A gentle bearded man Was driving a fire truck this morning. Dressed in milky white robes; Quite not the uniform, for a fire truck man. The fire was not in a building or shed Or in places that f...
Unusual excitement reverberated through the Monastery corridors this morning. In Buddha Hall was seated a monk who had arrived just before dawn. He was dressed in oyster white robes and had long flowi...
One of the oldest and most revered rooms in the Monastery was Buddha’s Parlour. It was a small, wooden study with a stony fireplace and a tall chimney. Very few monks were invited inside the parlour b...
Unusual excitement reverberated through the Monastery corridors this morning. In Buddha Hall was seated a monk who had arrived just before dawn. He was dressed in oyster white robes and had long flowi...
There is a beautiful Oak Door on the west wall of the Monastery that overlooks the valley. It has a simple lock mechanism fitted on it. The Oak Door is legendary. It allows any monk who can open it to...
Chanting Monk was a new intern at the Monastery. He always wore a cloth pouch with prayer beads around his wrist. Chanting Monk constantly rotated the beads in the pouch with his hand and murmured a m...
Last afternoon, candidates who had passed the initial tests of the Monastery appeared for a written exam. Head Monk seated them in the examination room and placed elegant hourglasses in front of each ...
After the long and tedious ‘bee-hum’ meditation, a fruit basket with bright shiny oranges, red plump apples and black spotted bananas was placed in front of the Monastery Monks. The fruits...
Head Monk shared a personal story with the Monastery monks this morning: “When I was a little boy, growing up in town, I was fascinated by the idea of putting messages in bottles and then sending them...
Yesterday, the legendary Tea Monk visited the Monastery. Tea Monk was famous because for the past twenty-five years he would visit monasteries all over the world requesting for a perfect cup of tea. T...