Fall Changings

Ajahn Karunadhammo, who has been at the Pacific Hermitage since late June, will be returning to Abhayagiri Monastery in California on Oct 17th.  After this nearly four month stay at the hermitage, he will be taking some solitary retreat time at Abhayagiri on his return there.  Ajahn Jotipalo, ordained for 12 years, will be coming to join the monastic community here in early November.  He will be here during Ajahn Sudanto’s trip to Thailand (Nov. 21 - Jan. 21) and will stay through the Winter Retreat (Jan. 1 - Mar. 31).  We are looking forward to his stay here at the hermitage. With these transitions through the fall, there won't always be the familiar White Salmon site of three ochre-robed monks walking about on their daily alms-round. Some days it will be just one (Oct 17-20),  mostly it will be two or three, until Ajahn Sudanto returns from his Thailand trip January 21st. We'll keep the hermitage calendars up-to-date on these changes.