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Living at a Land Centre, and Why it Matters
Posted in Dorje Denma Ling’s kitchen. Photo by Rhonda Newcombe The most beneficial thing I’ve ever done When I ask myself, “what has been helpful in my life” or “when was I really being transformed by...
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Tuesday evening, Lady Konchok Palden, the mother of the Sakyong, suffered a stroke affecting the right side of her body. Lady Konchok is showing signs of improvement and is resting comfortably and...
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Conference Meets Heart
COLUMN: Youth and Family Teaching Mindfulness and Compassion to Youth article by Leslie Gossett, Column Editor photos by Mark Anderson We recently hosted a conference in Northern California at which...
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Eyes of the Heart
COLUMN: Celebrating the Arts When It’s Time to Go on Retreat article by Jude Robison I unroll a long piece of paper on the grass. Next, making marks with a found-object brush, moving my body along with...
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An Intimate Death
the cremationCOLUMN: In Everyday Life article by Leila Bazzani, Los Angeles Time of death: 9:21am on January 19th 2014, just two months shy of her 69th birthday. My mother raised two beautiful...
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Shambhala Buddhist Upadhyaya Ordination
Acharya Judith Simmer Brown with Tracy Steelearticle by Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown On Monday, May 12, 2014, eight members of the Shambhala community were ordained as Buddhist chaplains at the Boulder...
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Shambhala Buddhist Upadhyaya Ordination
New upadhyayas. On May 12, 2014, eight members of the Shambhala community were ordained as Buddhist chaplains at the Boulder Shambhala Center by Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown. The Upadhyaya (preceptor)...
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Reopening: Poems for Spring
COLUMN: Poetry Space We’re very excited to publish this month’s selections, three pieces that share a real sense of space – perfect for the season, we think. Oh, and we’re working on a small surprise...
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Announcing the President’s Draw Shambhala campaign!
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...
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Lady Konchok Health Update
Lady Konchok Palden, the mother of the Sakyong, will return to Marpa House May 30 to continue her physical therapy and recovery, following a stroke last week in Boulder. Lady Konchok has been working...
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Is Shambhala Just for Seekers?
Photo Miksang de Joey JohannsenCOLUMN: Dharma Teaching by Russell Rodgers, Nelson, BC Recently I was at a gathering of meditation instructors, and the main topic of conversation was why so many people...
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Limiting the Barriers, part 3
Putting Acoustical Treatment in Drala HallA Report in Three Parts From the Accessibility and Disability Working Group article compiled by Stefan Carmien, Chair of Accessibility and Disability Working...
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Combing Your Hair and Brushing Your Teeth
Geoffrey Gale: tooth brush modelShambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief We like to race to the perceived finish line of vajrayana...
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What Is A Shastri?
Shastri Ben Hinesby Shastri Ben Hines, Seattle, WA When you come to the Seattle Shambhala Center, you soon encounter a term never heard in the West until recently: shastri. It reflects a role and...
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Face to Face in Atlanta
Irene MorinCOLUMN: In Everyday Life by Nicole Carlson The Atlanta Shambhala Center has been conducting “Face to Face” interviews with their community members. This one focuses on Irene Morin. Irene has...
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Sakyong Bestows Inaugural Friend of Shambhala Award
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Governor Shumlin of Vermont, photo by Laura GreerGovernor Shumlin of Vermont receives the inaugural ‘Friend of Shambhala Award’ from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche On Tuesday June...
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The Meditating Practitioner
COLUMN: In Everyday Life by Greg Wolk, Seattle, WA About two years ago after returning from travels as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s attendant, I hung out my own shingle as a solo attorney with equal parts...
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Without Elaboration
COLUMN: Snapshots of Basic Goodness by Dan Peterson, Seattle During the third class of Wisdom in Everyday Life we entered into a rather feisty discussion of how preconceptions and habits veil our...
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All Hands on Deck: Participatory budgeting, here we come again.
Join us and vote at the event 6-9 pm on June 11th, 2014 @ the Bloomfield Centre, 2786 Agricola St. Halifax To find out which district you’re in, check out: https://apps.halifax.ca/districtlookup What...
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Meditation and Irony
photo credit: Olivander via photopin ccCOLUMN: Celebrating the Arts by Michelle Welch, Phoenix I’m a writer, for those who don’t already know. There’s a big dichotomy between being a writer and being a...
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