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News from
Muttodaya
- VIP visitors of the month September 08
Beginning of
the month, Ernst Schultz, a music producer, came to record a
Dhamma text for a CD production. On the 8th the abbot of Wat Thai
Nürnberg came for a short visit, and on the 14th we had some valuable
exchange with Ven. Hyon Gak Sunim, an american Zen monk, disciple
of the well-known Korean Master Seung Sahn.
- TV Oberfranken, 24. July 2008
The
First Buddhist Monastery near Stammbach - A report about the
life of monks at Muttodaya
[link]
- Radio BR1, "Mittags in Franken", 16.7.08
Interview
with Ajahn Cattamalo and Tan Mettiko, report on Muttodaya
- Article in FOCUS 7th July 2008
The
major German language news magazine reported on "Nirwana im
Frankenwald" (Nirvana in the Franconian Forest) and put an interview
with Ajahn Cattamalo on www.focus.de/cattamalo (German only).
- Ajahn
Kalyano and Tan Upakaro from Bodhivana Monastery, Melbourne, came for a
short visit.
- Several newspapers
and one TV station reported positively about the new Buddhist monastery
(in German only).
On
the 25th May there was a Vesak (Visakha) celebration
and the
formal dedication of the monastery to the monks' community
(bhikkhu-sangha) of the four quarters, present and future. About 60
people from all parts of Germany have gathered for this occasion. Among
them were sponsors who made the purchase of the property possible
through their generous donations. After the actual dedication, the
monks chanted auspicious Paritta texts in Pali. Apart from two resident
monks (Ajahn Cattamalo, Bhikkhu Gavesako) there were also three
visiting monks (Ajahn Chachwan, Bhante Sukhacitto, Ajahn Kevali). They
were representing the Sangha which, according to the Vinaya, is a group
of four or more monks.
In April
of 2008 two Buddhist monks, Ajahn Chandako and Tan Mettiko,
American and German by birth, wandered the South Island of New Zealand
without money, without carrying food and even without fixed plans.
Their experiences meditating in nature, trusting in the unknown and
regularly coming in contact with human goodness touched their hearts
and
influenced many others along the way. The tales of their adventures
will be
gradually be posted on Vimutti monastery website.
[link]
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