The haven is the ladrang or household of my spiritual guide, His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. I spent the day there. It is such an honor to be able to serve my spiritual guide through helping to do chores in his house.
A few minutes after I arrived, Li Kheng gave a short talk about Social Grace. Like how you should look, talk think and stuff like that. It was very interesting because it teaches you how to behave in a proper manner when speaking to people of high status, or people in general. For example, if we want to wear a specific type of color (cold or warm), we must maintain it from head to toe and things like that.
After the class, I had some lunch. It was fried rice and some mushroom soup. It was very delicious. It was made by Levi, she is a very good cook. After having that delicious lunch, I helped to clean some of the plates.
After that, I helped to cut the grass in the garden with hedge shears. It was a bit tough as I had trouble bending down but it was fun. It would have been easier with a lawn mower but I guess it would be too noisy.
After cutting the grass on the front lawn, I went to cut the grass at the back lawn near the vegetable garden that Haven has.
After that, I took a break by going on the blog of His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. The link is: http://blog.tsemtulku.com/. I was chatting with some of Rinpoche's followers like Timothy Miller and Terri Hellerich. I also played with the dog's at Haven (Yogi, Oser, Dharma and Dzamkar). Did I mention that Rinpoche is an really big animal lover?
After the break, I went to the working area and Jean Mei made a little box for me on the whiteboard for my assignments. My assignments were to share Rinpoche's blog on 20 different facebook groups and write this blog post. Both are very fun to do!
While doing my assignments, I was called to help Pavara wash out some maggot-infested potatoes and to do so without killing them. We couldn't figure out what to do. So, we threw away the rotten potatoes and washed the tray that once held the rotten maggot-infested potatoes.
My day here has not ended but I think all the interesting bits are said already. Most likely gonna have some tasty food for dinner later too.
