COMMUNITY LIFE
Community life offers a unique opportunity to practice the Dharma with folks you didn’t choose to live with. Although we all live following the same structure and discipline and do our best to live as a group in harmony with each other, it doesn’t mean we surrender our unique and at times corny personalities. The main rule in community life is to be you.
Frederick makes a strong connection with Achala who makes a rare appearance on Frederick's lap. Achala, once a pretty wrathful cat, has become a real sweetheart in the past year and loves being with the group.
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Lunchtime on the deck brings a line up of hungry folks enjoying the sun and the silence
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Venerable Tarpa and Majushri share a sunny moment
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The Abbey in the light of a bright sunny morning
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Carl and his great sense of humor and mischief keeps us laughing and on our toes |
Natalie and Venerable Chodron share a walk up our beautiful upper meadow
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Young male turkeys, called jakes made their appearance at the Abbey recently |  |
 | The skies of the Abbey are beautiful any time of the year; summer is no exception |
The monastics at the Abbey begin the lunch meal line
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 | Dianne who fractured her foot in the first days of the program is helped up by Barbara. Dianne has been to every practice and teaching despite the injury. |
Ulric, Kevin and Tsundru make lunch cleanup a joyful activity.
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The first rain in almost two months gave some brief relief to the drought conditions besides offering this lovely sky.
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 | Venerable Saldon takes a quiet moment on the upper deck after the rain |
Manjushri takes a break from all the human activity at the Abbey.
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