Whew

It’s been a bit of whirlwind here lately, lots of stuff, all of it positive. The danger now is in becoming attached to good things and being set up for inevitable disappointment. Anyway, sukho puññassa uccayo and all that, so let us rejoice in our goodness,...

Update September 2011

Yesterday two meditators arrived from different parts of the world; one from Canada and one from Romania. The one from Romania is a returnee, and she asked, “what is the maximum allowed stay?” It can only be a good sign when return meditators ask such...

This is Progress

Well, we’re back on track – an eight-man construction crew hacking apart, tearing up, making a mess that will eventually turn into a new meditation centre. Today the steps to the downstairs cave were rebuilt, most of the old meditation area floor was...

August 2011 Update

We’re now half-way through the rainy season and it indeed is raining, though not much more than it was in the winter or the dry season. That’s a good thing, though, because it means we’ve been able to make a little headway on the construction. The...

Ask Merges With My.Sirimangalo

Okay, it’s done. Ask.Sirimangalo has now officially merged with My.Sirimangalo. The easy part of this is, if you go to ask.sirimangalo.org, you still see a Q & A forum at ask.sirimangalo.org, albeit a rather dull looking one. That will change, eventually 🙂...

Convicts, Bathrooms, Kutis

If you follow my YouTube channel (or Facebook page, Buzz feed, etc.), you probably know that we had a group of convicts come to carry rocks and sand for us. They were really a good group of people, and I spent some time working with them, directing them, etc....