When I told people of my plans to stay at Audarya, I oftentimes called it an adventure into the self. Many people of my age go traveling abroad and try to visit as many places as possible. But I decided to stay at one place for 5 months. Our minds are so used to seeing [...]

I felt the need to visually share what we are doing here. What follows is a short video of the construction on the new temple. The quality is not very good, but it will give you a broad idea of what a beautiful place this will be.

If you check my photo page you will probably see a lot of photos, but have no idea what they are about. A few times a week, I will pick a photo and describe what is going on. The above photo is a snapshot of the doors and a few windows for the new temple [...]

Days are passing by here quickly. There is never a dull moment. One of the monks left a few days ago for a short trip up north. He and another person are getting the windows for the new temple. It’s a 14 hour ride oneway. For the time being we have taken over some of [...]

This is not a hotel. I didn’t come here for enjoyment. Many people wished me an enjoyable stay at Audarya and I accepted their wishes. Even though it is hard to explain that I didn’t come here for enjoyment. Generally we explore the world as enjoyers. Everything we do has to be enjoyable. If it [...]

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You may wonder, boy, this guy is living in this monastery for 5 months and all he does is work and no play. From an everyday perspective this may seem true. I don’t go to cinemas, I don’t indulge in chocolate eating parties and I surely don’t hang out on a couch. Just 3 meals [...]

Have you heard the story of the mind, the dream and the 3 dwarfs? Well let me explain it to you. You go to sleep at 9 o’clock and wake up at 6.30 in the morning. In between your mind creates visions in your dreams about dwarfs invading your yurt and trying to shoot them [...]

The monastery has a herd of Zebu cows. Some of them roam around freely while three cows can’t be let out safely. Two of them are bulls. One of them was rejected by its mother and was raised by the monastics. Because he never played with other cows he is a bit different and can [...]

After a slight post hick up, I’m back with quite some news. At the moment we are working hard on the construction of the new temple. If you have recently looked at my flickr page (a link is located in the middle on the left), you will have seen some shots of it. Today we [...]