special hand painted gate decoration

1st Ordination of Monks & Novices Ceremony Pt. 1

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April 9th 2010
I attended the inaugural "Collective Ceremony of Monks Ordination and Novices Novitiation" at the Panditarama Meditation Centre at Smithfield. My friends Sandar and Ohnmar (otherwise known as "The Boss"), sent me an invitation to the event and it sounded very interesting. This afternoon the potential novices and monks moved about the grounds of the centre in procession. This was followed by hea ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more