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2006 Update
Day 342
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 02-22-06
Final note from Jotipalo
Day 10 Canadian
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-18-05
Crash Landing
Day: 6 Canadian
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-18-05
“You are all the way away from Thunder Bay”
Day 132: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-17-05
“Fourteenth week in ordinary time”
Day 129: St. John's Abbey
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-8-05
St. John’s Abbey
Day 128: Collegeville, Minnesota
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-8-05
You know what I’m saying?
Day 126: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-7-05
Iowa
Day 123: West Des Moines, Iowa
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 07-8-05
Truth and consequence
Day 117: Des Moines, Iowa
Austin Stewart 07-8-05
I know what they are thinking
Day 116: Lafayette, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-24-05
I do love him though
Day 114: Last day at the Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-22-05
Monkey Mind
Day 112: Bhanava Society
Austin Stewart 06-22-05
I will not kill
Day 112: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-20-05
Hoosier Daddy
Day 111: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-19-05
Rambling Without Going Anywhere
Day 110: Bhanava Society, WV
Austin Stewart 06-18-05
If beating your head against the wall is painfull…
Day 110: An interview by Steve Charles
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-18-05
Attacking the illusion of self
Day 109: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-17-05
Ajahn Chah’s birthday
Day 108: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-15-05
Contemplating patience in the slow humid afternoons
Day 105: Bhavana Society, West Virginia
Austin Stewart 06-16-05
Without a project
Day 97: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-9-05
What Austin has been up to
Day 97: Bhavana Society, West Virginia
Austin Stewart 06-8-05
New Photos!
New Orleans and West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-4-05
Molly the cat
Day 96: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-5-05
Mississippi Odyssey
Day 95: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-3-05
Sharbat Gula, the Afghan girl
Day 94: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-21-05
“The Reverend Austin Stewart”
Day 93: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-3-05
A Belated Ode to Iowa
Day 92: Bhavana Society, WV
Austin Stewart 06-5-05
“Tout est grâce”
Day 92: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-5-05
Like a Minnesota snow day
Day 91: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-1-05
July 5th
Day 90: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-30-05
Getting old isn’t for sissies
Day 89: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-1-05
Grounds for laziness and the arousal of energy
Day 88: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-27-05
Truce
Day 87: Bhavana Society, West Virginia
Austin Stewart 06-8-05
How did they know?
Day 87: High View, WV
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-27-05
The half-way point
Day 86: Sick in bed
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-27-05
Invite to Africa
Day 85: High View, WV
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-27-05
We want you to be very strong!
Day 85: Bhavana Society, WV
Austin Stewart 05-27-05
Impressions
Day 84: Bhavana Society, WV
Austin Stewart 05-27-05
Bhante G.
Day 84: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-28-05
Photos!
From the walk
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
Vesaka Puja
Day 83: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 06-8-05
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Day 82: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
Silent rain
Day 81: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
Jammin’ on the Edge of Creation
Day 80: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
New path for my journal?
Day 80: Bhavana Society, West Virginia
Austin Stewart 05-25-05
City of Bricks
Day 79: Winchester, Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
Not going anywhere
Day 78: High View, West Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
Haven’t budged an inch
Day 77: Bhavana Society
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
This isn’t the Mississippi River
Day 76: Amtrak - New River
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-25-05
The Mountains of West Virginia
Day 76: Bhavana Society, West Virginia
Austin Stewart 05-25-05
Colorado?
Day 75: Boarding Amtrak for Staunton, Virginia
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-20-05
My friend John
Day 74: Crawfordsville, IN
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-20-05
On the Rail Again
5/14/05: Chicago, IL.
Austin Stewart 05-23-05
I have a body
Day 73: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-20-05
Day of rest
Day 72: Crawfordsville, IN
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-20-05
City of trees
Day 71: Urbana, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-20-05
Democracy Now
Day 70: Urbana, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-18-05
Let it Be
Day 69: Urbana, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-18-05
Horoscopes are nonsense
Day 68: Chicago, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-18-05
Caring and sharing
Day 67: Chicago, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-14-05
Last posting until May 14
Day 66: Chicago, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
Going to Liberation Park
Day 65: Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
Of geese and men
Day 64: Hinsdale, Ilinois
Austin Stewart 05-8-05
Rethinking caffeine
Day 64: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
Deciding to part ways
Day 63: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
Looking into the forest
Day 63: Hinsdale, Illinois
Austin Stewart 05-8-05
Forced to look at the craving mind
Day 62: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
Grateful for my teachers
Day 61: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-8-05
The great flood
Day 61: Hinsdale, IL
Austin Stewart 05-8-05
A good example for the President?
Day 60: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-5-05
Dumb As A Post
Day 59: Hinsdale, IL.
Austin Stewart 05-4-05
“I can’t believe you are here”
Day 59: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-6-05
Fear
Day 59: Hinsdale, Illinois
Austin Stewart 05-5-05
The promised synopsis of Buddhism
Day 58: Hinsdale, Illinois
Austin Stewart 05-5-05
Reflections and relations
Day 56: Hinsdale, Illinois
Austin Stewart 05-5-05
Even good things can be a source of suffering
Day 56: Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-3-05
We make a good team
Day 55: Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-3-05
Big Sadhu
Day 54: Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-3-05
Assault of the fleas
Day 53: Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-28-05
Back among Buddhists
Day 53: Hinsdale, IL.
Austin Stewart 04-28-05
Guests
Day 52: Hinsdale, IL
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-23-05
Honoring our elders—a noble tradition
Day 51: Buddha-Dhamma Meditation Center, Hinsdale, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-19-05
Rested and well-fed
Day 50: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-19-05
Thoughts on karma
Day 50: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Austin Stewart 05-19-05
I do not believe in beliefs—a more mystical aspect of the path
Day 49: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-19-05
Seven weeks on the road
Day 48: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-23-05
A Buddhist monastery in America?!  I almost forgot they existed!
Day 48: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Austin Stewart 05-19-05
“Mother Nature is so cruel!”
Day 47: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-19-05
“The mind is never satisfied”
Day 46: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 05-19-05
Greetings from Crawfordsville, Indiana!
Day 46: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Austin Stewart 05-19-05
“This walk is changing the way I view the world”
Day 45: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-21-05
“Nobody is going anywhere”
Day 44: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-21-05
And the virus says “thank you very much!”
Day 43: Chicago, Illinois to Lafayette, Indiana
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-14-05
Mono-A-Go-Go
Day 43: Lafayette, IN.
Austin Stewart 04-21-05
Coming full circle
Day 42: Chicago, Illinois
Austin Stewart 05-19-05
While in a dream
Day 42: Chicago, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-14-05
“Learn to be silent”—greetings from an old friend
Day 41: above Chicago, Illinois
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-21-05
Above Chicago—we do not take a trip; a trip takes us
Day 40: Chicago, IL.
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-14-05
Where will the wind blow us next?
Day 40: Chicago, Ilinois
Austin Stewart 04-14-05
A time to rest, a time to heal
Day 39: Amtrak enroute to Chicago
Jotipalo Bhikkhu 04-15-05