Images of Practice

Wat Phradhatu Sri Chom Tong Voravihara Monastery (Wat Chom Tong)--where I ordained as a monastic for six months.

Ajahn Tong is the senior meditation master in northern Thailand. He was my preceptor and abbot of the monastery where I ordained.

With the senior Theravadan monk in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha

With Bhante Shradhananda, the senior Theravadan monk in Pokara, Nepal

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is far down in the right side of the photo, but how I got on stage with this auspicious group was pretty unexpected.

At the temple of Venerable Dhammananda

Ajahn Jumnien teaches every year at Spirit Rock

The oldest monk in the village of Chom Tong (on the left)

Lovely makeup! This Buddha rupa headpiece (in Sarnath) is at least 25 feet tall.

The breath-taking stupa at Sarnath

Paying homage at the stupa in Sarnath where the Buddha gave his first teachings.

Meeting up with Ajahn Amaro at Wat Nong Pah Pong

Mae Chee Sansanee, an incredible teacher and human being, often called "the Mother Teresa of Thailand"

Mae Chee Sansanee's meditation refuge is unlike any center or temple in Thailand!

The beautiful folks at the 2006 Spirit Rock People of Color Residential Retreat

Totally radiant--the 2006 POC retreat at IMS in Barre, MA

After a meditation in the pool at the 2006 Gay Men's retreat in Saratoga Springs

Creating peace and stillness in our hearts at the 2007 POC retreat at Spirit Rock

"We don't see the world as it is, we see the world as we are."--Anais Nin