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- Luang Por Pasanno offers the three refuges and five precepts.
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- 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.
- After daily chores and the midday meal, Dhammavaro sews his three robes. The “triple set”consists of the sabong - a robe worn at the waist; the jiworn - an outer robe covering the body; and the sanghati - a double-layered robe for formal occasions.
- The B2 creekside kuti in sunny weather late February.
- Bhikkhu Gunaviro cleans the Dhamma Hall before a full-moon lunar observance day in early April.
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- Floral decorations courtesy of Apple and Nan in preparation for Songkran.
- The lay community joins Jeed in taking refuges and precepts.
- Hundreds of lines must be sewn and errant stitches picked out by hand and then sewn again until the result is satisfactory. Novice monks may have little familiarity with sewing, and the robe-making process represents a trial-and-error process.
- An impromptu crowd gathers for a Dhamma talk from Luang Por Pasanno in early March, prior to shelter-in-place restrictions.
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- Jeed pauses to pay homage to the Buddharupa while arranging flowers in the Dhamma hall.
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