it was a nice ceremony, many monks, a lot of chanting, a lot of visitors, a lot of people who wanted to make merit.
there was a old monk with a shiny face and really brilliant eyes and another one who was not sleeping but really meditating during some parts of the ceremony. Some others couldn't wait until the ceremony was over to get to lunch and almost jumped and run off their seats before it was finished during some laypeoples chants.
Kru kasem took us to some other temples. One where he spent some time as a child, as novice. It is said that it has footprints of the buddha, they builded a hall on that place, and footprints of a 7 year old arahant who came to this temple long ago.
Next stop was a mountain monastery, beautiful, the buddhahall with wooden floor, wooden roof and relief instead of the common paintings on the walls. 4 brothers stayed there.
Next stop after that was a shabby little forest monastery with nice view over a lake and a valley. The lumpoh and the pregnant templedog were happy to have us weard farang [westrner] women back.
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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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