This year, the HeartDhamma community in Canada is inviting Bhante Ānanda and Anagārika Sarah to spend vassa (Monastic rains retreat), from July until October, at their hermitage in the West Kootenays.
Yesterday, the intimate ceremony of invitation (Vassa Ārādhana) was performed, monastics were formally invited and then determined the Heartwood Hermitage as their residence for the retreat. 🙏😇♥️
The ceremony had the flavour of simplicity, without decorations or expensive materials, free of hassle, going to the essence, going to the heartwood. In the Heartwood Hermitage’s usual style, cutting through the clutter, and going to the heart of what truly matters: Mental Development (Bhāvanā) and a loving community (Saṅgha). 🪷
