Seeds of War, Seeds of Peace
Religious Conflict in Today’s World President Richard Reoch presents at the University of Morocco The room full of Muslim preachers, known as Imams, was keenly attentive as I introduced meditation...
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COLUMN: Dispatches from the Kalapa Court Kitchen article by Khenchen Anthony Miller, Regional Machen Officer, Trident Region In the Kalapa Court, soup is a staple food. Warming, nourishing, and...
View ArticleHow To Make A Sit-a-Thon
Dispatch from Northern California by Kathryn Rile In just four days the Northern California Shambhala community is gathering across seven centers and groups to host the first regional sit-a-thon,...
View ArticleFirst Annual Midwinter Haiku Contest
Request for Entries from the Poetry Editorial Board for the Shambhala Times if I held it in my hands my hot tears would melt it — autumn frost ~~ basho 1684 As we write this, the days are fast growing...
View ArticleOffering Care for the Caregiver: Phoenix Shambhala Center Lessons Learned by...
Offering Care for the Caregiver: Phoenix Shambhala Center Lessons Learned by Amy Kemp It was a beautiful October day in Phoenix. The sky was clear and the morning air had a crisp chill; this is when...
View ArticleSakyong’s Birthday Celebration – Sunday, Nov. 16
I am happy to report that the kitchen at 119 Ross Avenue is up and running, just in time to celebrate Sakyong’s 52nd birthday. 20 individuals gathered there on November 16th to mark the day. It was...
View ArticleA Night Room
photo by Tune FaulknerCOLUMN: Poetry Space Autumn Edition We’re delighted to share more new work from across the sangha. Below are four pieces from two poets who are both new to Poetry Space. Also,...
View ArticleIs Tolerance Enough?
Questions and Answers from: Seeds of War, Seeds of Peace Investigating Religious Conflict in Today’s World Presidential Lecture by Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala Buddhism “If the world had only...
View ArticleCompassionate Brush
A student’s tone drawing of a lotusContemplative Art Project with the Vancouver School Board article, photos and video by Brian Callahan On October 21st, His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama visited a Vancouver...
View ArticleA Hundred Years Later
Parliament of Hungary in Budapest, photo by Peter NowakA Collaborative Article Chronicling the Cultural History around the Hungarian Shambhala Group in Budapest written by Acharya Matias Pongracz,...
View ArticleReceiving the Order of Nova Scotia
The Shambhala Times is delighted to congratulate Ruth Holmes Whitehead on her receipt of the Order of Nova Scotia! interview by Sarah Lipton, Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief edited by Chris Schuman,...
View ArticlePurchasing a Building
2013 Shambhala Building, SeattleCOLUMN: Shambhala on the Move A series about Shambhala Centers and Groups who are moving into new spaces or renovating their existing homes. In this article, we hear a...
View ArticleImmeasurable in the Carpathians
Mountain Synyak near Bukovelya by Vyacheslav ZhegarA Key Program for Shambhala Ukraine by Ivan Salomatin The first weeks of November brought to the Ukrainian Society of Shambhala an historical event....
View ArticleRisk the Mess
Mind Body Awareness ProjectWhat don’t I know in this moment? Report from Northern California by Leslie Gossett, Shambhala Times Regional Reporter Of all the gems I could have gleaned from the day-long...
View ArticleBreaking Silence
photo by Charles BlackhallIntroducing a NEW COLUMN: Dispatches from the Front Lines Dispatches from the Front Lines is a new column designed to support the many Shambhalians currently experiencing...
View ArticleSurviving Ebola
Letter from Ashoka Mukpo to the extended Shambhala Community Ashoka Mukpo, son of Lady Diana Mukpo, contracted the Ebola virus after working for a month as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media...
View ArticleFunding Anti-Violence
Shambhala Trust Funds More Chicago Anti-Violence Work – and Five Other Projects Fall 2014 Meeting article by Ginny Evans and Greg Lubkin Co-Chairs of the Shambhala Trust The Shambhala Trust held its...
View ArticleDialogue on the global challenge of Islamophobia
I am deeply concerned about the global challenge of the spread of Islamophobia. There is a compelling need for the international community to understand and meet this challenge, just as surely as it...
View ArticleStages of Realization…
photo credit: Locator via photopin cc…on the Path of Cleaning COLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Persch, Karme Choling Cleaning, dish shifts and other regular rota assignments are just a part of living at...
View ArticlePurpose is the New Profit
The Awakening of Business by Iektje van Bolhuis, Austin, Texas It might seem strange to write an article about enlightened society and business. In many ways the two seem to be contradictory. Indeed,...
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