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 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 | 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...
by Sirimangalo Author | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
When the world around you seems bleak and lifeless, do not give up what is good and true; a flower in a wasteland is all the more beautiful in comparison.
by Sirimangalo Author | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The best way to live is without ever putting down an anchor anywhere at any time. Then the whole of reality is your ocean, over which your voyage can finally posses real and universal meaning. It is the anchors we put down that limit us to space, time, and...