Construction of a brand new dormitory at Meth Seva Organization, Handapanagala Wellawaya. The initial plan was just to raise the walls and redo the roof with about Rs. One million budget, which I committed back in January. Now we have demolished three old buildings with a plan for a bigger and better building with new…
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Visiting rural Sri Lanka meeting many villagers. Many beautiful places. Unspoiled good-hearted people. No fake people are in the villages. No ego, no jealousy, no virtual drinking parties, not greedy but with good moral values and high civil obedience. Sums up in two words..’ NO BULLSHIT’. They are very supportive and appreciative of the work…
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Hello friends, I would like to welcome everyone to our new site. I have been supporting communities since I was a teenager. Two years ago when I was visiting rural Sri Lanka I met a monk who is originally from Jersey city, New Jersey the town next to where I have been living. Since then he had…
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Sharing merits with all my friends here. It isn’t easy to provide meal dana these days for my dear monks at the Pacific Hermitage forest monastery in White Salmon, Washington. I was able to do my monthly dana thru the local cafe just before they closed it temporarily. Our two Dana coordinators are doing a…
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2020 School Essay Writing Contest… Hello everyone, the winners will be published in Wijaya Newspapers starting tomorrow, Monday the 15th for about four to five weeks. As we have about 2000 winners, the newspaper will publish about 400 winners every week with the student’s name and the school. A hand signed covering letter and…
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2020 පාසල් රචනා ලිවීමේ තරගය … හැමෝටම ආයුබෝවන්, ජයග්රාහකයින් විජය පුවත්පත්වල හෙට, 15 වන සඳුදා සිට සති හතරක් හෝ පහක් පමණ අඛණ්ඩව ප්රකාශයට පත් කෙරේ. අපට ජයග්රාහකයින් 2000 ක් පමණ සිටින බැවින්, පුවත්පත සෑම සතියකම ජයග්රාහකයින් 400 ක් පමණ ශිෂ්යයාගේ නම සහ පාසල ඇතුළුව ප්රකාශයට පත් කරනු ඇත. සෑම සිසුවෙකුටම අතින් අත්සන් කරන…
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Sharing merits… The Monks Are Well and Grateful For the well-being of all, the monks are not walking alms and the Hermitage is not accepting visitors during the Coronavirus pandemic. The monks are doing well, and are humbled by the generosity and outpouring of support from the community. Thank you to Kalyani and Joseph for…
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Received few more pictures from the monks at the Pacific Hermitage forest monastery in White Salmon, Washington. You could offer a meal dana by contacting the monastery’s dana coordinator directly. Email: dana@pacifichermitage.org With metta, –Rukmal Waharaka https://pacifichermitage.org/ P.S. You are welcome to post and share your stories here. Only related ones, please. https://www.facebook.com/groups/875888946176075/
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The building of Polgahawela Spiritual Development Center by Venerable Kukulpane Sudassi Thero. I was fortunate to be part of the development of this centre when I visited Sri Lanka last year. Venerable Kukulpane Sudassi Thero gave me very practical advice on practising mindfulness and Anapana Sati Meditation which helped me tremendously. I am very grateful…
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Dear all,.. please support Mr Jayasiri as much as possible and also help him by sharing this post among your FB friends and family. Mr Jayasiri is a kidney patient and goes for dialysis twice weekly. I have been quietly helping him and bearing most of his monthly medical expenses since I met him on…
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