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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Someone LIghts a Fire
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Tuesday, April 03, 2012. Someone LIghts a Fire. Seasoned woodfire oak,. Exhales into the gray ocean air,. The two entwine in. Gray, tinged with space. Tinged with a memory of snow that rests on breathing. Here a whale is breathing. Here a slug is breathing. Newt, salamander, frog breathing. Sisters and brothers, mothers, all beings. Words crumple in a damp newspaper ball,. Cardboard toilet paper roll. The oak, a gift from her teacher. Someone lights a fire. Empty...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Reply to "Welcome Back Ayya Tathaaloka & Ven. Nibbida"
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Sunday, June 16, 2013. Reply to "Welcome Back Ayya Tathaaloka and Ven. Nibbida". It is so good to be back in this peaceful forest surrounded by my Sangha sisters. To my surprise, i was greeted on return by a full hall of several groups of friends who came throughout the afternoon, which we all, young and older, spent enjoying meditation and joyful Dhamma reflection and discussion together. Meditating together before almsmeal dana. New temporary camp kitchen is up.
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Now We Are Three
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Monday, June 07, 2010. Now We Are Three. Warm greetings, dear friends of our sangha,. I am very glad to share the news with you that the Venerable Ayya Sobhana Bhikkhuni has accepted my invitation to become a full time resident of our Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, special Monastic Advisor to our Dhammadharini board, and full time co-leading participant in our hermitage project. We are blessed by her many skills and talents that she brings with her, and hope that our he...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: The Challenges of Winter
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Thursday, January 12, 2012. The Challenges of Winter. I hope the holidays brought you and your families joy and the happiness of being together. Thank you for the lovely support you've provided to our monastics during these winter months at Aranya Bodhi. It is because of your generous gifts of such things as heaters, electricity, shelter, food and clothing that they are able to live the Holy Life, a rare and priceless opportunity. Shari Gent, President. Our wish ...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Building our own toolshed
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Sunday, October 14, 2012. Building our own toolshed. It is certainly suitable for a hermitage to create such a clean and orderly space for our building supplies and tools. In the Suttas and Vinaya, we hear stories of the first monastics building their own huts. This is a proper kind of work, to be done mindfully and in full awareness. If you are interested. We have put a few items in our Kathina. Coming on November 3. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Filling m...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Interfaith Women for Peace visit our Awakening Forest
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Sunday, June 02, 2013. Interfaith Women for Peace visit our Awakening Forest. Good things on top of good things, gladdening the heart. The meeting of Ayya Tathaaloka and Sr. Gloria, the abbess of the Dominican Sisters' motherhouse in Mission San Jose, in Fremont two years ago sparked the advent of Interfaith Women for Peace, which has now grown into a lovely and lively contemplative gathering of women religious leaders of multiple faiths in the San Francisco ...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: Heart, Land & Sangha Time | Vesak-week Bhikkhuni Camp at Aranya Bodhi
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Saturday, June 01, 2013. Heart, Land and Sangha Time Vesak-week Bhikkhuni Camp at Aranya Bodhi. Heart, Land and Sangha Time. 2013 Vesak-week Bhikkhuni Camp at Aranya Bodhi. For all dear friends of our Bhikkhuni Sangha. And Venerables far and wide. Warm greetings from the quiet peace of the Awakening Forest, our Vesak-week Bhikkhuni Camp now complete. Let us share with you something of this year's camp. Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, Dhammadharini),. Ayya Suvijjana Bhikk...
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: A new samaneri enters the world
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Tuesday, September 04, 2012. A new samaneri enters the world. A very beautiful thing. A new samaneri entered the world on Sunday 2 September, together at our Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitag. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe to the Hermitage Blog. Support our Forest Hermitage. Become a Member of Our Aranya Bodhi Volunteers Site. Aranya Bodhi Volunteers on Lotsa Helping Hands. Our wish list has moved to our website here:. Filling minor potholes on driveway.
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage: What's Cooking
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Aranya Bodhi: Awakening Forest Hermitage. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Dear Dhamma Friends,. The kitchen now has a dehumidifier that has been collecting up to two gallons of moisture from the air everyday. By reducing humidity and increasing air circulation, two conditions for mold growth, it helps to ensure a healthier environment for all of us. There is also a freezer to keep perishable food for longer periods of time when cold and rain prevents our family of supporters from visiting. And with Metta,.