Almsround Starting at 10.30 am Sharp

Currently, Dhammagiri is running at full capacity with 4 monks, 3 male guests, and 2 female guests (= 9 persons resident).

At the same time, solar noon in Brisbane occurs at 11.37 am. Which means the monks and 8-preceptors must have finished their meal by 11.30 am. This leaves only one hour for almsround, offering and taking food from buffet, sangha dāna, anumodanā & blessing, and finishing the meal.

With nine residents eating here, it's therefore really important

to start our almsround at 10.30 am sharp.

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Otherwise, there won't be enough time to eat the meal mindfully.

We encourage everyone to arrive at Dhammagiri by 10.00 am

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That allows everyone enough time for preparations, so that we can begin the almsround by 10.30 am latest.

(Yes, I'm aware that I'm myself also guilty 😳 of being a bit late at times, when getting stuck in the office - promise to do better myself)

Thank you for your understanding, and I'm confident everyone will benefit if we can do the joyful act of dāna, merit sharing, anumodanā & blessing without time pressure.