- Working on a new walking-meditation path
- Working on a new walking meditation path
- Working on a new walking meditation path
- 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.
- 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.
- Unexpected help during the work period
- The summer heat has been cooled by a haze of smoke from the nearby Ranch and River fires
- The summer heat has been cooled by a haze of smoke from the nearby Ranch and River fires
- The sandstone Buddha image in the new meditation hall
- 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 newly-finished cloister area
- The new shelves installed and ready
- The new shelves installed and ready
- The monastery's outdoor Buddha image