Up at 5.30 to give alms to the local monks who didn't turn up until 6.20!! We gave them rice and something hot (curry?) plus biscuits and water, then they blessed us and moved on to the next house.
At 10.30, more monks came to the eco house for their lunch - they sat opposite us and we had to hand them each of the dishes of food - I did struggle with the fact that the women cannot hand anything to them directly. We have to place it on their cloth and then they take it ----Cheek!
We left them to eat their lunch then came back to clear everything away and again they blessed us and went on their way- I am so very holy now!
The next 2 days are going to be very different as they'll be spent at a monestary in the forest.
We had a trial run this afternoon as we visited the monestary where we'll stay on Wednesday night. The rooms are completely bare with a marble floor and a couple of fans on the walls. We'll have a rafia mat to sleep on with one blanket and a tiny pillow. you'll have to wait for the update on how I get on with life in a Buddhist temple!!
Love you
Sue.xx
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Women and society eh? yes...Cheek! but at least you are very very holy now, and visiting a Monestary in the forest you will be positively glowing when you return, as for sleeping on a rafia mat on a marble floor, pad your pants Sue!!
Love and miss you. xxx
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