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Working with Pain
Khenpo GangsharCOLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Evan Silverman, Karme Choling, VT “The pain never goes, and we will never be happy.” Every six weeks or so I give a short talk at a local Shambhala center, in...
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Mindfulness and Compassionate Leadership
Can Mindfulness Breed a New Generation of Compassionate Leaders? by Lodro Rinzler Recently there has been some good discussion in the media about how the term “mindfulness” is being co-opted, distanced...
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Fearless in the Kitchen
Afganistan at Conflict KitchenA Culinary Embassy COLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom by Lisa Harris, Column Co-Host photos courtesy of Conflict Kitchen, with permission from Jon Rubin Kitchens are wonderful places...
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Meditation and Yoga by Leila Cranford
Not all meditators practice yoga, but meditation is a foundational practice in hatha yoga - or yoga, as we simply call it in the west. A robust yoga practice includes regular meditation (dhyana) as...
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New San Francisco Director Announced
Mr. Alexander Van Gils has been approved by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche as the next Center Director for the San Francisco Shambhala Center. Alex will replace Mr. Cody McGough, who has served for the past...
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Rigdens in Boston
A Museum Collection of Rigden Thangkas Are Now Housed on a Shambhala Website Images of a rare collection of Tibetan thangkas depicting the Rigden Kings of Shambhala, exhibited by the Boston Museum of...
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche—Is Meditation Selfish?
Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal sits down with Sakyong Mipham, Shambhala Buddhist Teacher, to discuss Meditation as Activism.
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Meet Reverend Kim!
One of the best parts about putting together the Moving Forward: Boston Strong in Everyday Life event with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has been the amazing friendship and partnership that has been extended...
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The New Age
Shambhala’s annual Paranirvana Day is a community gathering that celebrates the life and influence of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The founder of Shambhala was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987)....
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The Shambhala Archives recently released “Shunyata,” the video posted below, to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the parinirvana (death of an enlightened being) of Shambhala founder Chogyam Trungpa...
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A Guard Story
Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche #4, 1974, photo by Hudson ShotwellRemembering Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche by Hudson Shotwell, Halifax, Nova Scotia July, 1976 I drove the Eggplant Express up Ninth Street to the...
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Life is Worth Living-Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s Shambhala Day Address
Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles is delighted to post the Sakyong’s 2014 Shambhala Day Address. This Address was on March 2nd, 2014 from Boulder, Colorado.
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Brief Encounters with a Dragon
Remembering Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche These few “Brief Encounters” are brought to you courtesy of the wonderful work of the folks at The Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche “The Usual” from Valerie...
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What is Miksang Really?
Miksang image by April SiegfriedInvestigating Contemplative Photography article by Julie DuBose, Director of Miksang Institute photos by students of the Miksang Institute There are many people these...
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Waking the Sleeping Giant
Mabinti Dennis, Shastri Charlene Leung, Acharya Arawana Hayashi, Senandoah Gale, Joy Mickle, Joanne Martin Braun, youth participantA Report on the visit of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to Shambhala Chicago...
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Regard all Dharmas as Dreams
COLUMN: Good Practice by Gordon Shotwell, Toronto, ON As long as I can remember my family had a set of lojong cards on our mantelpiece. I remember reading “Don’t transfer the ox’s load to the cow” and...
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Launching The Arrow
article by Jayne Sutton, Shambhala Times Regular Correspondent illustrations by Alicia W. Brown Shambhala Day, March 2, 2014, saw the launch of an exciting new online journal — The Arrow: A Journal of...
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Portland premier of “Contentment” on April 12
Contentment is the new work for wind ensemble by Portland Shambhala Center member Mary Ellen Grace and Kelly Dugger. It had its world premiere on March 29 in Las Vegas. The Spring show of The Portland...
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Deleks as Building Blocks of Enlightened Society
This is a re-posting of an earlier article. When we are aware of others’ needs, everyday life is not limited to personal concerns. (From The Three-fold Logic of Deleks, by the Vajra Regent Ösel...
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Kitchen Project
We are very excited to be part of Halifax City’s District 7 Participatory Budgeting Process, and putting forward a project to raise money to renovate our kitchen. As the Sakyong has stressed, our...
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