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Jul 01
Friday
A New Journey Begins
Sarah Lipton is stepping in as the new Content Manager of Shambhala Times. She recently finished a four year tenure as the Center Coordinator at the Boston Shambhala Center where she developed and managed the Wake up Boston! blog.
Good morning, Shambhala! I am writing to you from the fragrant pine forests of Shambhala Mountain Center where the sun is just rising and the birds are singing their summer tunes. As I begin my new journey as the Content Manager for Shambhala Times, I wanted to reach out and let you know that we need YOU to send in your stories! Imagine what it would be like to read about your sangha doings and goings on, dharmic happenings and Great Eastern moments from all over our wide Shambhala world. Like summer’s green burgeoning, Shambhala is growing and expanding with the profound vision of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and the Shambhala Times is like a farmer’s market – here to document and share all the fruits of our society. Continue…
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no responses - Posted 04.25.11
~ a reflection paper offered by a student at Emmanuel College on a recent visit to our Weekly Open House I had never meditated before going to the Shambhala Meditation Center, so I was very curious as to what my experience would be like. After going, I ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.21.11
Last week, nine practitioners in the Padma Ikebana flower arranging group gathered together for an evening of Ikebana practice under the gentle guidance of Hazel Bercholz. Having recently purchased new vases for the shrine, the group spent the evening learning how to do nageire - upright ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.20.11
Here is a summary of the I Ching readings from Shambhala Day, as read by Michael Fagan. Michael found some more material which may shed some wisdom light on the hexagrams, presented below in bold type. These are all part of a greater cycle, and not ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.13.11
It is with joy and sadness that the Boston Shambhala community will soon have to wish a heartfelt farewell to Mr. Scott Robbins. His star is shining brightly. After four years toiling in the development department as a self-proclaimed “data monkey” at the Unitarian Universalist Association ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.12.11
Karmê Chöling offers an enriching volunteer experience, which blends meditation practice and study with work and play – a perfect way to spend all or part of your summer! Volunteers work thirty hours, five days per week in one or more departments as needed. Alongside work projects, ...continue
Considering “Choogie”
no responses - Posted 04.08.11
Last Monday, April 4th, was the 24th anniversary of the death of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The Boston community came together to celebrate with a Sadhana of Mahamudra feast, at which tasty morsels, stories and tears were shared. In honor of the occasion, we want to share ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.08.11
Last Monday, April 4th, was the 24th anniversary of the death of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The Boston community came together to celebrate with a Sadhana of Mahamudra feast, at which tasty morsels, stories and tears were shared. In honor of the occasion, we want to share ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.07.11
guest article by Michael McLellan The movie Dhamma Brothers (http://www.dhammabrothers.com), which was featured on Greater Boston (http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Greater-Boston-11/episodes/-25743) a few weeks ago, is about a group of prisoners in a maximum security prison in Alabama, who do 8-day meditation retreats each year. All this recent media attention to ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.07.11
Two spring poems by Sarah Lipton: Spring Suite I i dreamt of you today, laughing your crinkle eyes glinting at me, relaxed your smile tinkled like the rushing flow of newly released spring water over coldly wintered rocks your warmth and delight took my breath away you warrior – my golden-hearted lion twin you were majestic on ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.29.11
We are delighted to be hosting Kalapa Acharya Adam Lobel this weekend for a brief public talk on Saturday evening from 7-9pm entitled: Enlightened Society Is Already Here: Shambhala as a Social Movement Kalapa Acharya Adam Lobel is a teacher in the Shambhala tradition, a Buddhist minister, ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.28.11
poetic offering by Shastri Frank Ryan: Late March east on MA-90 Drifted snow finally melted ten thousand trees between Sturbridge and Boston shorn of leaves bristling with stirring compacted buds clear sun slowly making its way north late March east on MA-90. Distracted drivers low on sunshine, first stirrings of gentle shift. How much longer ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.23.11
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was the founder of the Shambhala Buddhist society and community of meditation practitioners now found around the world. On the anniversary of the parinirvana (death of an enlightened being) of the Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the whole community is invited to practice ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.21.11
Cheerful Spring on this strangely snowy Boston day! Last evening, fifteen of us gathered at the Boston Shambhala Center to join together in a springtime celebration of the Shambhala or Dharma Art teachings. We began the celebration with meditation practice, specifically focusing on the direct experience ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.18.11
The Boston Heart of Recovery group began meeting five years ago on the Spring Equinox of 2006 in the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston. Please join us this Monday from 7:30 to 9:00 to do what we do well: sit meditation for half-an-hour and then share ...continue
Job Opening: Head of Communications and Center Operations
no responses - Posted 03.14.11
There is a growing energy at the Boston Shambhala Center! We are expanding our activities, working to attract a more diverse membership, and engaging more deeply with the surrounding community. To this effort we are delighted to announce the following position opening: Head of Communications and Center ...continue
no responses - Posted 03.14.11
There is a growing energy at the Boston Shambhala Center! We are expanding our activities, working to attract a more diverse membership, and engaging more deeply with the surrounding community. To this effort we are delighted to announce the following position opening: Head of Communications and Center ...continue