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Impermanence Strikes Again
Before the fall programming season begins, I will be stepping down as the Way of Shambhala Program Manager. Since having the good fortune to attend Sacred World Assembly at Shambhala Mountain Centre...
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Listening in Color
COLUMN: Celebrating the Arts article and painting by Christine Labich, Western Massachusetts The inspiration arrived on a late afternoon in October. The New England hardwoods were blazing against a...
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The Threefold Purity
Curtis Pond in Calais, VT, photo by Tune FaulknerCOLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Ani Pema Chodron “To begin with, just give up any expectations of yourself. That’s a simple good instruction for how to do...
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A Year of Sharing Meals
photo credit: bellhalla via photopin ccCOLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom article by Lisa Harris, Column Co-Host Investigating some of the many places where we share meals, and the different connections we find at...
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Life is Ceremony
Sakyong arrives at Dechen ChölingSakyong Mipham Rinpoche visits Dechen Choling Retreat Center, southern France report by Shastri Catherine Eveillard and Luz Rodriguez photos by Sean Raggett “It’s...
View ArticleWay of Shambhala Program Manager Position Open
The Halifax Shambhala Centre is currently accepting applications for one of its core staff positions, the Way of Shambhala Program Manager, working within the Department of Path and Culture. The WOS...
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Finding Freedom Behind Bars
This video follows Shambhala Acharya and former prison inmate Fleet Maull as he visits a Rhode Island men’s prison to share his strategies for surviving on the inside. It offers a rare glimpse into the...
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Now You Can Open Your Eyes: Mindfulness in the Museum, Summer 2014 ~ by Dia...
I had no idea where I was going or when my partner would say I could open my eyes. And then she did say it – “OK, open your eyes” – and – AH! — a rush of pure experience that quickly resolved into a...
View ArticleDoing and Not Doing
Recently the Shambhala Times published an article called “Is Shambhala Just for Seekers?” by Russell Rodgers. In it he characterized the Shambhala Buddhist path as a “ladder”. Over the years I’ve been...
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Making Music Mindfully
COLUMN: Celebrating the Arts Intercultural Improvisation with the OMG by Alex W. Rodriguez, Los Angeles Since taking up the trumpet at age ten — and the trombone two years later — my life as a musician...
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Back to “School”
Gardens Harvest, pottery by JeffreyLiptonPottery.com, photo by Sarah LiptonShambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief This morning I sat...
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Landscape as Sacred Map
Pilgrim, TibetAnnouncing a New Book Release A Photographic Journey into the Heart of the Himalayas by David Zurick, Berea, Kentucky In 2004 I began traveling in the Himalaya and Tibet with a...
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Acharya Appointments
The Office of the Kalapa Court is pleased to announce that yesterday the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, at Dechen Choling formally appointed Ms Sabine Rolf and Mr Samten Kobelt to the positions of...
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Parkinson’s Disease Leads to Photography
In the fall of 2011 I took a vacation to southern Spain. The architecture was spectacular and I took several hundred photos. I used a little digital snapshot camera which I had used successfully on...
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Investigating Motivation
Dharma Teaching by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche In Buddhism, it is motivation that defines us what kind of practitioner we are. Simply put, the greater our motivation on the path, the greater our potential....
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Wrestling with the Funny/Sad Eternal Now
Mr. HugginsCOLUMN: In Everyday Life article by Aaron Crowe, Los Angeles Los Angeles Shambhala member Aaron Crowe delves into the tender heart of sadness and humor. This post is primarily about a...
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Shambhala seeks International Director of Practice and Education
The Director of Practice and Education heads the Office of Practice and Education, whose focus is overseeing and supporting the consistent and skillful application of the policies and curriculum of the...
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Everything is Better…with a Friend
And now, for a little dose of humor…. Karme Choling retreat center in northern Vermont brings you the next in a growing series of music videos. “Everything Is Better With A Friend” features sangha...
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Chogyam Trungpa: The Early Years
Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche The Early Years in Colorado by Clarke...
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The Early Years, part 2
Trungpa Rinpoche in monastic robes in Scotland, circa 1967Celebrating a collaboration between Naropa University and the University of Colorado on a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in honor of Chogyam...
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