Well, we’re back on track – an eight-man construction crew hacking apart, tearing up, making a mess that will eventually turn into a new meditation centre. Today the steps to the downstairs cave were rebuilt, most of the old meditation area floor was removed and the foundation extended, and the…
We’re now half-way through the rainy season and it indeed is raining, though not much more than it was in the winter or the dry season. That’s a good thing, though, because it means we’ve been able to make a little headway on the construction. The problem, as I said…
Okay, it’s done. Ask.Sirimangalo has now officially merged with My.Sirimangalo. The easy part of this is, if you go to ask.sirimangalo.org, you still see a Q & A forum at ask.sirimangalo.org, albeit a rather dull looking one. That will change, eventually 🙂 But more importantly, now you can access the…
If you follow my YouTube channel (or Facebook page, Buzz feed, etc.), you probably know that we had a group of convicts come to carry rocks and sand for us. They were really a good group of people, and I spent some time working with them, directing them, etc. They’re…
Okay, not really… but in a way, the problems with the server have been impeding dhamma practice. Well, today, our server has been upgraded to provide ample headroom for all our online projects. Visitors should find the site more responsive, less prone to stall, etc. It won’t practice for us,…
Just a quick post to show that we are serious about building accommodations, and they will go up as soon as possible. Here’s a sketch our volunteer engineer drew up for us. It should actually be modified a bit, and is not going to be quite as fancy, but this…
Just taking a step back today to look at where things are going. The foundation has been set on the two new bathrooms and the walls are going up (the front part for a second time, after I realized I had them put the door in front of the shower,…
The purpose of constructing of a meditation centre is of course ultimately deconstruction of things like ego, self, addiction, views, etc. Along the way, though, it may become necessary to deconstruct more physical things. Today we tore down an old outhouse to build our new bathrooms, after a visitor pointed…
Work has begun on the two bathrooms for the cave area; that is to say, the sand and gravel are being moved. Next step is to dig septic tanks and destroy the old makeshift shower, and then we can start the building. sirimangalo.org has been getting some upgrades lately; the…
Just a short note to get our news page up and running again. We’re back on track here in Sri Lanka, and should have some repairs and new building starting in the next few days. The plan is to build a couple new washrooms first, for communal use, repair the…
