A tribute to the life of a seminal bhikkhuni of the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, who passed away suddenly in early January
forest buddhism
How to Dry Feet
“Don’t pat the feet! We need them to be dry!” Those were the stern words that the abbot of a forest monastery said to me as I was drying his feet and the feet of monks who had just cleansed them with water before entering the meditation hall. Drying the feet of monastics was the […]