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Each nun has her own task to do. We don’t always do the same thing there is rotation.
On the contrary there are some tasks which are done only by elder nuns as cooking or buying food.
Today we sweep the yard.
Luckily the washing has been done by others.
But we won’t get out of it next week.
Watering the plants... We could this every day, night and day just for pleasure!
Lastly we light a wood fire to heat up the water.
Before going to eat, we have a good fresh shower (in Burma you almost never have hot water).
There is nothing like this to feel cool and to be in great shape.
We eat silently. That helps us to keep a noble attitude and to pay attention to what we do.
Most of the time we have rice and vegetables and sometimes a bit of meat or fruits, it depends of what has been given to us during the collection. It is rare when we have sweets. We do without it very well because we are not in habit of eating them. Moreover it is not good for your health.
After the meal, we sometimes have a nap, but not always.
If the elders are asleep, we take the opportunity to play our favourite game: hopscotch.
When you play, time always passes too fast!
After we spend the whole afternoon studying and revising our lessons, but we do it on our own, without a teacher.
We repeat tirelessly texts in pali on Buddhism teachings until we know them by heart.
That allows us of storing up precious knowledge that we will be able, someday, to pass on to the others.
Texts, graphics and pictures: Monk Dhamma Sāmi
• Translation: Kadda R.
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