[Leica] Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Mandalay

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Howard  I am pretty sure that butterfly on the M9 has some kind of spiritual 
 significance!

cheers
Geoff

On 05/05/2013, at 13:59, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hello again Luggers,
> While in Mandalay we visited the Mahagandayon Monastery, located in 
> Amarapura, just outside Mandalay.
> Mahagandayon is one of the largest teaching monasteries in Burma and 
> between 1,600 and 2,000 monks live (and eat) in the monastery every day. 
> They take their main meal at noon and line up to march into the dining 
> room. Many tourists and believers come to see the monks and to offer alms 
> at the same time. It happens every day just before noon. We arrived 
> earlier to walk the grounds and see some of the preparations for the meal.
> 
> While lining up to wait for the monks a butterfly landed on my M9 - how's 
> that for a blessing! Esther's quick work caught the moment:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Butterflyw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c95n67y
> 
> Walking through the outdoor kitchen I took a turn stirring the stew. The 
> kitchen was not hallowed so I was allowed to keep on my sandals.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/HCStewStirw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/d2d98a8
> 
> The monks stir the several vats of rice to keep it from sticking:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/RiceStir3w.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c7kr2gb
> 
> Here is a two panel of the monks stirring:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/2MonkRicew.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/bvdt2jm
> 
> The novice monks wear white and are very young;
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Novicew.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c5ru2kv
> 
> The visitors give alms to the monks as they march along. US$ are preferred.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/MonkMoneyw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/boge5z7
> 
> Another view of the marching monks:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/MonkMarchw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c7jjvhm
> 
> Please look large. C&C always welcome,
> 
> Howard (in HOT (by West Coast standards) Vancouver)
> 
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