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Picture: Our new secretary, Anthony Morgan
Today, Wednesday 11th, is the Full Moon day for the month of December 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Thursday 9th January 2020. We had a Lake & Garden Workday last weekend, the final one for 2019. Workdays for 2020 should…
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Picture: Bojjhanga Garden Shrine
Today, Monday 11th, is the Full Moon day for the month of November 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Wednesday 11th December. A notable drop in temperature and the increasingly shorter days signal the approach of winter and our community is active making…
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Picture: Tan Ratthapalo sweeping the Memorial Garden
Today, Sunday 13th, is the Full Moon day for the month of October 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Monday 11th November. Today also marks the end of our annual Rains Retreat (vassa). The sangha at Aruna Ratanagiri are…
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Picture: Shrine in the Bamboo Grove kuti
Today, Friday 13th, is the Full Moon day for the month of September 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Sunday 13th October, which also marks the end of our annual Rains Retreat (vassa.) For those who enjoy…
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Picture: Reguilding the Sima Marker
Today, Thursday 15th, is the Full Moon day for the month of August 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Friday 13th September. On the last Full Moon day two of our good friends from the Burmese community took the…
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Picture: Harnham Monastery lake
Today, Tuesday 16th, is Asalha Puja, the Full Moon day for the month of July 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Thursday 15th August. Around mid-July there was a series of comings and goings: Tan Niddaro (who some of…
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Today, Monday 17th, is the Full Moon of June 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Tuesday 16th July which is also Asalha Puja Day. On the day after that, 17th July, the resident community formally enters our annual Rains Retreat (vassa); the dhammacakka sutta…
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Today, Saturday 18th, is the Full Moon of May 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Monday 17th June. Tomorrow, on Sunday 19th, we will observe Vesakha Puja : marking the birth, Enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha. Details regarding proceedings of the day…
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Today, Friday 19th, is the Full Moon of April 2019. The next Full Moon falls on Saturday 18th May. Earlier this month the sangha here at Harnham emerged from our annual winter retreat with gratitude and gladness for all the goodness that makes these periods possible…
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Picture: A new publication, Servant of Reality
The next Full Moon will be Sunday 20th January. This 'out-of-season' issue of our news/blog is to announce the commencement of the monastery's annual Winter Retreat and to inform readers that the next issue can be expected…