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Piercing the Heart of Mara
A poem by Jampa Pawo, dedicated to his dharma friend Grace Bull’s Eye: An Arrow Piercing the Heart of Mara Listen, brave warrior of Shambhala. In your battle against the delusions, Raise the longbow...
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To Meat or Not To Meat?
The topic of meat eating (or not) is not a novel phenomenon of the vegan-paleo debate. It’s one that human beings have struggled with for the past two million years. by Marcella Friel According to...
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Chicago, Four Years Beyond Peace
From Imagining Peace four years ago to Awakening Chicago this first week of May, continuing the conversation with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche by Debra Hiers When Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche addressed several...
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Deconstructing the Myth of Separation
Awaken Chicago. The Power of All People. Together. by Debra Hiers Rev. angel with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Acharya Ferguson During the first keynote address on Friday morning at Awaken Chicago, the...
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Celebrating Spring, and a Birthday!
The Kalapa Court Celebrates Jetsun Dzedron’s first birthday and Spring Celebration of Culture and Lineage by Norah Murray, with photos by Mike Levy It was warm and breezy as guests arrived at the...
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Lady Sharon Hoagland Endowment
Ensuring the Longevity of the Shambhala Lineage by Walker Blaine The start of the year of the Fire Monkey—a year for activity and gathering momentum—was auspiciously marked with the establishment of...
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Personal Justice
An educator contemplates social justice as an essential part of learning, and especially of teaching in the arts Column: Critical Intent by Joanna C. Horton I recall the first time I did an arts...
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Making Friends with Yourself
How dharma can ease the experience of isolation when caregiving by Andrea Sherman and Marsha Weiner We continue to explore how dharma can help mitigate caregiver burnout. In this article we explore how...
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Rude Awakening or Good Grief
Using dharma and expressive arts to relate with transition when your role as caregiver is over by Andrea Sherman and Marsha Weiner There’s a profundity to caregiving. Caregiving demands that we...
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Precious Events
The Sakyong Wangmo shares appreciation for precious events The Sakyong looks on as the Sakyong Wangmo lights the shrine on the first day of the puja at the Kalapa Court As I reflect from the Kalapa...
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Giving the Ghost a Voice, Part I
Contradictory feelings about race can be honored in Buddhism. by Bryan Mendiola I didn’t realize how much I had been skirting issues of race in my life until my Buddhist path, quite unexpectedly, led...
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Giving the Ghost a Voice, Part II
Sharing a personal experience of racial identity as an Asian American Buddhist by Bryan Mendiola Fingerprint with flag of the Philippines There is one important caveat: I don’t know how to talk about...
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Giving the Ghost a Voice, Part III
Coming to terms with personal identity through the spiritual practice of Buddhism by Bryan Mendiola Illustration by Yuko Shimizu Though I was not fully aware of it at the time, it was all this hatred...
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Anyone Can Be Our Teacher
Finding joy and compassion for others in a time of personal suffering by Karen Lundy, with an Introduction by Shastri Christine Heming Introduction: In a recent article for the Times (Think About It;...
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Celebrating Twenty Years
Dharma Sagara Clinic’s 20th Anniversary slogan: “Build it and they will come.” by Lee Weingrad You wake up one day, both your children are in college, your black hair has turned silver, and your...
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The Queer Feminist Rigden
Cutting through embedded patriarchy Column: Critical Intent By Alex Vlasic In my first couple of years working with the Shambhala teachings and community, gender didn’t arise as an issue for me. I...
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Flipping the Switch
The energy of depression can be endemic. But we have the power to flip the switch. by Sarah Lipton The dishes aren’t done, the laundry needs folding, dinner needs to be cooked and the baby won’t go...
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Mindful Movement
Practicing mindfulness through synchronization of mind and body by Jennifer Wang Mindfulness is one of those words that seems to be everywhere these days, but how many people really know what it means?...
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Masculine and Feminine
An examination of dissent as it relates to concepts of masculine and feminine in Shambhala culture Column: Critical Intent by Larry Barnett Mural depicting one of the Rigden Kings Both American and...
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Parenting as Ceremony
Being a parent generates opportunity in each moment, opportunities to create everyday ceremonies that celebrate and enhance our lives together by Melinda Haselton The sun peeks through the blinds and I...
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