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Glentui is our future place for annual courses as well as for individual retreats. It's national centre, and playground for our development - building centres together is one of the ways we grow! If you would like to come for a week, or for a year, we will be happy to see you here. 

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Postcard from Glentui

Posted by Agata on 22 January 2012

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Mandala offering in front of the Hut

Posted by Ines on 15 January 2012

Today after 10 am five of us went to Glentui to do some work. After picking a couple of dozens of free range eggs and strawberry jam from the neighboorhood farm, we arrived at Glentui, took the tools out from the car, opened the Hut and did a 16th Karmapa meditation in the veranda of the Hut. Just after it we had a nice time throwing the rice used previously for Mandala practice.

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Glentui MAX

Posted by Max on 29 December 2011

Ceiling drillingChris drives the car. Niki sits shotgun. I’m in the back. We’re all hunching over to peer out the window, confirming that, yes, we really are driving straight for the ominous looking storm clouds on the horizon. Good thing we’d packed a thermos full of tea. This is my first time pitching in to work on Glen Tui.

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Proof of impermanence

Posted by niki on 6 November 2011

Inspection crew from HungaryAnother trip to the country, this time with two Hungarians in tow - Denes Andras, one of the Hungarian travel teachers came with us plus another friend. Four bodies, 2 trays of trees, the picnic and some enthusiasm set off to do a bit more.

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Gita al rifugio

Posted by mateusz on 16 October 2011

Went up with our Italian sangha friend from Australia, some highlights here.

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It's no picnic

Posted by mateusz on 18 September 2011

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Final touches on the doorA picnic in Glentui is not a simple affair. One needs a group of people, shovels, pickaxes, crowbars, electric tools, a wheelbarrow, ladder, couple of cars, food supplies, water, and a Plan.

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Landscaping with pickaxes

Posted by rodolphe on 3 July 2011

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Water tank area workLast Saturday at Glentui, the hut building workforce included Karol Sleczek, our very knowledgeable travelling teacher and his lovely wife Hermina, Sasha (energy +) from Melbourne Oz, and the usual suspects Niki and Chris (the boss), lovely Lyla and Rody.

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Woolen hut

Posted by mateusz on 8 June 2011

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Glentui sunsetThe hut is now stylish and very kiwi with our latest addition: insulation. We first looked at the pink synthetic wool available in Bunnings, but the colour wasn't that good. So instead, we got ourselves a real wool, rented off a real sheep. It's very good, because if you happen to put your head in it, you won't get a head cancer, and because wool handles humidity and water well. This seems to be important with all the rains that we are having recently.

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Piecing the hut together

Posted by niki on 25 May 2011

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Cleaning up the grassAnother couple of beautiful Saturdays at Glentui, calm and warm late autumn days. We had a good crowd of helpers, some from out of town, which is always great as it strengthens the national feeling of the project. Between the seven of us we were able to achieve alot. Some headed down to the trees to weed the grass away from around the base of the young plants. Grass sends out a growth inhibitor and will stop the trees from growing so fast. They are looking fantastic. We see how they do over the frosty winter.

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Dealing with cold and wet weather

Posted by niki on 16 May 2011

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Barbie for the good of allTo do something for Glentui one  doesn't always have to be on site. Here we are working hard and having fun nearby. At our sangha friends farm auction we had the opportunity to do a sausage sizzle for all the hungry farmers. It was a grey cold drizzley day with lots of mud, utes, swandri's, gummies and dogs.

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