Paradise Lost

I was joking with the board that I would have to write a post with this title on it, so here it is. It’s a joke, there’s not much sense of loss here, save the effort put into trying to secure a mortgage for this property. I think the name Parideha has...

old news

Still waiting for some decisions here, but there seems to be some need to let the broader community of people who wonder what I’m up to know what I’m up to, so… As mentioned, there are some issues with the property we’ve chosen; some fairly...

Spring Clean

Today we had a large group of supporters come to the monastery to perform a Spring clean, remove all the garbage that was left from the previous inhabitants, plant flowers, clear brush, etc. Some photos are up at Google+ here:...

Warmth

Slowly but surely it is turning green outside… already found a couple of mosquitoes and I seem to be attracting wood ticks as well. Still, nothing beats the forest. The trip to Toronto and Rochester is now more or less sure; I have an airplane ticket to Toronto...

Spring

A little late this year, they say, but Spring seems to have found Winnipeg at last. Today we were outside doing walking and sitting meditation; yesterday I found an old tree-stand and did some treetop meditation in the forest. Snow is almost gone, last night was the...

Up To Speed

So, we have high-speed Internet again… uploading videos now, starting with a short tour of our new monastery. We also have an album up on Google+ with photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/118014954414967440482/albums/5853513363142404497 Monk Radio will start...