I like being at the ashram. I really like playing with the calves and the kittens. One calf always tries to eat my clothes. One calf sucks on Mums fingers. They are really cute.
I am learning to milk the cows. I think it is easy; I was able to get milk the first time I tried.
We have to do services. I have helped set up for yoga in the mornings. I've helped in the kitchen making chapattis. I've helped move gravel for the new construction and I got to ride in the back of the truck. It was awesome!
If you break a bone or have pain, Srisana, the doctor gives you slugs to eat. It is part of ayuvedic medicine, and even though we are not allowed to kill any living being, they have permission because it is for medicine. They say a prayer before they kill it. They even say a prayer before they pick any flowers. Mum's got a sore shoulder, but she told Srisana it wasn't too bad, in case she makes her eat slugs.
I think it is really interesting that the dining hall and the kitchen all have mud floors and we all have our own plates and cups to look after, so we don't spread sickness. Also we wash our plates with ash from the fire, not soap. Mum secretly rewashes ours back in our apartment with dishwashing soap.
It is a bit funny that I was sniffing my incense and burnt the end of my nose, but it really hurt!
From Taiga
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| Boys washing their plates. |
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