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Introducing the new YouTube channel for the Shambhala community, now arriving online: Shambhala Community Channel

by Anna Weinstein

The inspiration behind the effort to create a community youtube channel is to foster a further sense of a global Shambhala community through the creation of an online forum in which Shambhala practitioners from all over the world can post and view uplifted videos. The videos might be humorous, poignant, contemplative, profound and otherwise reflect in a variety of ways the richness of the mandala that we as a global community are creating on a daily basis. The beauty of creating a meeting place for such glimpses into the larger world of Shambhala seems almost self-evident: it offers us all the chance to connect to others in the mandala beyond our local situations and to use technology in a way that can touch our hearts and wake us up.
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Mandala Projects - 2012-05-19 - comment

ShambhalaNews.org: Turning Outward

ShambhalaNews.org: Turning Outward article by Shambhala Times Regional Correspondent Travis May The newest member of the online Shambhala family is ShambhalaNews.org, a website specifically oriented to the non-Shambhala community. ... continue

Scene and Heard - 2012-05-18 - 3 comments

Mi’kma’ki: The Language of This Land

Mi’kma’ki: The Language of This Land New Book Released by Anthropologist and Linguist who Team up to Produce the History of the Mi’kmaq Language and Culture by senior Shambhala teacher Dr. Trudy ... continue

Sakyong and Family - 2012-05-17 - comment

The Sakyong Wangmo Reflects on Earth Day

Their Majesties share a smile after finishing the Earth Day 5k run in Boulder.  Photo by Kevin Hoagland Message from the Sakyong Wangmo photos by Andrew Goetz Earth Day was the most beautiful day. The sun was shining and there was a feeling of spring ... continue

Mandala Projects - 2012-05-15 - comment

The Shambhala Network

The Shambhala Network Migration of Sangha-Announce, Sangha-Talk and other Email lists to the Shambhala Network by Larry Barnett Director of Communications and Chair of the Communications and Technology Steering ... continue

Arts and Poetry - 2012-05-12 - 1 comment

Snapshots of Basic Goodness: May

from David Kahane - son Solomon New Regular Feature on the Shambhala Times: Snapshots of Basic Goodness This new regular posting will feature snapshots of basic goodness as seen out in the world, ... continue

Community Articles - 2012-05-11 - 1 comment

Sangha Conversations on Aging

Sangha Conversations on Aging COLUMN: Aging in Shambhala Updates from Boulder, Halifax and New York compiled by Andrea Sherman and David Whitehorn This article is an introduction to three active Shambhala centers ... continue

Featured Stories - 2012-05-10 - 4 comments

What’s New with the Shambhala Times?

Amsterdam Shambhala Center Editor’s Column by Shambhala Times Editor Sarah Lipton Have you noticed? The Shambhala Times is fairly exploding with news stories, articles about community events, interviews, book reviews, ... continue

Community Articles - 2012-05-09 - 12 comments

Kyudo is Not a Shambhala Art

Sensei illustrates the position of the arms in kyudo: a circle, meaning "peace." article by Carolyn Kanjuro photos courtesy of Sue Kranzdorf Kyudo, “standing meditation” engaging the warrior’s implements of bow and arrow, has been considered the highest form of ... continue

Sakyong and Family, Shambhala News Service - 2012-04-22 - 1 comment

Our Future is at a Crossroads

Our Future is at a Crossroads Earth Day Message from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to the Shambhala Community Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment. In his Earth Day message, issued on April 22nd, 2012, the Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche warns that “our future is at a crossroads.” “It is no longer a time when the future can be decided by one person, or even a few individuals,” he says in his message. “Rather, as ... continue

Environmental Sustainability and Shambhala

Commemorating Earth Day from the Shambhala Kalapa Council On the occasion of Earth Day 2012, we are delighted to share with our entire community a fresh initiative for the whole of Shambhala to engage meaningfully with the pressing need for environmental sustainability. In his Earth Day message this year the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, states: As the world now faces seemingly insurmountable challenges, our future is at a crossroads …. It is no longer a time when the future ... continue

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Dharma Teachings

Eleanor: Unbiased at the Root

Shastri Column: This article is part of a series of articles by Shastris – senior Shambhala teachers – on themes that Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has been emphasizing in his teachings on basic goodness. This article by Shastri Diana Evans explores the path of living into fearlessness as taught in Shambhala Buddhism, and surprisingly (or not) expounded by Eleanor Roosevelt. I recently encountered a wonderful quote on fear and fearlessness from Eleanor Roosevelt, which got me thinking ... continue

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