by Sirimangalo Author | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
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 | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
And you thought Buddhist monks weren’t up on internet memes. FTW – For The World. Okay, not really, but this is. Today we had a meeting of what will probably become the new board of Sirimangalo International in Canada. We agreed unanimously to go ahead...
by Sirimangalo Author | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
It finally dawned on me that the word Manitoba comes from the same root as the word Manitoulin. Things are taking off in a big way here on the prairies… Friday night we had 29 people in our living room. Here’s a picture before they all got there: Yesterday...