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The Shape of Awake
A report on Hope Martin’s recent teaching at Gampo Abbey. Hope is leading a Shape of Awake weekthun in Atlanta March 22 – 28th. Hope Martin with Ani Pema Chödrön During this year’s Yarne retreat, Hope...
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Wangmo Makes Its Online Debut
The Sakyong Wangmo is delighted to introduce Wangmo—a new online retail business—and announce the debut of its website, Wangmodesigns.com. “My vision for Wangmo is to give women a chance to express...
View ArticleDiscurso del día de Shambhala en el año de la oveja de madera
Discurso del día de Shambhala en el año de la oveja de madera (19 febrero 2015) EL KONGMA SÁKYONG: Muy buenos días a todos y buenos días y buenas tardes a todos los que se han unido a la retransmisión....
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Introducing Odessa Rose
Scott Robbins and Sarah Lipton are thoroughly delighted to introduce their beautiful baby girl to the Shambhala world. Odessa Rose Lipton Robbins was born on February 5th, 2015 after a beautiful labor...
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An Audacious Aging Salon
COLUMN: Aging in Enlightened Society by David Whitehorn Audacious: intrepidly daring; adventurous. Aging: the process of growing old. Salon: a gathering to entertain and inform through conversation....
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How Do the Momos Taste?
From left to right: Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin, Carolyn Gimian and “Chef” Chuck Lief COLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom Interview with Chuck Lief, President of Naropa University by Judy Sachs-Sullivan, Kitchen...
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New York Celebrates Shambhala Day in Style
Another Shambhala Day Around the Mandala feature celebrating the Year of the Wood Sheep in the community! Celestina Leon, Jessica Rothschuh, Christian Florez by Shambhala New York staff Photographs by...
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Steadfast Clear Seeing
Dharma Teaching by Ani Pema Chodron originally published in Shambhala Sun As we meditate, we are nurturing five qualities that begin to come forth over the months and years that we practice. You might...
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The Blueberry Man
photo credit: Martin LaBar via photopin cc Are Sales Basically Good? article by Joe Snowdon, Boston, MA In the modern world of B2C and B2B commerce it doesn’t seem like anyone today would look at a...
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Art, Meditation and the Creative Process
An Interview with Steven Saitzyk March is Shambhala Art month. To kick it off, Melinda Rothouse of Austin interviews Shambhala artist, author and educator Steve Saitzyk. I recently completed the...
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Albuquerque: New Center, Old Town
COLUMN: Shambhala On the Move by Janice Convery It’s a blustery day here in Albuquerque, New Mexico—rare, but not unwelcome. Cold air has replaced heat, and heart-shaped leaves from shedding cottonwood...
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Sun Camp Applications Now Online
Sun Camp programs for the Year of the Wood Sheep are now available online: shambhalasuncamp.org. Sun Camp is an outdoor, sleep-away summer camp for children ages 10-16. Campers sleep in tents and enjoy...
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How does it feel to have Parkinson’s Disease – Revisited
It seems like I always start from the place that having a chronic illness like PD “feels bad.” In fact it’s more complicated than that. There is some physical pain, and I suppose that this really does...
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Welcoming the Year of the Wood Sheep & Looking Back at a Memorable 2014.
On February 21st, Shambhala St. Petersburg celebrated Shambhala Day, the lunar new year, and welcomed in the Year of the Wood Sheep. Shambhala Day is our biggest annual holiday and is a time for...
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On Making Art
Hum Calligraphy by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche COLUMN: Radical Compassion Shambhala Times Exclusive Interview with Lama Tsultrim Allione conducted by Cameron Wenaus of retreat.guru and Sarah Lipton,...
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Horsemanship Dharma
by Katharine Locke, River John, Nova Scotia Katharine and Lochinvar Training the horse is training the mind: training it to be present, to be kind, to recognize the everyday wisdom in the actions of...
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The Path of Translating
photo credit: dylancantwell via photopin cc Translating in the Ear Whispering Lineage by Stephane Bedard, Montreal, Quebec When I started to read one of the Sakyong’s recent advanced texts, parts of...
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Listening is Medicine
Offering Meditation In The City – the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast. In this episode, Laura Simms poses the question, “Have we become unaccustomed to listening? How do we...
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Once for a Lifetime
On Temporary Monastic Ordination by Gelong Loden Nyima, Head of Practice and Education at Gampo Abbey Edited by Emma Cataford, Temporary Monastic at Gampo Abbey Photographs by Thubten Tingdzen and...
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5 Reasons to Meditate
Dharma Teaching by Ani Pema Chodron originally published in Shambhala Sun Yes, it’s a strange thing to do – just sit there and do basically nothing. Yet the simple act of stopping, says PEMA CHODRON,...
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