nov 25, 2018
Free 10-Day Meditation Course
Nov 15, 2018
Vinaya Comparison of Monastery Allowances
Nov 5, 2018
Why Are Monk Bowls Black?
Oct 22, 2018
How To Pronounce Theravada
Oct 7, 2018
Free Book: Going For Broke
Oct 3, 2018
Abhidhamma Lessons: A Top-Down Approach Using Computer Science
Oct 1, 2018
The Seeds From Long Ago
Sep 22, 2018
Why do monks have one shoulder exposed sometimes and both shoulders covered other times?
Sep 19, 2018
Guided Four Elements and Loving-Kindness September 9th, 2018
Sep 13, 2018
Theravada Buddhism and Sex: The Third Precept on Sexual Misconduct
Sep 10, 2018
Results From Collecting Alms In Kauai
Sep 6, 2018
MP3 of Princeville Dhamma Talk September 2, 2018
Sep 3, 2018
Dhamma Talk Princeville August 19 2018
Aug 20, 2018
Bhikkhu Subhuti’s Blog has moved!
Aug 19, 2018
Buddhist Monks' Robes Information
Aug 16, 2018
The Secret Teachings of Theravāda
Aug 3, 2018
September 11 and Jeremy Glick
Jul 28, 2018
Is Collecting Alms (Piṇḍapāta) Legal?
Jul 12, 2018
A Walk In The Gardens
Jun 25, 2018
The Concept in Breath Meditation
Jun 10, 2018
When To Look At The Light
May 24, 2018
Kauai Update Part 2
May 16, 2018
Kauai Update
Apr 22, 2018
Should We Be Nice To Muslims?
Mar 29, 2018
Acapella Inertia MP3 Audio
Feb 16, 2018
A Tale of Love and Samādhi Explained: A'capella Inertia
Feb 10, 2018
17th Anniversary
Feb 6, 2018
Monk's Needle Case
Jan 27, 2018
Vegetarianism and Theravada Buddhism
Jan 12, 2018
Inspire Means To Leave Facebook
Jan 2, 2018
Traveling Without a Helper
Dec 7, 2017
Are You A Buddhist
Nov 30, 2017
Possessed! A Halloween Special
Oct 29, 2017
The Dark Side of Ajahn Mun's Biography
Oct 21, 2017
How to Make a Monk Filter in 3 Minutes
Oct 10, 2017
I Finally Did It!
Oct 6, 2017
How Do Monks Say Grace Before Eating?
Sep 28, 2017
Racism in Asia, Myanmar, and Monasteries
Sep 14, 2017
Does The Buddha live in Nibbana
Sep 10, 2017
Donation to Sangha or Individuals?
Sep 2, 2017
Making A Foot-Rug From Old Robes
Aug 13, 2017
General Update Pre-Vassa 2017
Jun 3, 2017
Maymo Pa-Auk (Pyin Oo Lwin)
May 24, 2017
Why Are Most Monasteries Not Allowable?
Mar 26, 2017
Bowling Down an Alley
Mar 9, 2017
Singing With My Bowl
Mar 4, 2017
Shining The Inner Core
Feb 4, 2017
Spoken Metta Mix by One Voice
Jan 15, 2017
Is it Begging?
Jan 14, 2017
Inspiration, move me brightly
Jan 9, 2017
5, 8 and 10 Precepts
Dec 18, 2016
Throwing Rice at Weddings and Birds
Dec 11, 2016
Buddhism and Abortion
Dec 5, 2016
No TV Huh? Part I
Nov 13, 2016
Making Helmut Schmidt’s Day
Sep 25, 2016
Lucky-Draw and Devas
Sep 16, 2016
Learning to Fly
Sep 2, 2016
Make The Best Free Meditation Seat: The Samadhi-Sausage
Aug 26, 2016
Kauai Propagation Presentation
Jul 18, 2016
A Different Love Trumps Hate
Jul 16, 2016
The Coolest Incense Holder
Jul 10, 2016
When It Rains It Pours
Jul 3, 2016
The Benefits of Faith Alms
Jun 26, 2016
An Open Letter to Ma Ba Tha
Jun 8, 2016
Visit to Varanasi Monastery, Mingaladon
May 26, 2016
Homeless and Living Out of a Box.
May 24, 2016
Why Are The Monks Fighting Over Food?
May 8, 2016
License to Spill (Myanmar Thingyan, New Year)
Apr 13, 2016
Pa-Auk Monastery in Mudon
Mar 21, 2016
Bagan Slideshow
Mar 18, 2016
Kauai Slideshow
Mar 18, 2016
Back in Myanmar Headed to Pa-Auk Meditation Center
Dec 11, 2015
The Blue Room Session and Update
Dec 4, 2015
Mangala Sutta Dhamma Talk
Nov 30, 2015
Loving Kindness Wins The Race
Nov 26, 2015
Oasis Radio Show Archive
Nov 22, 2015
Some Wish For Peace
Nov 17, 2015
It's Only Half The Story
Nov 14, 2015
KKCR - Monks on Kauai Community Radio
Nov 13, 2015
New Dhamma Talk November 28
Nov 12, 2015
Mahamangala Dhamma Talk 2
Nov 9, 2015
Very Sweet Indeed
Oct 30, 2015
Pa-Auk Forest Monastery HD
Oct 28, 2015
A Useful Quote from "Free Spirit"
Oct 15, 2015
Why the moons are off by one day in Eastern and Western Calendars
Oct 12, 2015
New Dhamma Talk Location
Oct 11, 2015
A new Spot
Oct 6, 2015
Kauai Dhamma Talk September
Sep 28, 2015
Dhamma Talk 3 in Kauai
Sep 21, 2015
Unedited Kauai talk August
Sep 21, 2015
That Which Feeds Us
Sep 12, 2015
Kauai Update #2
Sep 3, 2015
Inclination for Meditation
Aug 17, 2015
Our Bodhi Tree
Aug 14, 2015
Lumaha'i Beach
Aug 12, 2015
Kauai Update 1
Aug 11, 2015
Canyon Hike Review
Aug 9, 2015
This Morning's View
Aug 8, 2015
I forget how many rainbows I have seen this month. Maybe 7 or 8? This one was over our property. Today...
Jul 25, 2015
I went to Waimea canyon today
Jul 18, 2015
Modern monks transcribing an ancient Buddhist Pali Grammar book (suttamala) in Kauai.
Jul 3, 2015
Our bus passes start on July 1.
Jul 1, 2015
Thanks. I had long ago written about this scene as being the answer to the movie's title theme which...
Jun 30, 2015
Where We Chant
Jun 28, 2015
Ven dewananda by his temporary lodging and some pics of "The Sanctuary", the name of the place where...
Jun 27, 2015
+Bikkhu Pannagavesaka just arrived to Yangon from Pa-Auk Main on a bus that says "Aloha". Very Auspicious...
Jun 20, 2015
A nice story about a man who chooses a different kind of view, and sees the world in a better way. Please...
Jun 16, 2015
If you have metal in your mouth and are concerned, you can read this page to feel better. It is mostly...
Jun 15, 2015
????Thanks to my brother, our tickets are confirmed for June 22 to December 8th Yangon to Honolulu round...
May 23, 2015
????Soooo. A while back, I said I had Hawaii on my mind and that a string of flowers was starting to look...
May 21, 2015
32 parts, The Path Of Purification and The Grateful Dead
May 18, 2015
About two weeks ago, on my way to Yangon, I had a chance to see Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock) since...
Apr 29, 2015
Getting Ahead in 3D
Apr 28, 2015
If anyone is interested in reading up on great organization. This one seems to be very good. I have ...
Apr 27, 2015
Aren't photo editors great? I remember when we used film and paper and had to pay for pictures!
Apr 21, 2015
Gravity Payments founder Dan Price cuts his salary from $US1m to $US70k, doubles staff wages
Apr 16, 2015
Thumbs Up For Hitchhiking
Apr 15, 2015
Text posted by imron yousuf. At https://plus.google.com/117415869687509148486 "Very little has been ...
Apr 12, 2015
I am feeling really happy..like my feet are not really touching the ground today! My dream to be a monk...
Apr 11, 2015
They might be Giants
Apr 9, 2015
Before and After Water Filter
Apr 6, 2015
Trying second time to get picture.. I think this worked.
Apr 5, 2015
Withmetta.net is back
Apr 4, 2015
The Old Fashion Fire-Line Method
Apr 2, 2015
2015 Pa-Auk Retreat in a new Maymyo Section?
Mar 27, 2015
I Got Kauai On My Mind
Mar 27, 2015
It really does take a truck load of rice to feed Pa-Auk Yogis
Mar 25, 2015
My website account http://withmetta.net has been hacked and shutdown.
Mar 17, 2015
A Counterfeit Mitsubishi Truck
Mar 16, 2015
Interesting
Mar 15, 2015
Myanmar has only Two Syllables
Mar 13, 2015
Here is a story about a worker in an automobile assembly factory who was fearful about following through...
Mar 11, 2015
Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadawkyi in America at Abhayagiri Monastery.
Mar 10, 2015
This medicine was given to to the monks in the alms food line. I took it (to my kuti) just to make a...
Mar 7, 2015
This is Awesome! You should read this! I can't wait to sign him for our team!
Mar 6, 2015
A small kuti on the way to the "learning center" where I keep my Sim.
Mar 5, 2015
Here is a nice story to warm up your Winter.
Mar 4, 2015
That Little Itch Might Be Telling You Something
Mar 2, 2015
Here is a small storey on giving. Please send your stories! Everyone is very happy after they write ...
Mar 1, 2015
My mother sent me this for Valentine's Day.
Feb 27, 2015
Razors and Switchblades
Feb 27, 2015
Dinner For One
Feb 19, 2015
It Looks Like It Is Bronze
Feb 16, 2015
With Metta Website
Feb 10, 2015
Today is my monk anniversary from February 7th, 2001. I reset my ordination in 2007. I am quite happy...
Feb 7, 2015
Donation Day today at Pa-Auk. This is a time where all of the teachers come together from the 29 local...
Feb 3, 2015
Making the bowl black. I got mine recently done at the blacksmith shop! Pa-Auk Monastery, Mawlamyine...
Feb 1, 2015
There are rumors that Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadawkyi will be coming to Pa-Auk Tawya main for the famous...
Jan 31, 2015
A Monk Working In The Umbrella Repair Shop
Jan 27, 2015
Rote in Action
Jan 19, 2015
I bet these flowers are expensive in the West!
Jan 17, 2015
Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, A - PDF eBook
Jan 16, 2015
A monk practices by rote memory in the learning hall. I call it "The Shouting Room" Take a listen to...
Jan 11, 2015
This is a picture of today's Alms round at the villages surrounding Varanasi Monastery. The rice is ...
Jan 9, 2015
This is how monks or anybody traditionally learns something by rote memory. The monks will usually do...
Jan 8, 2015
This is what I knew and trusted when I invited the Muslims to come to Pa-Auk. I hope that all religions...
Jan 8, 2015
I can claim personally that meditation improved my academics. I did very poorly in school and SAT. However...
Jan 4, 2015
Another novice monk at Varanasi Monastery.
Jan 3, 2015
The Cob Summer House
Jan 2, 2015
I too had this problem when I flew to the USA on British Airways in 2008, but I have never delayed a...
Jan 1, 2015
I am staying a Varanasi Monastery. It is a monastery that follows the rules closely. There are many ...
Dec 31, 2014
A classic picture of the Pa-Auk novice monks from 2004. The young (and adorable) monks were moved to...
Dec 29, 2014
Otoscope In The Monk's Clinic
Dec 28, 2014
This video was so good, I had to verify it was available on youtube before giving it to friends
Dec 27, 2014
The Construction of Mettavihari Female Meditation Hall
Dec 21, 2014
A classic picture of Pa-Auk
Dec 16, 2014
Oily food anyone? Pa-Auk Foreigners are prepared special foreigner food because the local food often...
Dec 13, 2014
I recently saw a usa ten dollar bill! It looks different from 1999.
Dec 12, 2014
A donor as the nuns resceive rice in Pa-Auk Village
Dec 9, 2014
Here is another picture of alms round in Intakkaw from last year.
Dec 7, 2014
Table for One-ness
Dec 1, 2014
Utopian Avenue
Nov 27, 2014
Muddy Waters Blues
Nov 25, 2014
Sunday night we had an English Dhamma-talk with Sayadaw U Kovida. The new FM Transmitters were used ...
Nov 24, 2014
Robe Offering
Nov 22, 2014
A Dying Breed
Nov 20, 2014
The Dragon Chair
Nov 18, 2014
I just got 1 otoscope and 4 portable FM transmitters that I requested. Transport, as always, was the...
Nov 16, 2014
Kuti Construction
Nov 15, 2014
Alms Round in Intakkaw
Nov 13, 2014
A portrait of two monks and three kidneys. U Pandicca recently left...and then there were two.
Nov 6, 2014
A View Of The Sangha Hospital
Nov 6, 2014
A Sidecar Scooter
Nov 4, 2014
What Halloween is like
Nov 2, 2014
My friend U Pandicca recently came for a visit next door at Sayadaw U Obhasa's kuti. He will he here...
Oct 30, 2014
Quote on about Apples and Razors and the gullible who listen to the Media
Oct 27, 2014
Since Halloween Is Approaching
Oct 27, 2014
The Wooden Sounding Block
Oct 24, 2014
A notice I posted for our guest rice servers
Oct 22, 2014
American Pa-Auk Center?
Oct 17, 2014
My family shared half the meals for approximately 1200 monks, nuns and yogis for lunch and breakfast...
Oct 8, 2014
Some wish for peace, I make it happen
Oct 7, 2014
Malawmyine Sangha Hospital
Oct 5, 2014
Humpty Dumpty is back together again
Oct 1, 2014
The Message From Long Ago
Sep 27, 2014
The "Beverly Hills" Section of Pa-Auk
Sep 25, 2014
Flower Art Served on a Bowl Cover
Sep 23, 2014
Which part is the car? Which part of you is you?
Sep 21, 2014
New Pa-Auk Thailand Monastery
Sep 13, 2014
Knowledge of Microphones, Knowledge of Meaning
Sep 11, 2014
Alter States of Mind
Sep 9, 2014
Umbrellas
Sep 6, 2014
Little Wing Strikes Again
Sep 4, 2014
News: I have been working on some old projects which need some detail but they are nearly finished. ...
Aug 31, 2014
Hepatitis Vaccination
Aug 29, 2014
This free software is awesome for making audio books from text files.
Aug 29, 2014
Water Cooling Tea
Aug 27, 2014
Cats really really really love nori seaweed
Aug 23, 2014
A List Of The Foreigner Yogis
Aug 22, 2014
She's Got A Ticket To Ride
Aug 22, 2014
Chanting, Flowers and Possible Origins
Aug 20, 2014
This time I asked
Aug 20, 2014
Tears Of Joy
Aug 15, 2014
Yogi Gregory (previously Bhikkhu U Dhaminda) recently came to deliver a new Sure sm58 microphone that...
Aug 14, 2014
It Is Never Too Late Part II
Aug 12, 2014
Flowers From Long Ago
Aug 9, 2014
Early Morning Rounds
Aug 2, 2014
The Bhikkhuni Revival According To Orthodox Theravada
Aug 1, 2014
The rain was falling hard this past evening. The electricity was out as usual. I was doing some chanting...
Jul 30, 2014
I saw a newly ordained bhikkhu near the "Pre-leftovers" table. I asked him how he was doing and he said...
Jul 28, 2014
Cats Like To Eat Corn
Jul 24, 2014
Better Late Than Never
Jul 21, 2014
Monks' Robes
Jul 18, 2014
My friend from Ukraine came for a short visit. This was a picture in India.
Jul 13, 2014
Monasterynote5
Jul 9, 2014
According to the Buddhist texts: After coming back from alms round, we should put the extra food we ...
Jul 7, 2014
It is not just a job, it's Right Livelihood
Jul 4, 2014
The line for a single day's meal at monks' alms hall at Pa-Auk Main Monastery, Myanmar. Photos by Yogi...
Jun 25, 2014
Future Posts
Jun 21, 2014
It really does take a truckload of food to feed the monks at the Upper Monastery. Pa-Auk Main Monastery...
Jun 18, 2014
One of the four rows of bowl washing sinks at the monk's eating hall at Pa-Auk Main Monastery, Myanmar...
Jun 16, 2014
Here are a few pictures of the wood and sawdust powered stoves used yo cook for 1000-2000 residents ...
Jun 13, 2014
The Whispers of Little Wing
Jun 5, 2014
Delivery to Pa-Auk Kitchen. Photo by Yogi Bram (Belgium)
Jun 4, 2014
Often, different types of unlabelled pills land on our bowl cover plates while we are passing through...
Jun 2, 2014
Can water be felt? An Introduction To Material Realities And The Sense Of Touch
Jun 1, 2014
During the kitchen preparation time, the females were meditating in their separate three story meditation...
Jun 1, 2014
The famous Tree House at Pa-Auk. Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. Photo by Yogi Bram (Belgium)
May 31, 2014
I had quite a bit of coconut oil on my robes after an Ayurveda Massage on the last day of my 10 night...
May 29, 2014
Rice for Pa-Auk Forest Monastery
May 29, 2014
The women doing prep work outside the Pa-Auk kitchen. Different groups, different minds. Mawlamyine,...
May 27, 2014
Some more worker portraits from the Pa-Auk kitchen. In general, the guys are paid workers and the women...
May 26, 2014
A few nuns sorting through the rice. (Probably to remove stones). Photos by yogi Bram (Belgium).
May 25, 2014
Meet the Happy Cook ! Pa-Auk Forest Monastery Kitchen, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. Photo by Yogi...
May 25, 2014
Kitchen for 1,000 to 2,000 Residents Overview
May 24, 2014
Although I do not see myself posting anymore on the Buddhist and Spiritual Communities
May 22, 2014
Kuti portrait at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar
May 21, 2014
3-Year-Old Remembers Past Life, Identifies Murderer and Location of Body - The Epoch Times
May 20, 2014
A small view of the Pa-Auk Nun's Kuti Village.
May 20, 2014
I liked this idea!
May 18, 2014
Cooking With A Paddle
Apr 30, 2014
Sayadawgyi finished his six day Dhamma Talk series in Myanmar Language on The Brahmanimantanika Sutta...
Apr 20, 2014
Sayadawgyi scheduled one day for English Q&A. I was chosen by Saydawgyi impromptu to sift through all...
Apr 20, 2014
Here is a picture of the translation of Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw's Dhamma talk with the fm mic. We used ...
Apr 14, 2014
Sayadawgyi is at Pa-Auk Tawya. We are so glad to see him back! Population has grown to 2000 from 1000...
Apr 14, 2014
Here is a picture of a temporary novice monk (Samanera) from Scotland at our roadside Bodhi Tree. Pa...
Apr 12, 2014
Here is an awesome picture showing the typical patimokkha recitation at Pa-Auk Meditation Center (from...
Apr 1, 2014
Getting Alms At Pa-Auk
Mar 20, 2014
A few days ago, a friend showed me a trick he "discovered.". The side panel of our monk bags are usually...
Mar 19, 2014
3 Story Dormitory @ Pa-Auk. 80 kuties with private bath. The last picture is the Solar Clothes Dryer...
Mar 14, 2014
Natural Dying at Pa-Auk. (tree bark) Picture List: 1. Wood stove made from a steel barrel. 2. Feeding...
Mar 14, 2014
This photographer came to Pa-Auk recently to shoot some pictures. He is really goooood. One or two...
Mar 9, 2014
Sayadaw U Revata is my favorite teacher (Next to The Most Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw (U Acinna) ) http...
Mar 5, 2014
Repost of one single vid small size. 13mb The new Meditation Hall for Lay Yogis in The Middle Monastery...
Feb 23, 2014
Repost of pic only of construction at paauk.
Feb 23, 2014
February 14th, Mahadana Day. We had approx 1300 Bhikkhus visiting. 667 monks stayed for patimokkha. ...
Feb 20, 2014
Pariyatti (study) monastery near Nauyana, Sri Lanka
Feb 20, 2014
3 pics on transportation in Myanmar. 1. The taxes on cars are less expensive than before, but still...
Feb 14, 2014
Today, February 7th, is my ordination anniversary from 2001. I ordained under Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw...
Feb 7, 2014
I just recieved a box of goodies from Thailand for the FM translation system. It has a new fm mic for...
Feb 5, 2014
My neighborhood video. Better.
Jan 29, 2014
Here is a picture of my old kuti (#123) from 2001 to 2005. At that time nearly all kuties were what...
Jan 27, 2014
In the early days of Pa-Auk, Sayalay Daw Ma (Shan) Canda used to give fruti to some of the regular monks...
Jan 23, 2014
This is where I eat lunch everyday at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery. (My kuti)
Jan 20, 2014
Pa auk is now well into the 600 monk range (bhikkhu + samanera).
Jan 16, 2014
OK, This was the first question for English competency. Try to figure out what to write! Yes, you bet...
Jan 9, 2014
It looks as though I will sit for an entrance exam for ITBMU. I am here because of a medical problem...
Jan 8, 2014
I asked my Kappiya (a monk's helper) if he wanted a pillow. He held up a Coke can and said, "No thanks..."
Jan 6, 2014
Here is Paauk. Click on the google earth to see the kutis.
Jan 5, 2014
I just finished reading this book (slow). I recommend it highly.
Jan 5, 2014
Pa-Auk Forest Meditation Centre (Meditation hall), Mawlamyine, Mon, Myanmar (Burma) - Google Maps
Jan 5, 2014
I remember Ven. Jinasiri when he was at Na Uyana. I learned a few things from him and spent a couple...
Jan 4, 2014
On December 14th I returned to paauk main Mawlamyine. There was a Hawaiian drink on the day I arrived...
Jan 3, 2014
This was from Pa Auk Mawlamyine befire I left for Intakaw. With over 500 monks, a fully operational ...
Dec 17, 2013
This was the picture to the link I posted yesterday
Dec 17, 2013
Just got 4 new toy fm microphones delivered. It is an idea I had to make simultaneous translations easier...
Dec 12, 2013
With only a gate on my door, I am hoping this will keep my snake away. It cuts the kuti frog population...
Dec 4, 2013
This non-legged creature was found in my kuti. The picture was shot from my bed about 6 feet away. ...
Dec 1, 2013
For those of you who do not know what an Asian Shower is
Nov 22, 2013
Here are some natural motifs done with rocks instead of tiles. The big one is my steps and the small...
Nov 22, 2013
Call me slow, but a local put his peels under his meditation cushion. When we asked why, he said it ...
Nov 21, 2013
I like this book. I am at his monastery now. https://archive.org/details/UPNDAnapanasatifirstEdition
Nov 21, 2013
Read the messgage. Nice to see things change, although it will twist the culture.
Nov 18, 2013
Older VSM Link
Oct 30, 2013
Tea is considered a medicine in most Theravada traditions and allowable after NOON. At Pa Auk, we are...
Oct 30, 2013
Dentist and dental chair several times per week
Oct 28, 2013
80 foreinger monks attend weekly vinaya class by sayadaw u candima.
Oct 23, 2013
About 20% of 1006 residents are foreigners.
Oct 23, 2013
Traditional alms round, house by house. If it were not for the dogs and children(to tell the mothers...
Oct 23, 2013
Every Wednesday and Sunday at Pa auk Main, Myanmar. No insurance required.
Oct 16, 2013
very beautiful video
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