News & Musings before May 2007

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To Burma again.

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Thai AirAsia flight 244 Bangkok DMK 11:10am (local time) – Mandalay MDL 12:25pm (local time) An early meal and then our little party managed to successfully meet up at Don Meuang Airport. All went well with the flight and entry to Myanmar. The car and driver were at Mandalay airport to meet us and soon we were checking in at our favourite hotel. Our first stop after a wash and brush up was the Pagoda of the Big Book - at least that’s the nickname. Then we went on to ascend Mandalay Hill where we were joined by Neelam and her husband. We stayed there as long as we could and then it was back to the hotel.  A very good day.
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Earlier today I nipped down to London to Abell House, home of Prison Service Chaplaincy HQ, for a meeting about a multifaith event that we're planning for Prisons Week this year. Originally known as Prisoners' Week when it began in 1975, Prisons Week is a Christian initiative to pray for, and raise awareness of, the needs of prisoners and their families, victims of crime, prison staff and all those who care. I have often wondered why it couldn't include all faiths and one year I remember I did try to have it observed by Buddhists. Now this year thanks to an initiative by Monsignor Malachy Keegan, the Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Prison Service, we are organising in Prisons Week a multifaith celebration to be held in the chapel at Wormwood Scrubs Prison on November 21st with up to two hundred invited guests. Father Malachy has kindly asked me to give the address.
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Painting the Shrine Room

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It's six years since it was last done, so we decided that this year the Shrine Room really had to be painted and this week we finally got around to it. Tuesday afternoon and evening we did the preparation and painted the first half and Wednesday we did the rest. The part that took the longest was before when we discussed and experimented and finally, eventually, decided on the colour scheme, a subtle shade of off white with a hint of gold, a special mix which I'm happy to say has turned out to be rather splendid but which the photographs don't really do justice to. It's interesting, watching the thought associations and how your mind moves when you're doing things, especially quiet and simple things. The first job on Tuesday that we all were involved in was the covering with newspapers and dust sheets what we didn't want painted, the floor, the beams and skirting boards, and the big Buddha Rupa that cannot be moved. Hanging the newspaper over the beams and stapl...
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