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Bhante Joe Atulo

2 days 22 hours ago

Warm greetings Everyone, I hope that you're keeping well. Tomorrow, I’ll be heading to Australia and am looking forward to reconnecting with both old and

Bhante Joe Atulo

3 weeks 3 days ago

At Nikapitiya Aranya, vassa 2025. Nikapitiya Aranya is located in a secluded forest. There is an official meditation schedule, but one can request to be

Bhante Joe Atulo

4 weeks 15 hours ago

Warm greetings @everyone , I hope you’re keeping well. I’m happy to announce that we’ll be running our meditation course — Objects of Development —

Bhante Joe Atulo

1 month 3 weeks ago

One of the advantages of these fires is that it makes it much easier to walk in areas that were previously inaccessible.

Bhante Joe Atulo

1 month 3 weeks ago

In rural areas, people sometimes set fire to the grass on the hillsides. Just before vassa, a fire spread across the hill and came very

Bhante Joe Atulo

2 months 1 day ago

Rare photos of the great wandering monk, Bhante Ñaṇavimala 🙏🏾. From the Polgasduwa photo collection.

Bhante Joe Atulo

2 months 2 days ago

At the Island Hermitage, they had a book with some interesting historical photos. Passing along many of them here, for those who might be interested

Bhante Joe Atulo

2 months 3 days ago

After visiting Bundalakuti the following day, Venerable Jotiko and I parted company with Venerable Dhammawansa and headed up to Colombo. After spending a couple of

Bhante Joe Atulo

2 months 4 days ago

The last stop on our trip to the South was a visit to the Bundala Kuti. Venerable Akincano has been living there for the past

Bhante Joe Atulo

2 months 2 weeks ago

On our last full day, we headed to Nimmalawa Forest Monastery. This is the first forest monastery established by the Galduwa tradition. The abbot was