Let's start a forest monastery

[Babadhari]

beware the pot smoking pseudo-spiritual hippy types

[Eightfolder]

There has probably never been a better time to begin talking about a collective or commune for people following and living by The Dhamma. I suspect America has leaner times ahead and with 10,000 people turning 65 everyday in the USA, the enormous cost of an aging population, and the absurdity of long term care facilities, I think alot of us baby-boomers have no intention of letting ourselves end up in a nursing home. I'm only 55 and have plenty of years left to work but I bet in about 10 years a whole lot of those old hippies will wish there were Buddhist communities all over the country! Lets get started!!

8F

[PimonratC]

This sounds like The Plum Village.

So interesting. (^___^)

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[pilgrim]

Some other new monasteries
Forest Dhamma monastery ( Ajahn Dick Silaratano)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 060&type=1

Jeta Grove (Ajahn Jayanto)
http://forestmonastery.org/news/

Wat Pa Colorado Luangta Maha Boowa Yannasampanno
http://www.watpacolorado.com/watpaco/home_eng.html

Also see this thread
http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=11157

[Sokehi]

what I have learned and heard is that the almsround in itself is an integral part of the monastic discipline. So the monks and nuns are not self sufficient, they have to go out into the world where they will be seen.