January 2026
We are delighted to welcome two new monks to the temple. Than Nop on his first visit, and Than Got who is returning for his second stay in Runcorn. They have settled in well, and are not too cold !! We’re sure that you will join us in welcoming them at the start of their two year stay. And we have now purchased the flight for Than Guy’s return, though will be very sad to see him leave us … for now, hopefully.
The new hall project has progressed well, and we have now started painting the internal walls. Work has now begun on the detailed design of the Ceremonial Gateway, and the support columns for the two Yakh statues.
The additional works that we are still considering are also being detailed so that we can better understand the costs and constructability. This would involve new access steps from the car park to the temple foyer which will incorporate a DDA compliant lift, and redesign of the ladies and gents toilets, again to include DDA compliance. This would greatly improve the existing building, but would result in access challenges during the construction, though we do feel that the resulting reconfiguration would be a great benefit to the temple. Once we have the designs agreed we will announce them and seek comments from all our supporters.
As always, please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions,
With Metta (loving kindness)
