For the past nine years, once a month three friends have offered a meal to the Abhayagiri Community in Redwood Valley, California. This practice has been inspired by the 2500 year old tradition of offering a meal to monastics, and we are grateful to continue this tradition.
I will be writing about our monthly visits and sharing the menus and recipes, with the intention that others will be inspired to offer a meal themselves.
All good things have come my way because of dhamma practice.
-- my first 10 day retreat, 1981
-- my first 3 month retreat, 1984
-- my first metta retreat, 1989
-- my first meal offering at Abhayagiri Monastery, New Year's Day 2001
-- requested dependence with Ajahn Pasanno, 2009 --Susan Seitz