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Kalapa Council thanks Sophie MacLaren
Shambhala expresses appreciation for Sophie Maclaren for supporting the development of young sangha in Shambhala We wish to express our gratitude for over a decade of work that Sophie Maclaren has...
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Moving Forward…
ROPASL group photo…with the Shambhala Adult Rites of Passage COLUMN: Aging in Enlightened Society by David Whitehorn “Every ten to twenty years, we can participate in a ceremony that awakens us to the...
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Can we be hopeful about the future, with devastating events like Typhoon Yolanda in the news every day? Speaking about the devastation in The Philippines, [Naderev "Yeb" Sano, the Philippines' Climate...
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Pure Beauty: The Cosmos in a Vase
Celebrating Kalapa Ikebana teacher Seibi Watanabe Sensei on her 90th birthday article by Pam Rubin photos by Sarah Shima In a modest neighborhood of Montreal, an immaculately clean, jewel box of a...
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Ikebana Masters Honoured
The Office of the Kalapa Court is pleased to announce Seibi Watanabe Sensei has been awarded the Order of Shotoku Taishi of Shambhala, in recognition of her decades of service to Kalapa Ikebana. The...
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Running with the Sakyong
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is interviewed for the New Yorker Magazine Last week, New York welcomed Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the leader of the Shambhala Buddhist community, when he spoke at the New York...
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Co-Directors of Casa Werma Appointed
The Kalapa Court is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Armstrong and Kai Fulker as the new Co-Directors of Casa Werma. Ms. Armstrong (also known as “Ryn”) has been a Shambhala meditation...
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Blow the Roof Off Your Heart
The Frog’s Egg by John BailesCOLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Evan Silverman, Karme Choling I was driving home to Karme Choling a few weeks ago, while listening to National Public Radio (NPR). The drive was...
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Sakyong Interviewed for The New Yorker Magazine
The Sakyong is featured in a five minute video on the website of The New Yorker magazine. As it says on the website: “Last week, New York welcomed Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the leader of the Shambhala...
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Sakyong Offers Health and Healing Puja
The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche is offering a three-day puja, or practice intensive, 5 – 7 December in Boulder, Colorado, to increase health and dispel obstacles to well-being in the Shambhala...
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Creating Enlightened Society on a Lifeless Planet
Are We Reacting with Urgency to the Climate Crisis? by Irene Lorch-Wauchope, Halifax, Nova Scotia As Buddhists, we create our reality with our thoughts. This same principle applies to our reactions to...
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Carried by the Music
Sarah Marijnissen, journalist for the the BOS (Dutch Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation), made a 30-minutes radio special about the making of the new CD, Tiger Lion Garuda Dragon, featuring four...
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Let Yourself Be Nuts
Putting the Heart back in Hearth – Through the Holidays COLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom This monthly column of the Shambhala Times provides an opportunity for sharing our thoughts, experiences, and views from...
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Poetry Space
photo by Jeff FinkWelcome to the first installment of Poetry Space on the Shambhala Times! by Jeff Fink, Column Host When we went to the sangha in early October with a request for original work from...
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On the Health and Healing Puja
Medicine Buddha, from Orissa, Indiaby Walker Blaine, Master of Liturgies to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche This December 5th–7th the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche will perform a three-day Health and Healing...
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The Nutcracker: A 4-Year-Old’s Review
by Heather Grimes, Boulder, Colorado article originally published on elephant journal Hi, I’m Opal. I just turned four. This means I’m old enough to ride a bike (with a bar attached to the back so...
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A Society of Learners
Shambhala Online Launches New Course Environment by Dixie Good, Director of Shambhala Online The number of miles between you and your local Shambhala center should not stand in the way of a...
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Dedication to Nelson Mandela
Sakyong begins practices for Nelson Mandela, invites Shambhala community to join The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, has begun practices for Nelson Mandela, the historic leader who spearheaded the...
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A Ridgen King Is Born
I am not entirely sure what leads a person to the path of the Buddha. I suppose we all have our own journey and experiences that lead us here. I have spent a lot of time suffering—worrying about how I...
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An Ode to JFK
A poem by community member Preston McWhorter: With the assassin’s bullet the dreams of a generation were slain It seemed with his passing a glorious light was extinguished That a dark malaise had...
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