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I was overwhelmed by the warm welcome here in this rural school. I have to say even though it is small and away from a major city, the principal and the staff has done a wonderful job. All the students were neatly dressed and were very courteous to their teachers and principle. Unfortunately only a…
I was very happy and humble to see all the smiling little faces again. This is the second school in Negombo we visited yesterday. Again a big thank you to all the members from ‘Helping Sri Lanka Children’ who came to support.
Hello everyone, I had a great first day yesterday distributing free masks to school children. I have to thank all the members, including Suresh Wasantha from ‘Helping Sri Lanka Children’ who came to support the events and all the school principals, teachers and students. We were able to visit four schools yesterday and I will be visiting…
Construction of a brand new dormitory at Meth Seva Organization, Handapanagala Wellawaya. The initial plan was just to raise the walls and redo the roof with about Rs. One million budget, which I committed back in January. Now we have demolished three old buildings with a plan for a bigger and better building with new…
Visiting rural Sri Lanka meeting many villagers. Many beautiful places. Unspoiled good-hearted people. No fake people are in the villages. No ego, no jealousy, no virtual drinking parties, not greedy but with good moral values and high civil obedience. Sums up in two words..’ NO BULLSHIT’. They are very supportive and appreciative of the work…
Sharing merits with all my friends here. It isn’t easy to provide meal dana these days for my dear monks at the Pacific Hermitage forest monastery in White Salmon, Washington. I was able to do my monthly dana thru the local cafe just before they closed it temporarily. Our two Dana coordinators are doing a…
Sharing merits… The Monks Are Well and Grateful For the well-being of all, the monks are not walking alms and the Hermitage is not accepting visitors during the Coronavirus pandemic. The monks are doing well, and are humbled by the generosity and outpouring of support from the community. Thank you to Kalyani and Joseph for…
Received few more pictures from the monks at the Pacific Hermitage forest monastery in White Salmon, Washington. You could offer a meal dana by contacting the monastery’s dana coordinator directly. Email: dana@pacifichermitage.org With metta, –Rukmal Waharaka https://pacifichermitage.org/ P.S. You are welcome to post and share your stories here. Only related ones, please. https://www.facebook.com/groups/875888946176075/
The building of Polgahawela Spiritual Development Center by Venerable Kukulpane Sudassi Thero. I was fortunate to be part of the development of this centre when I visited Sri Lanka last year. Venerable Kukulpane Sudassi Thero gave me very practical advice on practising mindfulness and Anapana Sati Meditation which helped me tremendously. I am very grateful…
Dear all,.. please support Mr Jayasiri as much as possible and also help him by sharing this post among your FB friends and family. Mr Jayasiri is a kidney patient and goes for dialysis twice weekly. I have been quietly helping him and bearing most of his monthly medical expenses since I met him on…