A DIVERSE AND ALWAYS CHANGING DAY AT THE ABBEY
On any given day, Abbey life can be very different. From thinning the forest to sitting in on a meeting with contractors and county officials, from cooking lunch to responding to prison inmates’ letters, the opportunities to practice patience, joyous effort, and bodhicitta abound. The community incorporates the Dharma in its activities as much as possible, dedicating the merit for the benefit of all beings.
Venerable Tarpa gently folds covers over texts recently donated by our kind friends in Singapore.
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 One text covers tantra teachings and the other is a text on Vajrayogini.
 Kevin and Laresa double dig the new raised beds in the Abbey garden.
 Venerable Jian Hu from the Sunnyvale (CA) Zen Center spends a few days at the Abbey. He shares many wonderful and inspiring stories about his life as a monastic.

Venerable Chodron gives a talk on Non-Violence and Reconciliation at Gonzaga University. It is well received by a large audience of students and professors as well as Dharma students from the local Spokane area.
Quite a few acres of the Abbey forest is like this “dog thicket” lots of dead limbs and small dead trees due to overcrowding. These are volatile forest fuel areas which the Abbey is thinning. |
Just removing the stunted and the dead trees gives the dog thickets a healthy open look which still provides shelter for large and small wildlife.
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 Alec and Jampel take a deck break and share letters from inmates. These letters are often full of honest insights and sincere questions about the Dharma.
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