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Shambhala Day 2023
This year, Shambhala Day was on February 21. Centres, Groups, and Members joined from around the world to share in a moving and joyful live broadcast. The theme for the Shambhala Day 2023: Year of The...
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At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate...
A Touching the Earth Collective Book Review by Gregory Webster Dougald Hine has a knack for timely interventions. In 2009 he collaborated with Paul Kingsnorth to write Uncivilisation, the manifesto...
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Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective – Joining Heaven and Earth
By David Takahashi The story of Buddha’s enlightenment goes like this. Tired of the same kind of search you’re on, he sat down under a tree, and he didn’t get up. He sat there, night and day, until he...
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Contemplative Art and Liberation: How it works (#1)
By John McQuade “ When the warrior-students experience an environment where the dralas are present , where reality is present, where the possibilities of sanity are always there they can appreciate the...
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Soft Skills Before ABCs: Education Shifts to Benefit the Whole Child
By Zoe Jennings Reposted from Yellow Scene Magazine We see it everywhere: aggressive drivers who can’t stand to wait, internet “Karens” berating teenage employees at restaurants. Some may say our...
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Soft Skills Before ABCs: Education Shifts to Benefit the Whole Child
By Zoe Jennings Reposted from Yellow Scene Magazine We see it everywhere: aggressive drivers who can’t stand to wait, internet “Karens” berating teenage employees at restaurants. Some may say our...
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Gampo Abbey – Invest in Your Life
Spring Newsletter The Abbey community has recently emerged from another Yarne retreat. This monastic retreat, which dates back to the time of the Buddha, is one of the essential elements of a monastic...
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Elemental Expression – Mindy Moore
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friends to share their work, art, or passion… Artist Statement The elements of earth, water...
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Finding Riverlogic in Conflict and Communication: Interview with Denise...
A Shambhala Blog Post Denise Blanc, MA teaches, coaches, and writes at the intersection of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and conflict transformation. Her new book is Riverlogic: Tools to...
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Climate & Karma
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective By Paul T. Wegner What the teachings offer to overcome our environmental damage. People ask: What does it say in the Buddhist teachings about our actions and...
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Elemental Expression
Mary Lang An Excerpt from the Touching the Earth Collective Mai Newsletter Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friendsto share their work, art, or passion… Artist...
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Who Was Yeshe Tsogyal?
By Holly Gayley Holly Gayley discusses the power of Padmasambhava’s foremost disciple and consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, and the life of one of her modern emanations. Yeshe Tsogyal is the preeminent lady of...
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Miksang Contemplative Photography
Interview with John McQuade On June 3, 2023, John McQuade will begin the five-session summer course Contemplative Photography and Liberation: The Outer and Inner Teachings with Shambhala Online....
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Heart of Recovery at the Montreal Shambhala Center
By Laurence Corman When I attended my first AA meeting, I was left a little bewildered when I was told that I did not have an alcohol problem because, despite my daily drinking, I was not experiencing...
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“The more you give, the more will be yours to give”: The Karmic Philanthropy...
written by Nalika Gajaweera This is an excerpt of an essay originally published on May 13, 2021 in The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture & Politics. The full essay is linked below. “I...
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Baldwin and Buddhism: Death Denial, White Supremacy, and the Promise of...
written by James K. Rowe This is an excerpt of an essay originally published on December 16, 2020 in The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture & Politics. The full essay is linked below....
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Gampo Abbey
Summer Newsletter The last few months have brought vivid reminders of impermanence. Our beloved Abbot, Kyajbe Thrangu Rinpoche, has left this life. It was announced by his monastery in Nepal, that he...
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The Next Buddha
A 10-month community initiative to support Shambhala in becoming a more inclusive, equitable, and socially aware culture. Shambhala Online recently reached out to Denise Blanc, Frederick Meyer and...
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Advice from an End-of-Life Care Chaplain
By Chaplain Alley Smith You can always bring a sense of warmth and gentleness into sitting with someone who is dying or by acknowledging the fact that you’re going to die. It’s important to forget...
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Wild Mind, Wild Earth: Our Place in the Sixth Extinction by David Hinton
A Touching the Earth Collective Book Review by Gregory Webster As the twenty-first century unfolds before us, we find ourselves in the midst of the sixth extinction event on Planet Earth. This time...
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