One of the great strengths of our community is that we are a global, multicultural and multilingual family. We would like to find ways of visually expressing this key message.
Did you know that there are more than ten thousand members and friends of Shambhala on six continents? Our mandala includes the Sakyong, online communities, more than 200 Shambhala centres and groups, as well as individual members, located in major cities, towns, and in rural settings in over 50 different countries.
Many people have expressed enthusiasm for having a map of our Shambhala world. There are a gazillion ways of doing this. As part of the work I have been leading relating to the Unified Giving view of the interdependence of every part of our global community, I am delighted to launch the “President’s Draw Shambhala Campaign”: you are invited to create and submit drawings or visual graphics showing “The Shambhala World,” however that looks to you! Two examples are shown here.
The video I made for Shambhala Day, “Countless Points of Light,” is another!
The best entries will be added to our international Shambhala webpages so that people can see different creative ways of presenting our global community. To submit an entry or get more information, please email Anna Weinstein.
From: From our President