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- An impromptu crowd gathers for a Dhamma talk from Luang Por Pasanno in early March, prior to shelter-in-place restrictions.
- 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.
- The lay community joins Jeed in taking refuges and precepts.
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- Floral decorations courtesy of Apple and Nan in preparation for Songkran.
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- Bhikkhu Gunaviro cleans the Dhamma Hall before a full-moon lunar observance day in early April.
- The B2 creekside kuti in sunny weather late February.
- 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.
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- Luang Por Pasanno offers the three refuges and five precepts.
- Bhikkhu Jotimanto setting up the Dhamma Hall before Wan Phra in early April.
- Lighting candles before the circumambulation of the Buddharūpa on Māgha Pūjā.