Month: August 2014

News:I have been working on some old projects which need some detail but they are nearly finished.1.Samadhi Chapter will be released in the next few days. Around..15pages2.Paauk Chanting Book (already)

This free software is awesome for making audio books from text files.  Balabolka Balabolka is a text-to-speech program (freeware). This was posted on Google+

Hepatitis VaccinationThe whole monastery has been offered a Hepetitus-B vaccine (nuns and yogis included). I recently had my second dose. According to wikipedia, after the third dose, I won't need

Water Cooling TeaA common ineffective way to cool tea is to pour the tea back and forth into two cups. A better way is to use the thermal mass of

Cats really really really love nori seaweedWe were served a huge bag of nori today (now a few days ago) which was impossible to finish. I gave the cats half.

A List Of The Foreigner YogisSomeone recently asked how many foreigners are here at Pa-Auk and could not find my old post. This is the list from last month. There

She's Got A Ticket To RideI remember when I was in Colombo, Sri Lanka taking a bus in order to renew my visa at the immigration office. In Sri Lanka,

This time I asked the lady who was giving out unlabeled pills in the alms food line what it was. "B12," she said.I popped it in my mouth and woke

Chanting, Flowers and Possible Origins I found what seems to be a perpetual flower source and have been doing chanting on a regular basis. I have been inviting other monks

Tears Of JoyI had arranged for a pedometer for Sayadaw U Revata as an idea to get him to walk more. As Sayadaws become more busy and famous, they get