A Kuti in Honor of Yupadee Covid 19 Victim
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Yupadee Kobkulboonsiri, an award-winning artist and jewelry designer, died on Monday, April 27th in Brooklyn, New York after a month-long battle with the novel coronavirus. Yupadee lived her life with kindness, compassion and a playful exuberance. Like the precious gems in her workshop, she radiated beauty and light.
Yupadee was a devout Buddhist; during her intubation, we are confident that she was meditating, and have faith that she left this earth to reach Nirvana. It was Yupadee's wish to have a small cabin, called a kuti, built in her honor at Temple Forest Monastery, a place that was very dear to her heart.
Temple Forest Monastery, in Temple, New Hampshire, is a newly-established branch of the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah (the main monastery is Wat Pah Pong, in Ubon Rajathani, Thailand). It acts as a religious center for local and regional Buddhists, and also as a resource for those interested in learning from traditional Buddhist monastic life, teachings, and practice.
The monks at Temple Forest aim to live in the wilderness, to practice meditation in nature the way they do in Thailand. To accomplish this, they are building small cabins in the monastery’s large forest, called “kutis” in the ancient Pali language, as is done in Asian Buddhist monasteries. The kutis have no electricity and no water, but each has a vented propane heater and is super-insulated, in order to save on energy and expenses over time. They are built by local builders, to last 50–100 years. Each kuti costs $24,000 to build. Our goal is to donate one in her honor or as many as the donations allow.
We will be grateful for any donations to help us reach her goal. What a wonderful way to honor her in this life and the next.
Yupadee was a devout Buddhist; during her intubation, we are confident that she was meditating, and have faith that she left this earth to reach Nirvana. It was Yupadee's wish to have a small cabin, called a kuti, built in her honor at Temple Forest Monastery, a place that was very dear to her heart.
Temple Forest Monastery, in Temple, New Hampshire, is a newly-established branch of the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah (the main monastery is Wat Pah Pong, in Ubon Rajathani, Thailand). It acts as a religious center for local and regional Buddhists, and also as a resource for those interested in learning from traditional Buddhist monastic life, teachings, and practice.
The monks at Temple Forest aim to live in the wilderness, to practice meditation in nature the way they do in Thailand. To accomplish this, they are building small cabins in the monastery’s large forest, called “kutis” in the ancient Pali language, as is done in Asian Buddhist monasteries. The kutis have no electricity and no water, but each has a vented propane heater and is super-insulated, in order to save on energy and expenses over time. They are built by local builders, to last 50–100 years. Each kuti costs $24,000 to build. Our goal is to donate one in her honor or as many as the donations allow.
We will be grateful for any donations to help us reach her goal. What a wonderful way to honor her in this life and the next.
Organizer and beneficiary
Steven Fishman
Organizer
Brooklyn, NY
Jeta Grove Foundation Inc Treasurer
Beneficiary