Monastery

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

Something very interesting y’day evening (805pm): I came down to my office compound to go home. Just as I was getting into my car, I met the cou...Read More

Thousands of aspirants applied to The Monastery each year for admission as a monk. Very few of them made it. Just one or two were admitted each year a...Read More

This morning, Sensei introduced a rather unusual guest to the monks. He was a tall, frail, thin man in a white, monkish costume. Sensei called him Fev...Read More

This morning after breakfast, Head Monk requested the monks to assemble in the examination room that was behind the main meditation hall. The examinat...Read More

This is the chat that Inquisitive Monk had with Wishful Monk in the Monastery breakfast room this morning. Everyone was present. Inquisitive Monk: ...Read More

Once, Sensei sealed an envelope addressed to the Priest of a nearby temple and asked one of the monks of the Monastery to hand deliver the envelope to...Read More