Giving is Always Better
Venerable Sunanda recently had his birthday. For his birthday, he decided to offer 100 shoulder cloths to various monks.
Category: Monk Life
Only The Best For Buddha
When we give water to the Bodhi Tree, it is not uncommon to give pure bottled drinking water to it.
Patheos Interview On Robes
Alonzo Gaskill had read my previous article on Buddhist Robes and wanted to interview me for another Buddhist robes article.
Pa-Auk Lockdown #3: Living With COVID
Now the world is getting used to COVID-19 and many countries are announcing a new policy called “Living with COVID”. Now we are too. I will explain.
Making Natural Brooms
Natural fiber brooms are quite common in Theravadan countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Laos.
Patimokkha Chant Feb 15, 2022
Yesterday, I recited the 227 rules of the Pātimokkha for 110 bhikkhus at Pa-Auk Meditation Center in Pyin Oo Lwin
My Blackjack Anniversary
Today is my 21 anniversary for when I first got ordained as a monk on February 7th, 2001. As you know there was …
Umbrella Shop 2004-2014
Rainy Season is luckily my favorite and I love all five months of it. Excerpt from Going For Broke: Monasterynote5: Walkman Karaoke, 2004
Accused Of Being Psychic
Accused of Being Psychic A brief video describing this story has been added to this post below. The longer story is below that. I think it was in 2003 or 2004 when I was at Pa-Auk Meditation Center when this event happened to me. I was at the mountain meditation hall during the meditation break and I saw a yogi dressed in white yogi clothes. His outfit basically looked like pajamas to most Westerners, but if you know the meditation scene and you know how the foreigners usually dress at Pa-Auk, then you would know that he was a serious […]
Monk Towels and Soap
Very few people from the West know about what the monks use for their bath towels and their bathing soap.