“Household life is a confining a dusty path. The life gone forth is like the open air.”   For many westerners who move towards ordination, there is the idyllic image of the wandering monastic in their mind. A monastic wandering through the wilderness, obtaining alms from whatever villages and people are willing to be generous. Whether that is of the Buddha’s disciples in the … Continue reading Cārikā July 2019 – My First Wandering