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Creation date / 2020
- With his head freshly-shaved and robes newly-dyed, Dhammavaro prepares to approach his Preceptor with his requisites and an offering of gifts while his parents Don and Terri look on.
- Winter wonderland-like conditions mid-January.
- What retirement looks like for a forest monk: Luang Por sweeping the cloister area.
- Ven. Dhammavaro poses with his triple robe set - the sabong at his waist, the jiworn across his upper body, the sanghati over his left shoulder. Multiple dyeings yielded a rich brown color distinct to madrone trees and thus unique among Buddhist monks.
- The robe is refolded over the clothesline in the second stage of flipping to avoid drip marks and ensure even color saturation.
- The patchwork of connected squares and rectangles reflected in the design of a monk's robe was the brainchild of the Buddha himself, who instructed his assistant to sew a prototype that evoked the pattern of rice paddy fields in Magadha, India.
- The monastery’s cloister area during a heavy snowfall mid-January.
- The lay community joins Jeed in taking refuges and precepts.
- The intrepid 2020 Winter Retreat Crew from left, Nick, Jeed, Max, Ladawan, Paul, Nit, Skip, Nan and Dave. Not pictured: RJ, Ric, Cecilia, Jeff and Rita.
- The ceremonial alms round
- The B2 creekside kuti in sunny weather late February.
- Sunny, Spring-like conditions offer a pleasant abiding for Ajahn Ñaniko as he does walking meditation mid-March.
- Samanera Dhammavaro on his neatly-swept walking path during a mild day mid-March.
- Samanera Dhammavaro doing paces on the walking path outside his kuti.
- Samanera Dhammavaro chants at the future chedi site.