by Sirimangalo Author | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― W.B. Yeats I just got word this morning that negotiations are on for a new property – five bedroom house on fifteen acres of forest only thirty minutes from Winnipeg. The...
by Sirimangalo Author | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sorry for not posting anything here in a while (10 days!), it’s just been a bit busy in real life. First, the property thing isn’t as simple as thought; the property we decided on turns out to be too big for a residential mortgage, so either the group puts...
by Sirimangalo Author | Aug 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
So goes the universe. Expansions and contractions here, Mae Chii Jai is coming back, as is Sumana, the ex-novice from Thailand, to ordain again. Our new well is progressing nicely, we’ve been using it for a couple of weeks already, the water was tested and is...
by Sirimangalo Author | Aug 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Everybody left, and then three new meditators came. So, now we have me, Pauli from Finland, Harish from USA, and Peter from Canada. Pauli will finish his first course tomorrow, Peter and Harish are just slogging through the beginning stages; everyone has expressed the...
by Sirimangalo Author | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Can’t remember when the last update was, the title is kind of a joke… Back in Sri Lanka. All is well. The worst news is some ferocious termites ate through the plastic floor of my mosquito tent and started trimming the fat off of some of the books...
