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- Greeting lay guests in the sala
- Listening to Dhamma
- A lay supporter
- Bhikkhu Rakkhito
- Lay guests in the sala
- Receiving alms from a lay supporter
- The monastery’s cloister area during a heavy snowfall mid-January.
- Retreat crew member Nick dispatches snow from the walkway around the cloister area.
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- Chanting in the sala
- Sunny, Spring-like conditions offer a pleasant abiding for Ajahn Ñaniko as he does walking meditation mid-March.
- Winter wonderland-like conditions mid-January.
- Having sewed and dyed a formal robe, novice Dhammavaro hangs the cloth to dry in front of a skeleton used for contemplation. A candidate for monkhood at Abhayagiri must sew and dye a set of three robes before his ordination ceremony.
- In the first stage of dyeing, the cloth is soaked in mordant - a solution which will help dye adhere to the garment. After rinsing off excess mordant, the cloth has a slight coloration, seen here.
- Dhammavavro applies mordant to a robe alongside Ajahn Ñaniko, the abbot of Abhayagiri, who dyed a robe at the same time. It's common for a novice to have dedicated help through this process from a more senior monk.