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Daily Chores and Work Offering Services – Lotus Volunteer Group The monastic Sangha are able to live as mendicants because laypeople respect their training and are prepared to help to support them. This gives rise to a sense of mutual respect and co-operation in which both layperson and samana (religious seeker) are called upon to practise their particular lifestyles and responsibilities with sensitivity and sincerity. The Lotus Volunteer Group, launched in January 2012, is managed by a group of lay supporters with the following aims: – to establish and communicate a range of opportunities that exist for supporting the community at Amaravati – to identify suitable and willing volunteer support as and where possible – to enable the fulfilment of the many opportunities that exist Please visit the Lotus Volunteer Group website at www.lotusvolunteergroup.org where you can register as a member of the group and can stay informed about opportunities to volunteer your time, energy and skills.
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Wisely reflecting, I use the robe: only to ward off cold, to ward off heat, to ward off the touch off flies, mosquitoes, wind, burning and creeping things, only for the sake of modesty. Wisely reflecting, I use almsfood not for fun, not for pleasure, not for fattening, not for beautification, only for the maintenance and nourishment of this body, for keeping it healthy, for helping with the Holy Life; thinking thus, I will allay hunger without overeating, so that I may continue to live blamelessly and at ease. Wisely reflecting, I use the lodging only to ward off cold, to ward off heat, to ward off the touch of flies, mosquitoes, wind, burning and creeping things, only to remove the danger from weather, and for living in seclusion. Wisely reflecting, I use supports for the sick and medicinal requisites: only to ward off painful feelings that have arisen, for the maximum freedom from disease. |
