American Buddhist Monk: Bhante Subhūti

????Thanks to my brother, our tickets are confirmed for June 22 to December 8th Yangon to Honolulu round trip. Amazing price at $852.Then we fly to Kauai the same day. Getting to hnl will take 33 hours, with two stops in China. My kind brother told me to give him three itineraries so I would not feel worried about the price, but I only gave him one. Ven Devananda, my monastic companion, is now the holder of a multi entry USA visa valid until 2020! However, he will probably only be able to do one entry. Unfortunately, in order to […]

????Soooo. A while back, I said I had Hawaii on my mind and that a string of flowers was starting to look different. Today, the door just opened up. The USA visa was approved for my friend who will be my monastic companion. A "good friend" is a good friend in-deed. I smile when I hear or say the word Kauai. Soon we will walk and meditate inside that world. It is something I had dreamed of doing as a monk, long before I ever ordained. This was posted on Google+

32 parts, The Path Of Purification and The Grateful DeadIf anyone would like to guess what 32 parts meditation looks like to the practitioner, it does not look like this, but it gives a good idea able about what is seen without any practice or hallucinogens. This website has several pictures in addition to the one shown. http://www.buzzfeed.com/natashaumer/fascinating-x-rays-that-will-change-the-way-you-look-at-t#.yywpr4maQ It should be noted that The Grateful Dead has dancing skeletons, and other skeleton motifs including the "Steal Your Face" taken from a classic narcotic song called "He's Gone" "Like I told you, What I said, He'll steal your face right off […]