News Updates, Page 13

Abhayagiri’s Firefighter Stories: From Ajahn Jotipalo:

About the “Loop Trail”  I asked the crew from New Mexico how it was fighting the fire.  They had been on the property for about 5 days.  They said it was the weirdest thing, like the monastery refused to burn.  They said one evening (probably the day Timothy Luke was forced to leave Mt Tabor, and he reported seeing 200 foot tall flames on the ridge)  that 10 battalions (20 to a battalion) were out on the loop trail fighting the fires coming down from the ridge.  They reported that the fires got down to the loop trail but the fire wouldn’t cross the trail.  They said it was like the monastery refused to burn, and none of them could explain it.  They reported their hair sanding on it’s end and then the fire reversed itself and went back up the mountain.  Everybody was kind of freaked-out, as they had never seen anything like this.  I asked several of the other crews about their experience and they all reported about this.

Ajahn Jotipalo of Abhayagiri Monastery in California posted this news tonight after having visited the property today and talking with the fire crews there:

“We just got back from the property.  About as good of news as we could have hoped for.  There are still about 100 personnel on the property, as fires are still smoldering, but it appear no structures were damaged, except maybe a bridge or two on the “loop trail” – which we should rename the “Sacred Loop Trail” Or “Dhamma Protectors Trail”  more on that later.
More soon about stories talking to the fire fighters.  We are staying at CTTB (City of Ten Thousand Buddhas) tonight, LP Pasanno is giving a talk,  S Tissaro is staying at the monastery, to look after water and be of service if he firefighters need answers.” 19:45 16Oct2017

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The Directors of the Board of Tisarana Buddhist Monastery invites all members of good standing to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 1.30 PM. Please note that the public meditation normally scheduled for Saturday afternoons will be cancelled on the 21st of October due to our AGM.… Read the rest

Starting Saturday 23rd till Saturday 30th September 2017, the monastics and residents at Tisarana will be on retreat. The public meditation sessions on Saturdays (23rd & 30th) will happen as scheduled.

However, there will be no Dhamma Talk on the Lunar Observance Day on Thursday, September 28th.

On Saturday 23rd September at 1,30 PM there will be our usual public meditation session starting at 1.30 PM followed by a talk by Nick Scott who is visiting us from the UK. Nick has had a long relationship with the Western Ajahn Chah Sangha and will talk about his experiences over decades past.… Read the rest

Here is a link to Tisarana’s 2017 Kathina wish list.

It contains recommendations of useful objects that would help to support the monastery.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwdsOXxCJPgPh9JT_LPWrjueMn___vG9-tJbcrIauy4/edit

Please be sure to cross off any object that you have purchased, by following the instructions on the first page, so that others will know what has already been purchased.

The Tisarana Buddhist Monastery MAILING ADDRESS for deliveries is:

1356 Powers Road, RR #3
Perth, Ontario Canada
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Click on the image below to read “Journey Towards The Deathless” a poem-recollection of the recent trip to England by Khema Bhikkhu:… Read the rest

This week, the Lunar Observance falls on Tuesday 8th August and our monastics will be in Perth on Alms Round Tuesday 8th August. All other details remain the same. If you would like to offer alms Tuesday alone, please email tisarana.office.webmail@gmail.com before 9 PM Monday 7th August with the words “Alms Round” in the subject line and body of your email, your name and address. Thank you very much!

Alms round details can be found at: https://tisarana.ca/alms-round-in-perth/… Read the rest