Home Sweet Shed

Tonight I’m in my new shed-turned-kuti.  Very well renovated, baseboard heater, wall-to-wall carpeting, no complaints.  Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.  I think we can officially allow women to come to stay and meditate now.  One woman is...

Starts

Borrowing an Internet SIM card to type this; Internet people coming tomorrow, should be up in a day or two.  In the meantime, just wanted to say that the inauguration of our new monastery went off without a hitch; someone counted over 60 people.  It was a great start...

Great Expectations

“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Saturday we move in to our new monastery. Today we pack everything up and tomorrow we move things. We will also take a look at the garage and...

Moving Day

March 23rd is moving-in day at our new monastery 🙂 You are all cordially invited to a day of mindfulness (9 AM to 4 PM) at the Parideha Forest Monastery, 46025 Municipal Road 39E, Ste. Anne RM, MB (Map).  Bring your own lunch.

Real Magic

I have to apologize for dismissing in my last post the idea that the past month has been anything but magical; in 28 days (I was reminded last night I arrived on the 9th of February) we’ve managed to establish daily and weekly programs in meditation, put...