Sunday, October 24, 2010

Vassa/Rain Retreat







Offering of flowers, candle, joss ticks and fruit juice every night.
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If I got this right ; ie.,
In Buddha's era, during the rainy seasons, monks were unable to travel, thus they will stay in the 'kuti' and observe the Vas – Rains Retreat for 3 months, which normally started in July.
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There is a nigthly chanting starting from 26Jul to 22Oct with offering of flowers and fruit juice. Try to join the chanting every weekend as I find that it is very soothing to my tired soul. But, sometimes quite disappointed when the chanting is not lead by the Chief Monk himself. You see, chanting is like singing, it requires appropriate tone and rhythm to lift one’s spirit.

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