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Update on Big Sur, Ashram Diary book

Posted on Dec 2nd, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Hermitage again facing fire

Posted on Oct 20th, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Camaldolese settling back in

Posted on Jul 16th, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Latest from the fire

Posted on Jul 12th, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Facing fire with the Buddha mind and Benedict’s ear

Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Big Sur fires update

Posted on Jul 10th, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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Big Sur evacuated

Posted on Jul 1st, 2008 by ashramdiarist : sannyasi 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 »

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