We went to the Temple today for the Songkran Festival. This is the Thai New Year Festival. For monks this is a time to recieve their robes and gifts. For us the monks are very important. For me especially I appreciate the dedication that they have to teaching Dhamma (Dharma).



My wife and I brought an exchange student from Thailand with us. For this student it was a nice way to have home away from home. Just imagine travelling through rural Virginia and seeing a sign in Thai letters with a Buddhist flag, Thai flag and American flag signalling a temple near by.



Some expouse language that contains negative ending of the world. For this writer it is too much to bear. Where there are pepople there are problems. It is our work to work through this. Where there are probnlems there are are people. It is our joy to endure this.