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- In a process developed at the time of the Buddha, a robe will be flipped in three steps so the natural dye settles evenly on the cloth. This rotation also prevents "racing stripes" as dye drips down the sides.
- Dhammavavro pulls his jiworn from the final dye solution, where it soaked for two hours. The number and duration of baths determine color density and uniformity in a robe - often cloth must be saturated in dye many times for a rich and even color.
- Dhammavavro separates madrone bark from the initial, weak dye solution before moving it to the reduction bath.
- After straining the madrone bark, Dhammavavro moves the weak dye liquid to another pot, where it will be boiled and reduced. To stay on schedule, he spent four nights' vigil in a cold basement retrofitted with dyeing equipment.
- Dhammavaro pours bark from the madrone tree into a pot of boiling water, where it will "steep" and color the liquid just like tea leaves brewing in a tea cup.
- Tan Guṇavīro with Chelo and Alex
- The Sāmaṇeras and Anagārikas watch the ceremony
- The new Bhikkhus admitted to the Sangha
- A moment of levity after Ajahn Ñaniko finishes chanting
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- Sāmaṇera Tissaro's father offers him Sadie
- Sāmaṇeras Guṇavīro and Tissaro sit amidst the Sangha
- The Sāmaṇeras approach Luang Por
- At the edge of the Sangha
- The formal request