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I returned to Berkeley after forty days in Italy — so good being with the wonderful monks and nuns I lived with for more than thirty years — and now I want to pick up... More »
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At the monastery of San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, from where I departed for most of my retreats at the ashram, Shantivanam, in Tamil Nadu. The Ashram Diary is circulating among readers here, in... More »
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I'm reading a few pages near the beginning of my Ashram Diary (London: O Books, 2009; ISBN 978-1-84694-161-0). I hope you enjoy it!
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Of course the community soon returned to the Big Sur hermitage, unscathed by the flames, which however did blacken the hills that you see while approaching the hermitage bookstore (after the last curve in the... More »
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Today is a day of celebration for monks and nuns, the feast of Saint Romuald of Ravenna, who was born around 950 C.E. and entered into eternity on June 19, 1027. He was a Benedictine... More »
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I offer this blog to share my ongoing experience of connection with Saccidananda Ashram in South India and with the three prophetic ones who initiated it — Jules Monchanin (Swami Parama-Arubi-Ananda), Henri Le Saux (Swami... More »
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