Our Dhammahall renovation project has been completed just in time for the annual Rains Retreat ('Vassa'). We celebrate the re-opening on Āsāḷhā Full Moon, the day commemorating the first formal discourse of the Buddha, the Dhammacakkappavattana- Sutta ('Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma').In this famous teaching, the Buddha expounds the Middle Way ('Majjima-Paṭipadā') and the Four Noble Truths. And what is the 'Middle Way' the Buddha discovered? It is exactly this Noble Eightfold Path, namely:Right ViewRight IntentionRight CommunicationRight ActionRight LivelihoodRight EffortRight MindfulnessRight ConcentrationAjahn Dhammasiha reminds us that the Dhammahall is not an end in itself. We didn't renovate it just to look beautiful, or simply to be more comfortable.The real purpose of the Dhammahall and all other facilities at Dhammagiri is to help us developing the Noble Eightfold Path.That's the whole point of all our projects, that's what we have to keep in mind when we use our facilities, that's what we strive to do in the Rains Retreat starting today:Cultivation of the Noble Eightfold Path. www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive.