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Welcome friends.

Five sanghas from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta have come together to create this special lineage story series. Read more about us. And, we are delighted to be partnering with IMS Online to bring this to the wider sangha. We offer a warm prairie welcome to all practitioners!

Our vision is to have our teachers share stories about their teachers, to honour our gratitude to the Asian roots of the practice; to give a sense of these teachings being handed down, generation to generation; and to give current practitioners a sense of carrying this precious gift forward.

Our collective practice is primarily rooted in the Burmese and Thai Forest lineages through Mahasi Sayadaw and Ajahn Mun, and, is also influenced by many other traditions. We will build a virtual lineage image as we go along, to create a visual sense of our practice and its roots.

Kamala Masters is a beloved elder in our Theravada tradition, who began her Dharma training in the Mahasi tradition with Anagarika Munindra in 1977, followed by a life-long mentorship with Venerable U Pandita. She will share stories of Munindraji and Sayadaw U Pandita. Mark Nunberg, co-founder of Common Ground Meditation Center, practiced as a monk for five months in Burma as well as many long retreats in the US. He will share stories of practicing both in Burma and the Thai Forest tradition.