What Makes a ‘Good Life’?
Jonathan Fields, founder of the Good Life Project, asked Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and 28 other change-makers to define a “good life”: What might your typical day be when living a good life? What...
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Warrior Tribute to Kristine Ellis
Kristine Ellis December 25, 2013by Jessie Friedman with the help Kris’s cousin Marcia originally published on Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Kristine Theresa Ashton Ellis of Boulder died...
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The eBooks Are Here
photo by Marty Janowitz at the 1975 Vajradhatu SeminaryShambhala Media recently announced that their first eBook project — the Collected Vajradhatu Seminary Transcripts is now available by...
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Beauty of Falling Apart
Leaning Rose by Julie DuBose, Fort Worth, TexasCOLUMN: Snapshots of Basic Goodness This monthly feature highlights snapshots of basic goodness taken by YOU, our readers, as seen out in the world, on...
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The Sakyong Returns to Casa Werma
The first Sakyong composing the Werma Sadhana in 1981; The Kongma Sakyong composing in that same spot 33 years later. Click photo to view largerSakyong Mipham Rinpoche traveled recently to visit Casa...
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Why Are People Mumbling?
photo credit: Neil. Moralee via photopin ccOn Hearing Loss, and How to Work with It by Carolyn Mandelker, Executive Director of Shambhala (and professional audiologist) Do you experience any of the...
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Did you know that I am also an audiologist? I just wrote an article on hearing loss for our community magazine, The Shambhala Times - click here to read it. I’d love to hear your comments and questions...
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A Taste for Running
Running with the Mind of Meditation: In France written by Eric Rugani, Elise Le Goff-Maes, and Christophe Penkerc’h edited Ani Dawa Chotso The idea had been in the air for some years among some rock...
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Joining in the Dance
painting by Maya RookIt’s Valentines’ Day by Maya Rook, Brooklyn, New York “Love is a mutual dance that takes place, and even if you step on each other’s toes during the dance, it is not regarded as...
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Uncommon Advice to Heal a Broken Heart
guest article by Susan Piver A few years ago, I traveled across the country giving talks based on my book, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart. I drove from Boston to Victoria, B.C. and back, giving talk...
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Authentic Presence: Touching “The Thing in Itself”
COLUMN: Poetry Space guest article by Frank Ryan This year Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has announced the inaugural Shambhala Poetry Contest. The selected poem on Windhorse will be read aloud on Shambhala...
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The Drala of Maidan
Maks Lan, Andriy Kucherenko, Irina Vorobiova, Yevsey Levbarg in Maidan SquareReporting on the Ukrainian Revolution Interviews from the Front part 1 compiled by Ella Reznikova and Sarah Lipton Ella is...
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The Drala of Maidan, part 2
Maidan SquareReporting on the Ukrainian Revolution Interviews from the Front part 2 (read part one here) compiled by Ella Reznikova and Sarah Lipton Ella is Ukrainian by birth, and Sarah has Ukrainian...
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Mamos Clarified
The following article is a compilation from various sources of the practices of the days preceding Shambhala Day. by Oscar Garcia, St. Johnsbury, Vermont March 2, 2014 is the beginning of a new Tibetan...
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Prayers, Practice and Deep Compassion for Ukraine
photo courtesy of APF/Getty, BBC NewsViolence has again erupted in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and is reported elsewhere. Clashes between protestors and police are reported to have claimed the lives...
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Transforming “Oprah’s Closet”
Construction folks getting ready to varnish the floorCOLUMN: Shambhala on the Move in Chicago A series about Shambhala Centers and Groups who are moving into new spaces or renovating their existing...
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Obstacles and Antidotes
Ekajati: Queen of the Mamos, thangka painting by Chogyam Trungpa RinpocheTeachings on Don Season by Shastri Andrew Sacamano As we move from winter to spring to summer to fall there is a natural process...
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Shambhala Meets A Royal
Acharya Han de Wit wtih Princess BeatrixAcharya Han de Wit presents The Shambhala Principle to Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands by Acharya Han de Wit, Amsterdam The inter-religious conference In...
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The Magic of Lhasang
Lhasang with the Sakyong, Sakyong Wangmo and His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche.COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Acharya Daniel Hessey and Walker Blaine “When we do a lhasang to bring down the magic energy...
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First Shambhala Ritual Academy
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, photo by Karen IglehartThe first Shambhala Ritual Academy led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche took place in October at Marpa House in Boulder, attended by fifty experienced chopons...
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