Monastery
Pen Ink & Pencil Lead
In the Monastery, all the monks are given pencils, pens, ink and notebooks for their ideas, thoughts, notes and learnings. This morning after lotus me...Read More
The Crayons
This morning, Head Monk gave each of the monks a blank sheet of paper, a box of crayons and said, “Draw a vase filled with flowers that you woul...Read More
The Needle
Early this morning, a few visitors had assembled in the main hall, hoping to be chosen as monks to join the Monastery. Head Monk (accompanied by the o...Read More
The Stained Glass
A two hundred old, medieval Church in the centre of the old town, had recently been restored and opened to the public. The Church was the talk of the ...Read More
The Question Paper
This morning, after silent meditation, Sensei distributed test sheets to the monks and instructed them to complete the test in 30 minutes. When the mo...Read More
The Sumo Wrestler
A leading Sumo Wrestler visited the Monastery to meet Sensei. There was a small reception organized in the winter garden for him. All the monks had ga...Read More
The Bouncer
This morning, Sensei introduced an interesting guest to the monks. The man was brawny and had big, bulging muscles. His hair – a crew cut and he...Read More
The Potter
Last evening, a world famous potter was the house guest at the Monastery. He had travelled with seven of his famous figurines and these were displayed...Read More
The Coconuts
Last evening, the guest of honour at the Monastery was a Coconut Seller. He looked refined and had an air of sophistication about him. Dressed in a wh...Read More
The Wallet
This is a true story. Sometime in June of 2005, my colleague Dinesh Gopalakrishnan and I traveled to L.A. to attend the E3 (games) Expo. Within L.A, w...Read More
Speech Saint
This morning, Sensei introduced the revered ‘Speech Saint’ to the Monks. Speech Saint was a guest of the Monastery. The interesting aspect...Read More