Buddhist encounters in Portugal

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cooran wrote:Hello pilgrim,

Maybe the Clustr Map on the lower left side of the Front page of DhammaWheel?
http://www.dhammawheel.com/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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More information on the new Monastery in Portugal: http://www.blog.mosteirobudista.com/?cat=3
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Obrigado Rui. :smile:
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Rui Sousa wrote:More information on the new Monastery in Portugal: http://www.blog.mosteirobudista.com/?cat=3
Great news, Rui!
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Last Tuesday, the 8th of May, Ajahn Jayasaro visited Portugal to support the initiative of setting up the monastery.

At the Portuguese Buddhist Union he gave a meditation workshop that started at 14:30 and ended at about 19:00, at 19:30 another session was planned, ending at 21:30. I was there at 19:30, and left at 22:00.

While I was there the Ajahn gave a very interesting Dhamma talk, and mentioned how enthusiastic his Thai supporters are about this new monastery. I believe more than 50 people were there during this second session. And a small delay occurred because the room had to be rearranged to assure everyone had a place to sit.

It was a very happy event for me. For the first time I was in the presence of an ordained monk. His calmness, clear speech and friendliness cause a deep impact in me.

I hope the number of people present at the event is a good indication of the support the monks will have in Portugal. I will support them in any way I can.

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I only had a brief encounter With Ajahn Jayasaro, and he is a very good Monk for a first Encounter!
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He is senior to Ajahn Vajiro the soon to be senior Monastic at the Portuguese monastery by about 30seconds at most (at a guess) they were ordained at the same time.
Rui Sousa wrote:Last Tuesday, the 8th of May, Ajahn Jayasaro visited Portugal to support the initiative of setting up the monastery.

At the Portuguese Buddhist Union he gave a meditation workshop that started at 14:30 and ended at about 19:00, at 19:30 another session was planned, ending at 21:30. I was there at 19:30, and left at 22:00.

While I was there the Ajahn gave a very interesting Dhamma talk, and mentioned how enthusiastic his Thai supporters are about this new monastery. I believe more than 50 people were there during this second session. And a small delay occurred because the room had to be rearranged to assure everyone had a place to sit.

It was a very happy event for me. For the first time I was in the presence of an ordained monk. His calmness, clear speech and friendliness cause a deep impact in me.

I hope the number of people present at the event is a good indication of the support the monks will have in Portugal. I will support them in any way I can.

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Hi Rui Sousa,

Sounds great. Thank you for sharing.

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Sadly I wasn't there. But it's really, really good to know there are many people enthusiastic of this project, and the Theravada in general. :)
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Spoke with my friend this morningand he says things are going quite smoothly!
Ajahn Vajiro & Venerable Subadho are learning portugees & not having too much of a culture shock :-)
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Excelent! I haven't visit the monks yet because I'm in Madeira Island and they are in Lisbon. I'll visit them as soon as possible.
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Don't worry I warned them you may come, and to pretend to be out that day :P
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