IMS Online Learning Center

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.

During this session, Guy talked about the Asian masters whom he has met and practiced with, in both the Thai and Burmese lineages.  Ajahn Buddhadasa was a meditator, scholar, and the abbot of Wat Suan Mokh in southern Thailand.  Pa Auk Sayadaw is a master of concentration and insight meditation whose main monastery is in southeast Burma.  Guy used stories, teachings, and photos to convey the essence of these impressive teachers.  He also gave a special presentation overview of the lineages of IMS to help put our stories in a larger context.