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  • 38 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning Afrikaans, Arabic, Hindi, Italian
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Buddhist nun
  • from life and people i love, nature, books, youtube, my o...
  • From Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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About Me

CURRENT Mission

Learning from all religions, people, cultures.
Trying to put the theories and intellectual understandings into continuous practice ..
Love, fearlessness, truth, consciousnes, bliss

ABOUT ME

hard to say.. Just always changing
A collection of causes and effects.
My current identity is a travelling buddhist nun permaculturist :),

https://onejozilove.wordpress.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the exploration of giving and receiving, sharing stories, ideas, connecting with people from all around the world, opening the heart

Interests

Community living,
creative cooperation,
Freedom from suffering

  • permaculture
  • aikido
  • vipassana
  • yoga and meditation
  • experimental cooking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books

- teachings of Thabarwa Sayadaw Ashin Ottamasara
-Stillness flowing, life and teachings of ajahn chah
- The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom. Slavomir Rawicz
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Aron Ralston
- the bears and i
robert franklin leslie
- miracle of love
ram dass

- the wings to awakening by
The Buddha himself (translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu)

-Meetings of sages and saints by V. Ganesan

-Ramana Periya purinam by V. Ganesan

-Autobiography of a yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
-autobiographies of anandamayi ma

movies

- Xuanzang
- kung fu panda
- say anything
- the never ending story

- crouching tiger hidden dragon

- forrest gump
- blindsight
- the horse boy
- the shaolin temple (jet li) no 1 and 2

bollywood :)

barfi
pk
3 idiots
water
pinjar
Cycle
Harischandrachi factory

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

tai chi in the wudang mountains

taking care of a 95 year old lady, making friends even though there was such an age difference.

living a hippie nomadic, homeless life for quite a few years
exploring living with little or no money, finding other ways of giving and recieving. learning to trust, have faith.
living as a nun in an amazing Buddhist community that feeds, houses and gives medical care to anyone who comes, for free.. They currently have more than 3000 people, and they do this all through donations, showing me that the impossible is possible. The rules are different than what we think. I learned there that Doing good deeds, serving, being fearlessly generous is the safest thing to do for oneself and others, and the world

Teach, Learn, Share

Stories, gardening philosophies, problem solving
ideas
Sharing quiet and peace without need of external stimulation. .
How to make falafel, gluten free pancakes, rope out of plants, sandals..

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, South Africa

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