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    • ► January (19)
      • Inside my kuti.#photography
      • 20 percent of 500 acres at Pa-Auk
      • My neighborhood video. Better.
      • My Neighborhood
      • Here is a picture of my old kuti (#123) from 2001 to 2005.  At that time nearly all kuties were what...
      • These are some stats on Pa-auk.
      • Path at Pa-auk.
      • In the early days of Pa-Auk, Sayalay Daw Ma (Shan) Canda used to give fruti to some of the regular monks...
      • This is where I eat lunch everyday at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery. (My kuti)
      • Pa auk is now well into the 600 monk range (bhikkhu + samanera).
      • Itbmu pics. I leave tonight.
      • OK, This was the first question for English competency. Try to figure out what to write! Yes, you bet...
      • It looks as though I will sit for an entrance exam for ITBMU. I am here because of a medical problem...
      • I asked my Kappiya (a monk's helper) if he wanted a pillow. He held up a Coke can and said, "No thanks..."
      • Pa-Auk Forest Meditation Centre (Meditation hall), Mawlamyine, Mon, Myanmar (Burma) - Google Maps
      • Here is Paauk.  Click on the google earth to see the kutis.
      • I just finished reading this book (slow). I recommend it highly.
      • I remember Ven.  Jinasiri when he was at Na Uyana.  I learned a few things from him and spent a couple...
      • On December 14th I returned to paauk main Mawlamyine. There was a Hawaiian drink on the day I arrived...
  • ►2013 (22)
    • ► December (7)
      • This was the picture to the link I posted yesterday
      • This was from Pa Auk Mawlamyine befire I left for Intakaw. With over 500 monks, a fully operational ...
      • New door. Custom Stainless steel.
      • Just got 4 new toy fm microphones delivered. It is an idea I had to make simultaneous translations easier...
      • With only a gate on my door, I am hoping this will keep my snake away. It cuts the kuti frog population...
      • Good for my new visitors.
      • This non-legged creature was found in my kuti.  The picture was shot from my bed about 6 feet away. ...
    • ► November (7)
      • A kuti is a monk's residence. 
      • For those of you who do not know what an Asian Shower is
      • Here are some natural motifs done with rocks instead of tiles. The big one is my steps and the small...
      • Call me slow, but a local put his peels under his meditation cushion. When we asked why, he said it ...
      • I like this book. I am at his monastery now. https://archive.org/details/UPNDAnapanasatifirstEdition
      • Read the messgage. Nice to see things change, although it will twist the culture.
      • Alms round in indakkaw.
    • ► October (7)
      • Older VSM Link
      • Tea is considered a medicine in most Theravada traditions and allowable after NOON.  At Pa Auk, we are...
      • Dentist and dental chair several times per week
      • Traditional alms round, house by house. If it were not for the dogs and children(to tell the mothers...
      • 80 foreinger monks attend weekly vinaya class by sayadaw u candima.
      • About 20% of 1006 residents are foreigners.
      • Every Wednesday and Sunday at Pa auk Main, Myanmar. No insurance required.
    • ► June (1)
      • very beautiful video

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