New Books for the Young Monks

A new set of schoolbooks arrives for the younger monks — greeted, as in schools everywhere, with varying degrees of enthusiasm depending on the subject.

Before the Monastery Wakes

Long before most of the monastery has begun its day, the kitchen is already at work. By the time the monks arrive, everything appears almost effortless.

An Afternoon in the Courtyard

After classes, a ball appears and a serious conversation dissolves into laughter. A monastery is also a community in which people grow up.

The Pilgrimage

Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Sarnath — the young monks travel to the places they have been reading about, and find them to be real fields, real hills, real brick.

A Morning Health Check

Height and weight recorded, small concerns asked about, and some comparing of who had grown the tallest. Much of caring for a community consists of these quiet, ordinary moments.

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