It is already quite hot. Temperature changed in just a few days. At night the robe is enough to cover with. No more blankets needed.
This is the second day without water.
We were joking about that the villagers can smell when we come on almsround. In the afternoon one, laa, brought a ton full of water with his pick up and we filled all available buckets.
Laa is bringing his nice or his son lately when he comes to the thai/english language exchange. Good that he does. I was worried that his wife gets jelouse or the others strat to talk, he spent everyday an houre with us.
We are thinking of a way to show our donators in the village our gratefulness without making them think we want to "buy" them or pay for what they give [which would be like anulling the merits they do with their donations.
Laa will never know that i write this here but i have to say that we, the soon-to-be-nun-again nadya and i, are very, very grateful. We know that without him supporting and helping us we would be lost. [well everything would be much more difficult]
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The Buddha said:
So hard to see, so very, very subtle, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. The wise should guard it. The mind protected brings ease.
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- Phalañānī
- former actrice and comedian for a long time quit stage and audience some years ago to live a peaceful and quiet life in a small village in spain. Actually i'm ordained as a theravada buddhist nun.
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Karania Metta Sutta
This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the wise would later reprove. Wishing: In gladness and in safety, May all beings be at ease. Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far away, Those born and to-be-born — May all beings be at ease! Let none deceive another, Or despise any being in any state. Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and ill-will. Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down Free from drowsiness, One should sustain this recollection. This is said to be the sublime abiding. By not holding to fixed views, The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, Being freed from all sense desires, Is not born again into this world.
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