a beautiful Asoke community

HIYA!

Last entry of the day before I leave this internet shop.

I stayed three full days at an Asoke community that I'd never been to before. I've planned for a long time now, years actually, to visit many Asoke communities and temples. This is the first.

Boy is this place ever in the "boonies". About a mile or more from the nearest country road. A dirt road takes you from the country road to the community. Fresh crisp air. Beautiful green trees and crops surround the community even though they're all conventionally grown and mono-crop. Rubber trees and casava plants (someday much of this will be tapioca starch on supermarket shelves in the USA).

There are about 20 people living here permanently and they seem to be working hard on planting everything that they can so they can eat fresh organic food. More fruit than they can eat. More vegetables than they can eat.

There's an Asoke monk who is there more often than not trying to help the people get organized, solid, and stable enough to be an Asoke temple. Some really neat things happening here.

After leaving this community I walked about 20 more kms to a forest temple. Very nice place. Lots and lots of durian and other fruits so I had a very nice breakfast there.

Then yesterday morning the monk called me and gave me a couple of phone numbers of Asoke members whose houses I could probably stay at. I did stay at the house of one of them last night and slept and ate very well. A very friendly family. I helped them with a little bit of their work. Bought them a little food this morning as a token of my appreciation.

Troy.