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What is at the Heart?
A Request by Susan Piver A show of hands, please. What do you believe in? What are your values? What do you believe is at the heart of human nature? What kind of world do you want to live in? Here is...
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The Path of Goodness
photo by Charles BlackhallCOLUMN: In Everyday Life Interview with Acharya John Rockwell by Will Brown Shambhala Times Column Editor I recently had the extreme good fortune to interview Ashe Acharya...
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Cosmic Health Care
COLUMN: Aging in Shambhala by David Whitehorn “Even though we are all prone to being born, growing up, aging, sickness, and death, we can approach life’s vicissitudes from the reference point of...
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“What stopped you?”
article by Luz Rodriguez photos by Grace Wood, Marij van Haren, Sigrid Olschinski and Danielle Roeleveld During the 4 days of Miksang Level I at Dechen Choling, the question we faced at every evening...
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Helpful feedback on weekly emails
We ASKED for it and we got it! Thanks to the inspiration of Melissa Mead, who has been faithfully producing the weekly email for the Portland Shambhala Center for the last 5 years, we included the...
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The Journey of Applied Mindfulness
In June, Sarah Lipton, Editor-in-Chief of the Shambhala Times, had a opportunity to talk to Patton Hyman about the launch of the Applied Mindfulness website. edited by Ani Dawa Chotso, Shambhala Times...
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Maritime’s First Regional Gathering
by Jean Ahlgren, Fredericton, New Brunswick In May, Shastri Veit Weber accompanied by Vallie Stern, attended the 3 Pillar Leadership Training gathering with Sakyong Mipham at Karme Choling. Inspired by...
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Making it Bloom
COLUMN: Living Shambhala Culture This is the second in a series of articles brought to you by the Shambhala Office of Culture and Decorum. We hope that these offerings will bring fresh perspectives on...
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Politics Is Internal
Politics as Practice by Larry Barnett, Shambhala Director of Communications There is a yogic practice in Tibet that takes place in a charnel ground, or what we call a graveyard. Graveyards in Tibet,...
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An update from our own Changchup Nyima
Hello Portland Sangha, I thought I should write a little update about how things are going here at Gampo Abbey. I will include photos in this email. I forgot to send some as I said I would for the...
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The Great Reversal
Illustration by Megumi YoshidaPutting others first—it’s the great switch that changes everything. It cuts samsara at the root and plants the seed of enlightenment. Sakyong Mipham here describes how to...
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The Power of Compassion
Power of Compassion “The extraordinary, upside down logic of Shambhala is that compassion is actually the natural activity of a mind that is settled. It is the activity stemming from being completely...
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Jesus and Buddha
Interview with John Ankele, New York Shambhalian by Gwendolyn Alston Earlier this summer, Shambhala Times had the opportunity to interview John Ankele about his new film Jesus and Buddha. What...
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365 Photos of a Day
COLUMN: Snapshots of Basic Goodness by Firth MacMillan, Nova Scotia The Tao Te Ching asks, “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and your water clears? Can you remain unmoving until...
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CTV Atlantic News – Meditation & the North End Meditation Space in Halifax
This spring, CTV Atlantic News did a segment on meditation featuring the North End Meditation Space, part of Shambhala Halifax, and explores the benefits of engaging regularly in meditation. Mary...
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Effortless Beauty
Acharya Dan Hessey Interviews Julie DuBose My name is Dan Hessey, and I’m here with Julie DuBose, author of Effortless Beauty: Photography as an Expression of Eye, Mind, and Heart. It must be exciting...
View ArticleDoes an End to Fracking Demand We All Dig a Little Deeper?
As part of the build-up to the London Shambhala Centre’s “Awake in the World” Festival, I was asked to write a piece for the Huffington Post UK: As police and protesters continue to confront each other...
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Want meditation support that’s available just about anytime, anywhere? Meet Susan Piver. Susan is an authorized Shambhala Buddhist teacher and New York Times bestselling author. In 2011, she launched...
View ArticleDoes an End to Fracking Demand We All Dig a Little Deeper?
As part of the build-up to the London Shambhala Centre’s “Awake in the World” Festival, I was asked to write a piece for the Huffington Post UK: As police and protesters continue to confront each other...
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“What stopped you?”
article by Luz Rodriguez photos by Grace Wood, Marij van Haren, Sigrid Olschinski and Danielle Roeleveld During the 4 days of Miksang Level I at Dechen Choling, the question we faced at every evening...
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