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click here to read - Amidaji construction news 2016 (part III) and an announcement for visitors -
click here to read Amidaji construction news (2016), part II - THE LIBRARY!
Dear Dharma
friends,
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| working on the inside walls of the little Hondo (Dharma Hall) |
Here I am
again at the place where I build Amidaji temple. And here is the main plan for
this year (2016):
- to pay
some taxes for the land
of Amidaji
- to add
thermal insulation to the inside walls of the little Hondo (Dharma Hall) - done, read bellow!
- to build
two toilets and a showers area (plus a little septic tank because the village
where I build Amidaji has no sewerage)
- to build
a gate for the Amidaji compound (you probably remember the fence I built last year!)
- to build
one or more accommodation places for visitors
- to build a well (nowadays our source of water is outside of Amidaji land)
- to build a well (nowadays our source of water is outside of Amidaji land)
- to make a
large concrete platform for a new bigger Hondo (around 50 square meters or more )
which will be placed near the actual Hondo (Dharma Hall) - when the bigger
Hondo will be built, the actual one will be transformed into the library. This
bigger Hondo is scheduled to be built in the next year, but if I raise enough
funds I do not exclude the possibility to start working on it this year, too!
There are other
necessities as well that I must finish or buy this year, but the list
is too long to mention here. If the
funds will be enough, everything will be done, and if not, some things will be
postponed for the next year.
Here is what I did these days from the funds you, the
readers of this website, have recently donated:
- I payed some taxes related with the little Hondo (Dharma
Hall) - 220 euro The next taxes I need to pay are related with the land on
which Amidaji is located and are arround 200 euro.
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| working on the inside walls of the little Hondo (Dharma Hall) |
This is also useful as a protection
against fire and mold. This is only partially done, and it will be finished in
the next weekend.
(other expanses related with various works done at the
temple during this visit - 100 euro)
In the next weeks I intend to buy two ecological toilets and
to build or buy two small wooden boxes where to install these toilets. The
funds needed might be arround 300- 400 euro. Because the village where I build
Amidaji (20 minutes from the city of Craiova) has no sewerage, I have to build
a septic tank or to improvise an ecological system for the waste.
After all these are done, I will continue with the shower
area and the rest of the items in the plan above.
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| working on the inside walls of the little Hondo (Dharma Hall) |
UPDATE - May 8th 2016!
I continued the work on the inside walls and roof of the
little Hondo (Dharma Hall) of Amidaji. You can see the finished work in these
new photos.
The statue I had before at the altar needed some repairs,
and I replaced it with the Amida scroll donated by Rev Oku Kyokai from Zuikoji temple in Osaka. I think it looks great, and so for the moment we will use it
as the main object of worship.
I also bought a blue carpet for the floor.
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| the new look of the altar and Hondo (Dharma Hall of Amidaji) |
The total expanses this time were arround 150 euro which of
course, came from the donations sent by readers of this website. Thank you very
much!
Next time I try to build the toilets and shower area, and
perhaps a small accomodation room, but for the moment, I have no more funds. You can read above about the plan for this
year.
Please continue to support Amidaji! Any DONATION, no matter
how small is welcomed and fully appreciated.
PS:
Please check this post from time to time because I will soon
add new updates and photos!
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| the new look of the altar and Hondo (Dharma Hall of Amidaji) |
Namo Amida Butsu 💖
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