On occasian of 'Australia Day', Ajahn Dhammasiha offers some reflections on the 'Pioneering Spirit' which pervaded early Australian society, and which is still noticable today.

Similar, when establishing the Sāsana in a Western, non-Buddhist country; or starting a new Forest Monastery, we have to develop the typical qualities of a pioneer to be successful: Fearlessness, courage to forge ahead in the face of uncertainty and risk, willingness to let go of conveniences and security of our old home, and so on...

We can see that very fearlessness & courage in all the great Krooba Ajahns, and in the monks that were leading the establishment of the forest tradition in the West, like Luang Por Sumedho.

Finally, we all need the fearless pioneering spirit in our internal meditation: Ultimately, we have to let go of all conditioned phenomena and cross the ocean of Saṃsāra to the unknown land, the further shore known as Nibbāna.

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