June 2014

Future PostsI have been doing quite a bit of 3 finger pecking on my tablet lately. Enough pecking to finally borrow a Pa-Auk communal keyboard from the computer room, but only after completing 67+ pages of abhidhamma lessons! Wow, what a difference that makes. It is almost like having a laptop without the weight and …

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It really does take a truckload of food to feed the monks at the Upper Monastery. Pa-Auk Main Monastery, Myanmar.(about 60 percent of the residents are at the Upper Monastery. The Lower Monastery monks and Nun's from Nun section get their food right in front of the kitchen)Photos by Yogi Bram (Belgium) This was posted …

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One of the four rows of bowl washing sinks at the monk's eating hall at Pa-Auk Main Monastery, Myanmar.Photos by Yogi Bram (Belgium) This was posted on Google+

Here are a few pictures of the wood and sawdust powered stoves used yo cook for 1000-2000 residents at Pa-Auk Monastery.Photos by Yogi Bram (Belgium) This was posted on Google+

The Whispers of Little WingA few days ago, I read in Susan Blackmore's book about how people believe that coincidental happenings are acts of gods, spirits, or even worse, something they themselves made happen. There were experiments cited to debunk this faith which were quite funny and I even repeated this information in reference to …

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Often, different types of unlabelled pills land on our bowl cover plates while we are passing through the alms food line. Some are obvious like Flax Seed or Fish Oil, but this one has me stumped.  This was posted on Google+

During the kitchen preparation time, the females were meditating in their separate three story meditation hall. Work is optional and may need special permission to do so. 10 Precept Nuns can ordain here as monastics. Nauyana, Sri Lanka has a similar arrangement with Dhammika Ashram. This was only the first or second time that I …

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