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- Deer outside the Upper Black Rock kuti mid-March.
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- Dhammavavro stirs madrone bark in the steeping pot as Ajahn Ñaniko looks on.
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- Dye for monks' robes often comes from natural sources - in Thailand, monks use the heartwood of the local jackfruit tree. Dhammavaro collected bark from the native madrone tree and dyed his robes at the monks' utility building, pictured here.
- 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.
- Retreat crew member Cecilia stretches before Qi Gong lessons led by Ajahn Ñaniko.
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