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Khenpo Tenkyong Visits Shambhala Archives
By Jeanne Riordan The Shambhala Archives was pleased to host a visit by Khenpo Tenkyong, from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra this week. Khenpo is very knowledgeable about the Karma Kagyu tradition and...
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Right-Sizing Perfection, Recognizing Enough
by David Takahashi, the Ecodharma Doula A Touching the Earth Collective September 2023 Newsletter Excerpt It is now September, a time we associate with harvesting the richness of Nature. It is also a...
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“As You Wish”: The Princess Bride on Service and Basic Goodness
Blog post by Frederick Meyer The video below traces a thread in the classic movie The Princess Bride: the phrase “As you wish,” as code for “I love you.” Spoiler alert! The video is the first two...
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Gampo Abbey
Autumn Newsletter Greetings, Cape Breton is a terrific place to experience the autumn season. If you’ve been thinking about visiting this area, the spectacle of the season won’t disappoint. We have put...
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Elemental Expression with Colin Tracy
An excerpt from the Touching the Earth Collective September Newsletter Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friends to share their work, art, or passion… Working with a...
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Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Celebrates 5 Years!
An Excerpt from the TTE October 2023 Newsletter 5th Birthday Haiku Yes, cheerful birthday! Touching the Earth Collective! The mission has roots! The message is that we are five, and we have roots.We...
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Insects, Interconnectedness and Interdependence—Elemental Expression with...
An excerpt from the Touching the Earth Collective September Newsletter Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friends to share their work, art, or passion… Many people see...
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Buddhism and Psychedelics: A Practitioner’s Personal Experiences and Reflections
By Frederick Meyer Buddhism and psychedelics have a long and mixed history in the West. Overall, the question of how psychedelics and Buddhism mix—and how, when, and whether these experiences benefit...
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Warriors in the World
An Excerpt from the November 2023 Touching the Earth Collective Newsletter One of the goals of 2023, Water Rabbit year, is landing ecodharma in the heart of Shambhala. Funded by the Bess Family...
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Contemplative Art and Liberation—How it Works Part II
by John McQuade The great Dharma Master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche presented the Buddhadharma and was the progenitor of the Shambhala teachings. He also was a dharma or contemplative artist in...
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Children’s Day
An Excerpt from the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective December 2023 Newsletter In thinking about this year’s December Newsletter only one thing came to mind…Children’s Day! Over the past three...
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Who Speaks for the Trees?
A Review of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss A Touching the Earth Collective book review by Gregory Webster The story has become a familiar one; the story of our times perhaps. A tale of industrial...
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Warrior Assembly
Karmê Chöling October 2023 by Eric Zechman The third Warrior Assembly of the year brought more than 50 people to Karmê Chöling, situated deep in the Green mountains of Northern Vermont, on the...
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The Benefits of Attending a College or University Retreat at Karmê Chöling
by Chaplain Alley Smith We can slow down and appreciate ourselves. We can cultivate wisdom, loving-kindness, bravery and compassion. We can discern where to go next…what to do…and relax into “not...
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Pema Chödron Offers Reflections on Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
An Excerpt from the January 2024 Gampo Abbey Newsletter During the 49 days following the parinirvana of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche our friends at Karma Changchub Ling in Halifax hosted daily practices....
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Nourishing our Winter Garden
A Message from the Director and the Team at Gampo Abbey The year 2023 was a period of retreat and renewal for our monastic community. We repaired buildings, fixed lots of plumbing problems, improved...
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Year of the Wood Dragon
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective February 2024 Newsletter In preparing for the upcoming Wood Dragon year, the Steering Committee has created a document of agreed upon goals…But as we have...
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Shambhala Day Live Broadcast
Entering Into the Year of the Wood Dragon Shambhala Day was on Feb 10 this year and hundreds of people from around the world joined together at Shambhala Centres, Groups, and the homes of family and...
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Buddhism on Fear: How to Practice Meditation for Fear and Anxiety
An Excerpt from the Shambhala Blog by Kathleen Walls Much of the suffering in our lives is rooted in fear. Fortunately, Buddhism and meditation offer excellent supports for working with fear—and with...
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Sun Ceremony
by Emily Takahashi An Excerpt from the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective March Newsletter For a recent Touching the Earth Salon, I was asked to share a little about a practice I did over the...
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