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Monastery Report March 2015

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Comings & Goings

          Monks

  1. Ajahns Medhino and Tiradhammo have arrived.
  2. Venerable Cunda from Perth will come on 12th for a stay of 3-4 months.
  3. Ajahns Phanom will return to Thailand on 27th March with Ajahn Dtun as planned.
  4. Venerable Kimbila will be going back to Perth in April/May.
  5. Ajahn Chaiyaporn will return to WBD with Ajahn Dtun on 19th March.
  6. In May/June three monks from Boonyawad will come to WBD for the Rains.
  7. Ajahn Santutthi will leave WBD May/June to spend the next Rains at Bodhinyana Monastery and stay there until April/May 2016.
  8. Ajahn Cittapalo from Bodhinyana Monastery will join the community in July for the next Rains Retreat.
  9. There may be 8-10 monastics for Rains Retreat this year.

Layguests

  1. David and Darcy took anagarika ordinations in Nov.
  2. Flo, from Germany, has stayed on as caretaker and will be at WBD until June
  3. Francisca, from the Netherlands, is back and will stay for another 3 months.

Upcoming Ceremonies/Retreats

Ajahn Dtun Visit

Public talk at Buddhist Library at 7 pm 18th March

Weekend Retreat (20 – 22 March)  80 retreatants and 12 monastics.  Rosie and Patrick Co-Managers.  Uvadee to coordinate meals

Easter Retreat

Ajahn Tiradhammo to lead 5-Day Retreat  2nd to 6th April  Jade—Manager.  Uvadee to coordinate meals

Invitations to Senior Monks for 2015

LP Sucitto has confirmed he will be at WBD for Rains 2015

 Projects for 2014/2015

Thera Kuti—Almost finished and should be ready for Ajahn Dtun’s visit in March.  Ordered some wooden furniture from Thailand and will be arriving in 3-4 months.

Road Work—National Park has received some funding to grade the Old Northern Road.  They have asked us to help with some funding to buy gravel to fill the road.  Estimated cotst $10K

New Kuti—Estimated cost $15K.  Construction to begin in April 2015.

Upgrade Yurt—Internal renovations and painting.