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lumbini, 2011
For the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace, an image from the birthplace of the Torchbearer of Mankind.* Merry Christmas, y’all. May all beings have happiness and its causes! May all...
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the little new year
About 6 a.m., December 20th, looking toward “The Hall of Blue Winds,” or 청풍료, and Reclining Tiger Mountain, 호거산 One of the major differences between the monks’ and nuns’ seminaries in Korea is that the...
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tongdo-sa 1.2.2012
Dok Sang (德上) Sunim, originally from Seattle, WA and currently a first-year student at Tongdo Monastic College Despite the first snow of the year—which closed Unmun Pass, between Cheong-do and Ulsan—I...
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graduation: reflection
Nikkormat FE2, Kodak TMax 400 Children’s Education Department, Summer 2011 Children’s Buddhist Camp Opening Ceremony The 48th class of Unmun Monastic College graduates today. The pictures, as well as...
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each day (new years, ancestors, and confusing chronos)
Fruit and flower offerings on the main altar The little new year is ending. When it began, I was a seminary student on her last winter solstice vacation, heading from school outside of Daegu to my home...
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Bhikkuni Ordination, April 3, 2012
April 3, 2012, 3:40 a.m. After a week-long training in the precepts, including lectures covering each section of the Pratimoksha precepts for bhikkuni, or fully-ordained female monastics, one hundred...
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daily
Changsam and the daily schedule, Vajra Hall, Un Mun Sa It’s been a long time since I posted here. I’ve done a mediocre job of keeping up with posts at (thus) but have basically ignored fts for a long...
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(untitled) 7.26.2012
Second-year students teach first-year students how to prepare summer cabbages.
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