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Changing the Metrics
Ellen Kahler and her wife Susanna On the Scene in Montpelier, Vermont by Sarah Lipton Ellen Kahler, executive director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, is the winner of the inaugural Con Hogan...
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Invitation to Healing and Enrichment Pujas
photo by Ian BascettaThe Sakyong will be performing two pujas, or intensive practices, for the benefit of Shambhala in mid-November during his fall retreat in Parpeng, Nepal. These practices are...
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Taking Refuge
Dharma Teaching by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche The Tibetan word for refuge is chup, “to be protected by.” Every day we wake up and tacitly take refuge in something that we think will offer us security and...
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The Compassion of Unconditional Love
What Karuna Training Offers Story and photos by Miriam Hall Update: application deadline for the upcoming training has been extended, and a few spaces may still be available I signed up for the very...
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Harvest at Dechen Chöling
A seasonal contemplation on energy, connectedness and change by Simon La Haye Today is a beautiful fall day. The trees are dancing in the crisp energy of the wind, leaves have already changed colors...
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The Warriors Who Are Meek
The Shambhala Monastic Order’s first temporary monastic training program comes to completion by Shastri Loden Nyima, Monastic Secretary to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Summer is passing and fall arriving at...
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Queen Seon Duk of Silla
a review by Jay Lippman Korean royal crown In our search for worthwhile television viewing, my wife and I have wandered in many directions and genres from Hollywood to Bollywood, rarely finding...
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Gesar: Heart of the Gongter Empowerments
Gongter empowerments continue on the sacred ground of Parpeng by Walker Blaine Namkha Drimed Rinpoche After the first five empowerments of the Gongter, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s termas of key practices...
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Celebrating the Indigenous Dralas
E kore a ngaro he takere waka nui: the keel of a great canoe cannot be lost. by Susie Vincent Just as all of you in the northern hemisphere decide that it’s autumn or fall, the leaves turn red and...
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Full Moon over Boulder
On the night of an extraordinary full moon, Boulder Shambhala Center offers the Shambhala Sadhana by Elaine Logan I walk into the main shrine room at the Boulder Shambhala Center on the full moon,...
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Shambhala Sun Name To Change
On behalf of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Shambhala International, the Kalapa Council—together with the leadership of the Shambhala Sun—is delighted to share with you some exciting developments at the...
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Reclaiming Prajna
A new structure rises in a drala-rich space at Shambhala Mountain Center by Jamie Woodworth Early photo of Prajna It’s a widely agreed upon sentiment, among both newcomers and veteran Shambhalians,...
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Shambhala Job Opportunities
We are pleased to announce three employment opportunities within our community. The following positions are currently accepting applicants: Shambhala is seeking to fill a new position of Shambhala Help...
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Finding Freedom Inside
Being with Jampa Pawo by Norma Harris Buddha image by Jampa Pawo Last year Atlanta Shambhala received an email from Les Ste. Marie at Gampo Abbey. He was passing on a request from a man on death row in...
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Leadership Changes in Shambhala
The lineage of Sakyongs, from which the brilliance of the Shambhala teachings streams, resides at the centre of the Shambhala mandala. This has always been true from a heart sense, and in order to...
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Renewed Invitation to Healing and Enrichment Pujas
The Sakyong will be performing two pujas, or intensive practices, for the benefit of Shambhala on November 21 -22 during his fall retreat in Nepal. These practices are opportunities for community...
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Local Harvest at Casa Werma
A day of practice and celebration brings together expatriates with Mexican nationals by Reina/Ryn Armstrong Kai and I hosted our second Harvest of Peace here at Casa Werma this year; it was a...
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Sakyong Gives Talk at Gongter
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Addresses Western Students at the Gongter Near the end of the Gongter, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche gave an evening talk to the Westerners and English-speaking Tibetans attending the...
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Letter from the Sakyong Wangmo
The Sakyong Wangmo writes to us from Nepal As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of the Kongma Sakyong, I felt inspired to share some thoughts and feelings with all of you. As everyone knows, this...
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The Warriors Who Are Joyful
A Gampo Abbey Reflection: Lodro’s Story by Tharpa Lodro My given name at birth was Daniel McCoy Baker. I was born October 26th, 1989 in Cheverly, Maryland, not too far from Washington D.C., the area...
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