{"id":25673,"date":"2017-11-20T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=25673"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:52:50","slug":"ask-a-monk-and-focus-on-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/ask-a-monk-and-focus-on-your-soul","title":{"rendered":"Ask a monk and focus on your soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Get acquainted with slaughter free dairies and ask a monk about anything you are confusing in ATMA caf\u00e9.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_25787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25787\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25787\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-1-625x417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25787\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-1-625x417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> The ATMA cafe on Queen Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPeople gathered in ATMA caf\u00e9 and waited for asking the monk about their lives at around three o\u2019clock on Wednesday afternoon, the 8th of November.<br \/>\nThe Bhakti monk came and sat in front of the visitors when the event began. He was very patient and kind to answer all kinds of questions that people asked. The soul and life was the main thing he talked about.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25789\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25789\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-2-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25789\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-2-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> People were talking with the monk relaxed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cWe are mainly focus on people. To give people a higher spiritual going in life and encourage people a bit more confidence is what we do.\u201d says Sam, one of the Bhakti monks in ATMA.<br \/>\nThe Bhakti monks work in ATMA caf\u00e9 are quite different from your established views. They are more like people\u2019s friends and teachers. If you are confusing of your life or just want to chat with somebody, they will be willing to talk to you.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25790\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-3-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25790\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-3-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> Kim was clearing up the freezer.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHowever, ask the monk is not the only thing you can do in the caf\u00e9, you can also try some vegetarian food and drinks which aims is to educate and campaign for slaughter free milk and care of cows.<br \/>\n\u201cWe established a foundation named Ahimsa Dairy which focus on promote slaughter free dairies across Britain, also we want to explore innovative ways of working with bulls.\u201d Says Kim, one of the staff in ATMA.<br \/>\nThe ATMA caf\u00e9 is not only a caf\u00e9, but more like a place for you to relax yourself and reduce your press. They also have some Yoga lessons on Thursday evening that try to connect your body with mind.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25791\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25791\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-4-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25791\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-4-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> Denise was recording some important things .<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nEverybody could join the event and enjoy the food in ATMA caf\u00e9.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are more like a family and it seems that we don\u2019t actually have a boss. We enjoy talking with people who comes here and spread our aims and thoughts.\u201d Says Denise, one of the staff in ATMA caf\u00e9.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25793\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25793\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-5-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25793\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/ATMA-news-5-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> A customer was buying his dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nEvery staff works in ATMA cafe can go to the street and chat with people, you may meet them one day on street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get acquainted with slaughter free dairies and ask a monk about anything you are confusing in ATMA caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":467,"featured_media":25785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-sport-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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