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At 2:00pm on April 10, 2009, Tim said…: Hello Modgala, thank you for the invite to the london events. I would love to know whats going on and hopefully will make one or two of the days coming up soon. So your an psychology student too...good to hear, we can have many conversations about that. Thanks again.

At 8:52pm on April 9, 2009, Caz namyaw said…: Howdy Modgala.

Unfortunatly im no where near down under....in britain, Dharmavidya sent me an invite so i accepted haha....so yeah just having a look really hope you dont mind.

peace

xxx

At 2:08pm on April 8, 2009, Fiona Edwards said…: Dear Modgala,
I posted an email to you...re; our London visit. Did you recieve it Modgala? or has it gone missing (sometimes happens from the Bahamas, don't really understand why!)
Kindest regards Fiona

At 5:52am on April 8, 2009, Anthony David Foster said…: Dear Modgala,

I will be delighted to join this group and look forward to seeing you if you come to Melbourne. In my case very soon I intend to visit Malaysia and learn about the ways of Malaysian Buddhism and also do a small Retreat whilst I am there. The bush fires in Melbourne are now behind us but the devastation and loss of life has been devastating for many people. The public have raised much money through fund raising and this has been supported by the Government and so it is hoped that soon this part of Australia will return to its normal condition. Thank you for thinking of me and should you need any help or advice about your planned visit or other matters please contact me. Warm regards to you-Anthony

At 1:10am on April 8, 2009, Gregg Heathcote said…: Ta muchly Modgala.

At 10:44am on March 27, 2009, Leo Kouwenhoven said…: Hi Modgala, here are my phonenumber and my email adress. You are very welcome.
Tel: 0031 647233447, email: leendert.quan@hotmail.com

At 10:28am on March 24, 2009, Helen Barnicoat Hinde said…: Dear Modgala
I am hoping to visit John Zulu in Zambia in the next few weeks. Please could you tell me how to get there and if there is a telephone number I can reach him on before I leave Malawi. Many thanks, Namo Amida Bu Helen

At 4:27am on March 9, 2009, Anthony David Foster said…: Hello Modgala and thank you for your warm welcome. It is a pleasure for me to have found this site. I am not familiar with Buddhist activities in London but I do know that some years ago I started teaching people in Belarus to become meditation teachers within Zen and Theravadan traditions. I now believe that one of my students is now teaching classes in the UK and for this I am very pleased and wish her well. I am sure that the economic conditions in the UK are causing many people a lot of stress and uncertainty.Thank you again and may you always be well and peaceful and happy.

At 6:37pm on February 27, 2009, Thich nu Tinh Quang said…: Good afternoon, Modgala. Most of the nuns and monks, in Vietnam, are very poor. Where I teach the children, they are fairly well off as our Centre helps them out financially, as does a group in California. However, if they don't have benefactors, then the nuns are poor. Having said that, they have taken precepts of living simply, so it isn't a terrible hardship, though food quality may be poor.

I've become interested in a nun, near where I stay in Vietnam, who is elderly. She has over 20 children to take care of, all orphans or abandoned. I'm getting some help to find out exactly what she needs and am taking up a collection of cash and items that are easy for me to carry over i.e. toothbrushes, ointment, underwear, soap, etc. to help with the cost of taking care of these children.

Most people in her situation would get some help, but she is living on a mountain and off the beaten path. You can find out a little about her through a YouTube video ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx30huLc4Mw. I've heard that the child in the video was being buried alive, due to it's cleft lip/palette. Contrary to some people's beliefs about communism, health care costs the individual money, and school is compulsory at a cost of about $300 US per year per child. When the average income is about $700 US, you can see that many children are taken to a monastery to be raised.

As for Sakyadhita not being popular in the west, I see the same problem here. Somehow, we need to have people see the plight of women in the developing countries. Here, in Canada, it seems that the more people have, the less they want to share, while in Vietnam, I experienced very poor people share anything they had, even money at one time. I didn't want to take the money (only about 5p), but it would have made her feel terrible if I hadn't taken it. I gave it to another poor person, later.

Be well and happy.

Metta,
Sister Tinh Quang

At 4:42am on February 27, 2009, Thich nu Tinh Quang said…: Hi, Modgala. I'm responding now to a message that you sent me a while ago, and which I somehow missed. I apologize. I believe we connected via regular email on the same subject of Sakyadhita, yesterday. Nice to know that Sakyadhita meets in your neck of the woods. There isn't a group in Canada, at the moment.

At 9:52am on February 26, 2009, Richard said…: Just to say it wasn't Avou that cancelled, it was I who had to cancel that day.

At 7:23am on February 26, 2009, Mels Ismailov said…: Hi Modgala,

I teach English in Almaty, Kazakhstan (I run a small private English Language School). I practice Zazen for some years and enjoy reading stories about Zen teachers...For some reasons, Buddhizm did not survive here, so I feel a bit lonely. Where do you come from originally?
Mels

At 9:03pm on February 24, 2009, Ralph Woodcock said…: Thanks that would great, I would like to be kept informed about whats going on. I will see if I can make the 22nd.

At 10:05am on February 24, 2009, Richard said…: Thanks for your message, Modgala. I'd like to come on the 22nd. I planned to go to the one at Avou's near where I live the week before but I now have to cancle that.

At 4:23pm on February 23, 2009, leekelleynd said…: Thanks for sharing information on chanting and meditative practices.
What a beautiful way to greet the day.
Love,
Lee

At 7:41pm on February 15, 2009, richard meyers said…: Hi Modgala,
I really got a lot out of the Fear retreat (14/2). Thanks once again for that. I look forward to further involvement with Amida and Sukhavati in particular. Also the potential is there to be realised around a further connection with the little natural enclave called Gillespie Park. I dunno - a Pure Land dawn chorus combining namo amida bu and the song thrush's song!

At 1:55pm on February 13, 2009, Annie Waldsax said…: Hello Modgala,

I was so happy to receive your message and you have been in my mind/heart since my stay at Amida in Leicester. We have a small monthly group at home, small meaning 3! However I am finding it so helpful and know I probably need a mentor now to challenge my foolishness! with love, Annie. namo amida bu.

At 2:33pm on January 30, 2009, Fernando F.da Silva said…: Hi Modgala!I think the same!I I am very happy to meet you!
Thanks a lot!Have a nice day!Namo Amida Bu!
Fernando.

At 2:39pm on January 28, 2009, Fernando F.da Silva said…: Hello Modgala!

I am Fernando F silva from Amparo-SP(Brazil).Please could you add me ?Thanks a lot!
Fernando.
(I have already answered your mail !Did you see that?)

At 10:58am on January 25, 2009, richard meyers said…: Hi Modgala,
Just to say I was touched by our meeting and a long term interest in Pure Land teachings reawakened. It was the bit about 'foolish beings' that did it.
Best wishes, and gratitude for your work.

Richard