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After the long and tedious ‘bee-hum’ meditation, a fruit basket with bright shiny oranges, red plump apples and black spotted bananas was ...Read More

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...Read More

Yesterday, the legendary Tea Monk visited the Monastery. Tea Monk was famous because for the past twenty-five years he would visit monasteries all ove...Read More

This conversation transpired between Inquisitive Monk, Truthful Monk and Honest Monk, in the Monastery’s breakfast room this morning. Inquisitive Monk...Read More

This morning Head Monk told the monks this story: One of the specialised clothes merchants in the county was a businessman who had a small, composite ...Read More

Some months ago, Sensei and the monks were visiting a coastal town, a few hours away from the Monastery. As they were walking along the outskirts of t...Read More

One of the most famous sailors of the world visited the Monastery this morning. The sailor had been a monk in the Monastery a few years back. Inquisit...Read More

Last summer Sensei and the Monks had gone to a Zebra farm. There, standing on the viewing observatory, Sensei pointed at a large herd of Zebras and ex...Read More

This morning, the monks noticed two large mirrors mounted on either side of the passageway wall in the Monastery. The mirrors faced each other. After ...Read More

Many years ago, a man who lived in a nearby town was an Arms Dealer by profession. He was a coarse, hard, cold man; someone who supplied weapons, guns...Read More

Sensei asked all the monks to close their eyes and imagine that they had travelled to a hotel of 35 floors. Sensei said, “Each monk will occupy one fl...Read More

Last evening, there was a mimicry competition held at the Monastery. To keep it fair, the participants presented behind a curtain so that their voices...Read More