"Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering… in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.”
~ The Buddha
SN 56:11
As has become our tradition on celebration days, the lay people offer food directly into the bowls of the monks and nuns. We were fortunate to be joined by the Venerable Bhante Dhammasiri, abbot of the Washington Buddhist Vihara as well as many monks from the Wheaton Buddhist Vihara.