Training Raining

After a long period where we didn't have any classes at Santi because of the renovations both upstairs and downstairs we have now gone into full wing with Vinaya class on Monday, Tuesday is sutta class, Wednesday there is a Dhamma talk, Thursday is history class, Friday there is a monastic etiquette class, Saturday is group meditation and Sunday is a day off and is also the day the monks and nuns go on alms-round. The classes we a welcomed relief after a long period with only mediation and dhamma talks but it is a little draining but i am enjoying it very much as i do with such classes, also so much to do and so little time to read everyting, luckly i have the excuse of having read most of the material in the pass so i can get away without having to read it!

One of the reasons for the this 'training period' is because there are two Anagarikās who will be taking the Samanerī ordination around May this year. santi is still growing and at the moment we have 5 anagarikās and and other two underway, all going well but of course!

The two latest Anagarikās is Annie from WA and Shirley from Hong Kong, both i get along with very well.

Santi Saṇgha and Anagarikās

A lot is happening and a lot is changing and developing at the monastery which is the natural procress for a monastery, quite different from that first time that i came here where there were very few pwoplw, how we have many people and have a lot of work with regards to accommodation booking and running out of space, sometimes the demand out does the supply of available space.

Communal life is a rather interesting one with its hight and lows, good points and bad points, joyful moments and pain ones, friendship and difficulties but it is amazing the people that are living here and the amount of talent of the people is incredible and thus perhaps the reason for the sometime difficulties, or perhaps this is jsut a delusion and it happens everywhere!

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