Communications

Small incidents often go unnoticed. I recall staying in the Wat Suanmoke (the Monastery of the Garden of Liberation) in Chai Ya, southern Thailand, where I received my first Dharma teachings from Ven. Ajahn Buddhadassa, the most radical Thai teacher of the 20^th century.

At the end of my 17 day stay there in February, 1970, I asked Ajahn Poh, the deputy Abbot, about making a dana (donation). He said: “Oh, buy a few kilos of bananas.”

We can’t live just on bananas.  …

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I received ths lovely email from Asaf in Israel last week. Asaf is a consultant for our www.mindfulnesstrainingcourse.org  and my advisor on Pali terms. Asaf gave me the OK to share it with readers of my blog and Facebook.The email read:

“I had a couple of hours with Naama (my wife) today and we decided to let go of coffee in favour of an on foot exploration of the forest next to our new Haifa home. …

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Dear Readers,

Below is a summary of the  12 items from the current issue of the Dharma eNews 28 sent out this month.

DHARMA E-NEWS ISSUE 28 August to December 2012  

Christopher’s INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE March 2012 to March 2013. …

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Yes, it got off to a good start. A bright university student in the US, named Mark Zuckerberg, put together a computer programme to launch Facebook in  2004 as a supportive social network site for people worldwide. A good initiative. …

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