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 | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Latest rough-draft chapter of the book is complete: http://yuttadhammo.sirimangalo.org/lessons-in-practical-buddhism/experience-of-reality/ as with the others, it’s just a rough draft conversion from the video transcript, still has to be edited and refined, but...
by Sirimangalo Author | May 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
(a.k.a. a log from overseas) Just finished our course at Chom Tong, off to Chiang Mai to tie up some loose ends, then Bangkok to get visas and do some little teaching before our trip home. The ten-day course was the best birthday gift ever; Ajaan was recovering from...
by Sirimangalo Author | Mar 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
The more things change, the more they stay the same, so the saying goes. Worth keeping in mind; in the world of sankhara, the new is ever as the old. On the other hand, this is what Buddhism attempts to address, in a sense; we strive for the unattained, a goal of...
by Sirimangalo Author | Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
December has been a busy month on all fronts; after the novice ordination, there was the robe dying, robe-wearing instruction, etc. Then we started an off-line Pali class, which has been fruitful – for me at least, learning a bit more about how to teach...
