Harvest of Peace Address Now Online
Kongma Sakyong Harvest of Peace 2016The Sakyong’s Harvest of Peace address to the international community is now available online. In this year’s address, the Kongma Sakyong touched on strengthening...
View ArticleQueen Mother of Bhutan
On Friday September 23rd, the Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo hosted the Queen of Bhutan to tea at the Boulder Shambhala Center. by Melanie Klein Known as the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is...
View ArticleSakyong Mipham in Seattle
Rising to the Occasion: Social Engagement in a Chaotic World By Shastri Matthew Lyon Sakyong Mipham’s forthcoming visit to Seattle will focus on his powerful teachings on social engagement from the...
View ArticleThe Play Itself to See
A theatrical featurette of the play Norbu and the Mystery of the Missing Ratna by Walker Blaine As noted in the earlier article “Interview with a Shambhala Playwright,” this play was performed in...
View ArticlePracticing Radical Dharma
by Daniel Phillips In March of 2015 Reverend angel Kyodo williams Sensei, founder of the Center for Transformative Change in Berkeley California, visited the Atlanta Shambhala Center, along with Lama...
View ArticleZiji Collective in Berlin
Two weeks ago, 75 young meditators from around the world gathered in Berlin, Germany for the third annual Ziji Collective International Summit by Lia Duggan The Ziji Collective, if you haven’t heard of...
View ArticleFresh from the Garden
Acharya Arawana Hayashi Teaches Level One at Sky Lake by Lisa Freedman “We like our own garbage. It’s important. We use whatever comes up in meditation. When we listen to fear and difficulties, they...
View ArticleAmerica and Me/Shambhala and Me, Pt. 2
Part two of a three part series describing one Shambhalian’s experience growing up as part of an interracial family by David Ken Engelbrecht In October 2009, I left Los Angeles and moved to Vancouver,...
View ArticleCity of No Illusions
Shambhala grows and finds a new home in Buffalo, New York by Pat Pendleton and Ed Taylor Maybe it’s a cicada thing—they certainly were singing in the summer of 2016. After seven years in the cocoon of...
View ArticleAmerica and Me/Shambhala and Me, Pt 3
Part three of a three part series describing one Shambhalian’s experience growing up as part of an interracial family by David Ken Engelbrecht Who is this “I” that appears to exist? It might be helpful...
View ArticleShambhala Hosts the UNtraining
A daylong training session brings together individuals committed to unlearning their social conditioning around race by Robert Pressnall “Loving yourself is a political act. We are taught not to love...
View ArticleMoissons de la Paix
Allocution du Kongma Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche 25 septembre 2016 Kongma Sakyong Moissons de la Paix 2016 Bonjour à tous. Je vous souhaite un Joyeux Jour des Moissons de la Paix et une belle saison des...
View ArticleThe Clothes Hamper as Practice
Waking up to basic goodness through the practice of wakeful kindness in everyday life by Stuart Rice My name is Stuart, and I have a confession: I’m a very messy person. And I can also confess that it...
View ArticleSeven-Line Supplication to Padmakara
Our series on the Shambhala chants continues, with the traditional supplication to Padmasambhava by Russell Rodgers HUM In the northwest of the land of Uddiyana, On a blooming lotus flower, You have...
View ArticleSupplication to the Takpo Kagyu
We continue exploring the Shambhala chants with a look at the Kagyu lineage supplication by Russell Rodgers Kagyu Monlam, photo by Corey Kohn The Kagyu lineage is one of the three main Tibetan...
View ArticleLa Dedicación de Mérito de Shambhala
por Russell Rodgers Que por la confianza del áureo Sol del Gran Este, florezca el jardín de lotos de la sabiduría del Rigden. Que se disipe la oscura ignorancia de los seres sensibles. Gocen de...
View ArticleSúplica de Longevidad
por Russell Rodgers Al igual que los otros cantos de longevidad, este evoca por completo el poder de la devoción. Para los gurús auténticos, la devoción de los estudiantes es lo que les prolonga la...
View ArticleThe Heart Sutra
An explication of The Sutra of the Heart of Transcendent Knowledge by Russell Rodgers The “Heart Sutra” is chanted by Mahayana practitioners all over the world. You could do it at home to start your...
View ArticleCanto de los protectores de Shambhala
por Russell Rodgers Un flujo constante de coincidencia conforma nuestras vidas. Nos levantamos por la mañana. Está lloviendo y eso siempre nos deprime un poquito. Hay un colapso de tráfico en el camino...
View ArticleSúplica al linaje Shambhala
por Russell Rodgers En este canto Sákyong Mipham Rimpoché reconoce las fuentes del Linaje de Shambhala. Había cuatro linajes principales en el Tíbet: los gelugpa (el linaje del Dalai Lama), los sakya,...
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