Dear Friends and Supporters, It is with great joy and gratitude that we bring you another update straight from the emerging Buddhist Hermitage. Thanks to the hard work we put in together during the summer and autumn months of last year, as well as your invaluable organizational and material support, our Sangha was able to spend its first winter at the hermitage safely and in favorable conditions. Spring and the beginning of summer have brought intensive work and further visible […]
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Spring-Summer Progress at Vihāra Pod Lasem: New Facilities, Green Screening, and Plans for a Kuti!
Inauguration of the Residence of the Forest Sangha — Reflections from the Visit of Hillside Hermitage and Samanadīpa Guests to Vihãra Pod Lasem
We present three participant reports from the last event on September 6, 2025 at Vihãra Pod Lasem: Putting the timeless before the modern In the pindapat ceremony, a lay supporter puts a ball of rice directly into the bowl of a monk. At its core this act still captures, 2500 years after the Buddha, the essence of the mutual support between the monastic Sangha and the lay supporters. Meanwhile, Dhamma talks are recorded in video and uploaded online in minutes, […]