This is a mendicant tradition in which the monks depend on the support of the lay community for their nourishment.
Through this, a relationship of dependency is established, and also a sense of gratitude and proximity to the Dhamma.
Those who wish to offer a meal to the monastic community, can find in the calendar in this page available dates for offering and fill in the short form next to it.
It is highly important to arrive in time, in order for the meal to be ready to be offered to the monks at 10:30.
Following the offering, all the monastics, guests and lay donors gather in the Meditation Hall,
and the monastic community will present a short chant in recognition of the act of generosity,
rejoicing with gratitude on the benefits of such an offer.
Those who wish to offer can bring a meal prepared in advance or prepare it in the monastery’s kitchen,
with the help of one of the resident guests who is familiar with the kitchen and the monastic procedures.
Alternatively, the meal can also be offered through Miss Paula Perdigão (+351 963 624 649).
May you abide in well-being
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About mendicancy in the Forest Tradition: the Buddha, upon realising that the monastics and spiritual seekers have the tendency to isolate themselves, made sure that a total isolation would not be possible, by making his monastic order dependent on the laity for the basic requisites, namely food.
By having to maintain contact with the population, the spiritual inner work of the monastics can be shared with others, instead of being incapsulated within the monastic community and not being accessible to those who might have also have a genuine interest in the Buddha’s teaching. It is for this reason that the monks cannot grow food to sustain themselves, cook or even keep food with them from one day to the next.
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