Gardening Together

With blessings from the Abbot and support rendered by AVA, Horticultural Technology Dept, farming was recently introduced to the monastery. The community vegetable garden consists of two sections: a roofed & netted greenhouse which provides a controlled environment for vegetables farming and a galvanized structure constructed for the growing of 4 types of gourds (bitter gourd, wax/winter gourd, bottle gourd, and angelica gourd).

“As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the colour and fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.”

Dhammapada, Flowers, verse 49

“If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

“The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees, and the Earth. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise — then we can build a noble environment. If our lives are not based on this truth, then we shall perish.”

– Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

“The world grows smaller and smaller, more and more interdependent… today more than ever before life must be characterised by a sense of Universal Responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.”

– Dalai Lama XIV

Dharma Resources

Book Release

PublicationFebruary 5, 2018
The Stories About The Foremost Elder NunsThe Stories About The Foremost Elder Nuns comprises stories of the elder nuns during the Buddha’s time. Translated from the Commentary to the Numerical Discourses, they demonstrate that the women with very different backgrounds – both fortunate and unfortunate – were capable of attaining the highest aim in life when given the right teaching at the right time. Download pdf:... Read more...