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Touching the Earth Collective—December 2020 Newsletter
Wild Rice Stuffing and Children’s Day By Irene Woodard There are certain things that happen this time of year… A big family gathering with the wild rice stuffing that doesn’t go in the bird. The New...
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Sacred World
The world is filled with power and wisdom, we’ve just forgotten how to see and feel it. By Halleluiah Strongheart With all of the challenges going on in the world today it’s easy to feel like...
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Virtual Cushion – A Resource for Meditators Around the Globe
Photo Credit Dan Horak This week’s Featured Centres: Prague, Czech Republic + Sky Lake Lodge View the full Virtual Cushion calendar for December here. All are welcome at any session. *Does your Centre...
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We are now at the fork of this road
By Richard Reoch “We are now at the fork of this road. We now have an ultimatum or an alternative,” warns Albert Marshall, the Elder who speaks for the Mi’kmaw Nation on the environment. “Is it going...
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How Can Art Enhance The Experience Of Meditation?
Photo by Jelleke Vanooteghem on Unsplash By “Jackie Writing Jackie” Meditation and mindfulness are vital practices embraced by Buddhists, owing to their ability to keep the mind on the eightfold path,...
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Touching the Earth Collective—January 2021 Newsletter
Dear Collective’s members and friends, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ address on “The State of the Planet” from early December at Columbia University is an exceptionally frank assessment of...
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The Love for Truth: Buddhism and Recovery
Photo by Justin Dream on Unsplash by Shelly Webb When I started my recovery process over five years ago, I would tell a dear friend of mine, a dharma sister, about how amazing my Alcoholics Anonymous...
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Virtual Cushion in January: featuring Jeff Scott
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash By Camren Von Davis Welcome back to Virtual Cushion – a space for open meditation sessions and meditation instruction happening throughout Shambhala’s global community....
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A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work for Our Time
Edited by Stephanie Kaza Book review by Christine Heming As an activist, Buddhist scholar, general systems thinker and deep ecologist, Joanna Macy’s work is far-reaching. Many know her for creating...
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Shambhala Day Info: Year of the Iron Ox!
From the Editorial Team: This article is an invitation to the live broadcast of Shambhala Day 2021: The Year of the Iron Ox, and contains information about many other Shambhala New Year gatherings and...
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Revisiting “Understanding Dön Season”
The Times Editorial team has received requests for this excellent dharma teaching, written by the late Shastri Russell Rodgers in 2017. We’ve shared it here, in advance of the 2021 Dön season, which...
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Dön Season Teachings and Gathering
Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash Dön season is the period that falls on the eleven days before before the lunar new year. In Shambhala, the tradition is to perform special practices, including mamo...
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Touching the Earth Collective: February 2021
Being Brave in the Iron Ox Year By Irene Woodard and Emily Takahashi On January 20 we breathed out, a collective physical re lease. In the United States, a new president was inaugurated, and we...
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Cheerful Shambhala Day! 2021 Broadcast information
The theme of this year’s live broadcast is Celebrating Shambhala Culture and will have a particular focus on Shambhala contemplative arts and culture. Presenters will include Acharya Arawana Hayashi,...
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Therapy and Counselling Program for Shambhala Community Members Seeking...
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Dear Shambhala Community, The Shambhala Board acknowledges that healing and repair is an imperative for our community, and we aspire to do what we can to repair past...
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Dying Well: A Book and Community Conversation
With Richard Reoch and Ron Schultz Article by Ron Schultz “I thought I was preparing for death. And in reality, I learned I was preparing to live more fully.” When Richard Reoch wrote Dying Well, his...
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Letter from the Open Torii
Note: This letter is currently being translated. As other translation become available, we will post them here. Cheerful year of the Iron Ox to the Sangha of Warriors, Last summer, Diana Mukpo...
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¡Alegre año del buey de metal para la sangha de guerreros! Diana Mukpo reunió a un grupo el verano pasado para que le aconsejara sobre la mejor manera de apoyar el legado dhármico de Chögyam Trungpa...
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Touching the Earth Collective: March 2021
March 2021 Newsletter “What Level of Threat Are We Facing Now?” Christoph Schönherr now works for The Climate Task Force in Europe, helps coordinate the global network Scientists 4 Future, and is on...
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Happy Birthday, Taggie Mukpo!
Taggie Mukpo with Rowan From the Tagtruk Mukpo Trust Taggie Mukpo celebrated his 50th Birthday today. The first son of Lady Diana Mukpo and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Tagtruk Mukpo celebrated his 50th...
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