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Unusual excitement reverberated through the Monastery corridors this morning. In Buddha Hall was seated a monk who had arrived just before dawn. He was dressed in oyster white robes and had long flowi...

There is a beautiful Oak Door on the west wall of the Monastery that overlooks the valley. It has a simple lock mechanism fitted on it. The Oak Door is legendary. It allows any monk who can open it to...

Chanting Monk was a new intern at the Monastery. He always wore a cloth pouch with prayer beads around his wrist. Chanting Monk constantly rotated the beads in the pouch with his hand and murmured a m...

Last afternoon, candidates who had passed the initial tests of the Monastery appeared for a written exam. Head Monk seated them in the examination room and placed elegant hourglasses in front of each ...

After the long and tedious ‘bee-hum’ meditation, a fruit basket with bright shiny oranges, red plump apples and black spotted bananas was placed in front of the Monastery Monks. The fruits...

Head Monk shared a personal story with the Monastery monks this morning: “When I was a little boy, growing up in town, I was fascinated by the idea of putting messages in bottles and then sending them...

Yesterday, the legendary Tea Monk visited the Monastery. Tea Monk was famous because for the past twenty-five years he would visit monasteries all over the world requesting for a perfect cup of tea. T...

This conversation transpired between Inquisitive Monk, Truthful Monk and Honest Monk, in the Monastery’s breakfast room this morning. Inquisitive Monk said, “There is an amazing exhibition of a four h...

This morning Head Monk told the monks this story: One of the specialised clothes merchants in the county was a businessman who had a small, composite clothes factory. The factory would weave, dye and ...

Some months ago, Sensei and the monks were visiting a coastal town, a few hours away from the Monastery. As they were walking along the outskirts of the town, a large group of people had gathered arou...