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Staying in Seclusion
14 May 2017- The monks getting ready as they would be staying in seclusion in their individual kutis for 3 days 2 nights.
Participants help to bring food to Kubah and the 5 monks who are practicing in their kutis.
Above: Food being offered to a monk who is practicing in seclusion in the kuti.
The monks have shared their experience during the stay.
Eating from the almsbowl
Above: The monks having their meals from their almsbowl
17 May 2017- Evening chanting and puja
Evening chanting before the puja
Offering of flowers and candles to the Buddha.
18 May 2017- Taking leave from monkhood and returning to lay life
The participants, reciting the passages of Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem and the Five Precepts.
