Shambhala Principle to Prison
The Prison Outreach Affinity Circle was started by Trime Persinger in 2013. On March 10, 2014, a conversation was hosted by Richard Reoch and Adela Sandness The conversation was recorded and...
View ArticleA Sacred Journey to Goa, India
Harish Rao, Whitney Hall & Melinda Rothouse – GoaCOLUMN: Celebrating the Arts article and photos by Melinda Rothouse In March of 2015 I had the opportunity to travel to Goa, India, with two...
View ArticleThe Good of the Game
Sangha Member Inducted into Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame article by Cara Thornley of St. Johsnbury, Vermont Allan Graves was inducted into the Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame, Tuesday, May 26th by the...
View ArticleEducating the Sky
COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Acharya Noel McLellan originally published on broken leaf Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche wrote a text on how to educate a prince, someone who would grow up to be a wise,...
View ArticleDeveloping a Mind of Kindness
Offering Meditation In The City – the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast. In this podcast episode, senior Shambhala teacher Acharya Eric Spiegel discusses the six paramitas:...
View ArticleCo-Creating a Vision of Shambhala
In May, I attended a series of programs in Mexico, the Ziji Collective International Summit, and Ziji Leadership Retreat. You may remember last year I attended the Summit in San Fransisco, which I...
View ArticleDechen Choling Succeeds
Celebrating 20 Years of Dechen Choling article by Acharya David Schneider, Cologne, Germany Asked to contribute some words to the celebration of 20 years of Dechen Choling from the perspective of...
View ArticleSakyong Appoints 20 New Shastris
The Office of the Kalapa Court is pleased to announce that the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, has formally appointed twenty new shastris. The position of shastri was created by the Sakyong in 2009,...
View ArticleVajradhatu Oriyoki
Oryoki bowls, courtesy of babblingbuddha.emeraldcity.bc.caCOLUMN: Kitchen Wisdom An interview with Oriyoki Master, Roland Cohen by Judy Sachs Sullivan, Column Co-Host Judy: Roland, can you talk about...
View ArticleRadical Availability
miksang photo by Charles BlackhallCOLUMN: Radical Compassion Interview with Adam Bucko conducted by Cameron Wenaus of Retreat.Guru and Sarah Lipton, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Times transcribed...
View ArticleAn “All Day” Grin
The Shambhala Times is delighted to announce joyful felicitations on the marriage between Koos de Boer and Nicolette de Hoop, neighbors of Dechen Choling in Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux, France. report from...
View ArticleMeditation
Dharma Teaching by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche We sometimes forget how the Buddhist teachings came into being. We forget why the Buddha left his father’s palace. Dissatisfied with maintaining an illusion,...
View ArticleOur Money Mind
miksang image by Charles BlackhallCOLUMN: Shambhala Economics article by Shastri Matthew Lyon Shastri Matthew Lyon has spent many years on the Shambhala path as a practitioner, leader, and senior...
View ArticleSummer Fun at Gampo Abbey
Gampo Abbey Monastics Play Ball, Release Lobsters and Visit Kalapa Valley article by Ani Lodro Dechen Like the seasons surrounding us, life at the Abbey is very different in the summer than in the...
View ArticleThe Radical Path Between Promise and Fear
A Talk on Enlightened Society by angel Kyodo williams The more we look, the more we realize how profound the vision of an enlightened society — in which each person’s basic goodness is recognized — is,...
View ArticleSocial Presencing Theater
A Shambhala Art Form for Social Change A Look at the Training Offered by Acharya Arawana Hayashi article by Maria Patten with Shastri Sandra Ladley This conversation addresses applications of Shambhala...
View ArticleThe Barnacle’s Roar
Coming Home from Enlightened Society Assembly article by Emma Cataford, Gampo Abbey photos by Jacqueline Larson and Naomi de Ville Between June 24th and July 3rd at Dorje Denma Ling, around sixty...
View ArticlePeople of Color Scholarship Fund
COLUMN: Enlightened Society Celebrates Diversity Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the People of Color Scholarship Fund (POC) Leadership Awards Part One of Three article and photos by Mabinti Dennis...
View ArticleVermont’s New Babies
Amaia LunaPlease join the Shambhala Times in welcoming these new additions to our community! Introducing Amaia Luna, born to Pablo Coddou and Anne-Marie Keppel of Craftsbury, Vermont. The family shares...
View ArticleThe Sun is Just Rising
photo by Mike LevyCelebrating 20 Years of Our Sakyong Twenty years ago, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 14, 1995, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was formally enthroned as the Sakyong of Shambhala. His...
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