Running With The Mind of Confusion
by Neil Duval, Minot, Maine My daughter lives in Boston. I remember several years ago she walked from her apartment to the Boston Shambhala Center to watch me take refuge. Since living in Boston she...
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Imagining Peace: The Journey Is the Goal a personal reflection by Gretchen Neve, Chicago The Imagining Peace Conference opens Friday night, April 26, with a talk by the Sakyong followed the next day,...
View ArticleImagining Peace
The Imagining Peace Conference opens Friday night, April 26, with a talk by the Sakyong followed the next day, Saturday April 27, with the Youth Congress on Peace. Sunday, April 28, will be a day of...
View ArticleSakyong’s Prayers for Boston
In further response to the tragedy that shook the Boston Marathon, and Boston itself just two days ago, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche offers the following video message of compassion and wisdom.
View ArticleShambhala Boston Marathon Gathering
The Boston Shambhala community recently gathered together to practice and contemplate their feelings and experiences in the wake of the Boston Marathon Tragedy. Ashley Goodwin, Head of Communications...
View ArticleOn the Map and On the Move
Judy Lief reading at the Boulder Shambhala CenterTracking the Resounding of the Profound Treasury by Carolyn Gimian It starts in Boulder. It is early April 2013. The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of...
View ArticleThe Birth of Jetsun Yudra
Jetsun Yudra arrives photo by Benny Fongby Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche It was a beautiful, crisp, and clear Thursday. The sun shone bright in the Nova Scotia sky. Around 5:30 in the afternoon, I went into...
View ArticleIntroducing the new Director of Multilingual Development
Did you know that the Shambhala dharma is practiced and communicated in over 20 different languages? We are a community rich in cultural and linguistic diversity – and to support and cultivate that...
View ArticlePersonal Path, Social Transformation
Sakyong under the Gothic arches, Grace CathedralCreating Enlightened Society www.creatingsociety.com by Cody McGough, Director, San Francisco Shambhala Center “Enlightened Society is all about...
View ArticleShambhala Center is open and closed
For most of us, the Shambhala Center will be completely closed from Saturday April 27 to Friday May 3rd! There will be no sitting, no classes, no office hours, no groups, no meetings, no anything. But...
View ArticleShambhala Center is open and closed
For most of us, the Shambhala Center will be completely closed from Saturday April 27 to Friday May 3rd! There will be no sitting, no classes, no office hours, no groups, no meetings, no anything. But...
View ArticleIn Sickness and In Health
Caregiving for a Spouse Column: Aging in Shambhala personal reflections by David Whitehorn Hollywood movies used to end with two people gazing fondly into each other’s eyes and pledging to grow old...
View ArticleMy Way Back To Practice After A Long Hiatus
(photo by Claudelle Glasgow) My college roommate was a resident of New Orleans and evacuated ahead of Katrina. She was watching the news on television when she saw her car float away. She had a first...
View ArticleSakyong Address Live Online This Friday
Imagining Peace; Enlightened Society Gatherings April 26-28 Chicago Shambhala Center and Shambhala Online present Live from Chicago, Illinois, USACreating Enlightened Society: A Keynote Address by...
View ArticleThe Lineage Room
I took this snapshot in the Kalapa Court this week while waiting for a meeting with the Sakyong. You may recognize the brocaded seats from recent broadcasts and events. You may not have seen the rest...
View ArticleShambhala Launches its First Mobile App!
Hive Digital – the global digital platform developer – has just launched the Running with the Mind of Meditation app! The CFO at Hive (the biggest game developer in Brazil) is a leading member of the...
View ArticleWarrior Tribute to Virginia Hilliker
photo by Marvin MooreFebruary 21, 1915 to April 11, 2013 by Barbara Blouin with Robert Krupnick Tribute originally posted on Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Send your tributes and recollections...
View ArticleA Technology of Heart
Fulcrum Point opens the eveningCreating Enlightened Society through Imagining Peace with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago April 26, 2013 by Debra Hiers, Shambhala...
View Article“Imagining Peace” opens in Chicago
videos and article by President Richard Reoch Reporting live from Imagining Peace Chicago “This gathering itself is an indication that we have not given up on peace,” said Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, at...
View ArticleChanging the Way we Participate
Imagining Peace Conference Malcolm X College, Chicago April 27, 2013 by Debra Hiers, Shambhala Times Reporter photos by Erlina Sinaga There was a great sense of purpose and witness to this day of...
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