Big Sur
(11)
fire
(9)
bede griffiths
(7)
hermitage
(7)
India
(6)
ashram
(6)
Tassajara
(5)
camaldolese
(5)
shantivanam
(4)
Esalen
(3)
Zen Center
(3)
mystics
(2)
enactivism
(2)
art
(2)
Christianity
(2)
contemplation
(2)
kriya yoga
(2)
Soquel
(2)
Wilber
(2)
Berkeley
(2)
Christian meditation
(2)
dialogue
(2)
Ashram Diary book
(2)
Varela
(2)
New Camaldoli
(2)
ashramdiarist
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 »
ashramdiarist
Incredibly we heard the news from Fr. Isaiah — Hermitage guest master — that the New Camaldoli community was evacuated again, under threat of fire. Never before in these fifty years has the community had... More »
ashramdiarist
Today, as the Benedictine Order celebrates the Hospitality of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, the monks in Big Sur, at New Camaldoli, remember the fifty years of their community on this beautiful mountain sloping down into... More »
ashramdiarist
The prior of the hermitage in Big Sur, Father Raniero, came up to Berkeley on Monday, as the other monks hosted by the Franciscan sisters at Soquel headed back down the coast to Big Sur.... More »
ashramdiarist
Friend and Camaldolese oblate Matt Fisher has sent us the latest on Tassajara. I summarize: David Zimmerman, the director of Tassajara Buddhist monastery in Big Sur, tells us about the five members of the community,... More »
ashramdiarist
We monks in Berkeley are keeping in mind the fire situation, even though all we have of it here is some whisps of smoke blended with the Bay’s usual summer fog. Here is the latest... More »
ashramdiarist
“Listen” is the first word of Benedict’s Rule for Monastics, a hearty attentiveness to a heartwarming message. There is fire in his Rule, someone has written recently. Benedictines and Buddhists of Big Sur have been... More »
ashramdiarist
There has been some confusing news today — television items like “Big Sur monastery directly threatened by flames” — and people have called us in Berkeley, anxious about New Camaldoli Hermitage. But the monastery in... More »
ashramdiarist
All but four of the Big Sur monks are at Soquel, in the redwoods outside Santa Cruz. All are well, including Bernard, who had his eightieth birthday the day they evacuated — with a small... More »
ashramdiarist
Not to worry: the flames are not at the doorstep of the hermitage. But along with residents between Partington Ridge and Lime Kiln Canyon, the monks and most of the lay workers have been evacuated... More »
Help
Sign In
August 2009 
