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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
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  • 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).
  • Dedication ceremony
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.


  • Wandering Forest 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.
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