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Hilltop Newsletter: Friday 19th May, 2023

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Today, Friday 19th, is the New Moon day for the month of May 2023.
The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Saturday, 3rd of June, 2023.

At the end of last month, April, Ajahn Amaro generously led one of our two, annual, seven-day lay-retreats. 

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Hilltop Newsletter: Wednesday 19th April, 2023

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Today, Wednesday 19th, is the New Moon day for the month of April 2023.
The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Thursday, 4th May, 2023.

Last week on Friday 14th April, several of the sangha traveled to Edinburgh to participate in the sad occasion…

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Hilltop Newsletter: Tuesday 21st March, 2023

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Today, Tuesday 21st, is the New Moon day for the month of March 2023. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Wednesday, 5th April, 2023.

The community at Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is presently still on our annual three month Winter Retreat. The retreat…

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Hilltop Newsletter: Sunday 19th February, 2023

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Today, Sunday 19th, is the New Moon day for the month of February 2023. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Monday, 6th March, 2023.

The community at Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is presently on our annual three month Winter Retreat. 

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Hilltop Newsletter: Saturday 21st January, 2023

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Today, Saturday 21st, is the New Moon day for the month of January 2023. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Sunday, 5th February, 2023.

The community at Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery have entered our annual three month Winter Retreat. This means we won’t…

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New Moon Newsletter: Thursday, November 22nd, 2022

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Today, Thursday 22nd, is the New Moon day for the month of December 2022. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Friday, 6th January, 2023.

We are approaching the turning on the year. Saturday, 31st December will be New Year's Eve and Sunday, 1st…

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New Moon Newsletter_November 23rd, 2022

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Today, Wednesday 23rd, is the New Moon day for the month of November 2022. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Thursday 8th December.

In our last newsletter it was mentioned that two bhikkhus would be joining in with the Kathina at Cittaviveka Monastery…

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New Moon Newsletter_October 24th, 2022

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Today, Monday 24th, is the New Moon day for the month of October 2022. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Tuesday 8th November. 

The recent  alms-giving event (Thai: Pah Bah) was a delight. We were joined for the occasion by a…

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New Moon Newsletter_September 25th, 2022

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Today, Sunday 25th, is the New Moon day for the month of September 2022. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Monday 10th October. This is also the last day of our annual Rains Retreat, Pavarana Day.

Before, during, and after my birthday…

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New Moon Newsletter_August 26th, 2022

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Today, Friday 26th, is the New Moon day for the month of August 2022. The next Uposatha Day will be the Full Moon which falls on Saturday 10th September.

(At this time of writing) the sangha at Harnham are presently on retreat.

The most recent dhamma talk was…

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