Five days with the Monks: A Spiritual Journey

 

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Five days with the Monks:
A Spiritual Journey

By Manoranjan (Mark) Bordoloi, New Jersey

 

“Que Sera Sera” (pronounced ‘ke sera sera’, it means ‘what will be, will be’ in Spanish). Our Life is revolving…. so ‘what goes around will certainly come around’. That was a new day, when I was hunting around the internet to find my purpose, my soul search with a coffee cup on my hand juggling through the sites.

Suddenly my scout was over and I encountered this meditational website called bluecliffmonastery.org. That was the onset of a new journey of my life. I dug into the website and plunged into the event section asking for enrollment to the ‘Teachers Retreat’ program which was to be held from August 1st to 5th, 2018. I immediately checked the address and to my delight it was just two and half hours’ drive to the Blue cliff Monastery, Pine Bush, New York.

My mind was excited about the program and I decided to give it a go. I mailed them my interest and waited for their turn to show up.

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