ABBEY LIFE - AUGUST 2009 Back to 2009 Gallery
Summer is a glorious and productive time at the Abbey. With vegetable and fruit harvesting reaching its peak, visitors from around the world coming to join in community life, and the Abbey residents growing in practice and harmony, it is a continually unfolding dependent arising .

Jen from Seattle and Martha from Ecuador get to be good friends while they pit and freeze gallons of sweet cherries for winter eating.

With the late spring rains and warm summer days, a bumper crop of sweet cherries hangs on the trees.
 Venerable Jigme uses the computer to discuss Abbey projects with a volunteer across the state.
 Dallas performs maintenance on one of the Abbey’s chainsaws.
 Lee Torres circumambulates the Buddha statue in the garden during his visit to the Abbey.
 The flower garden is bright with color even in August.
 Jack from Boise, Idaho, spends some quiet time looking up into the grassy meadow.
 Remember the pruning of our old apple tree in May? The apples this year are much larger and healthier as a result.
 The flourishing Abbey vegetable garden supplies fresh produce for the community.
 The Abbey residents start each morning organizing the day with its many projects and events.
 Part of the benefits of monastic training at the Abbey is one-on-one conversations with Venerable Chodron in which we share personal challenges and insights.
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