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Author: Jennifer Holder

Number of entries: 56
Email: editor@shambhalatimes.org
Web: http://www.FullBloomPublications.com

Jennifer is content manager of the Shambhala Times and also an editor and reporter. She graduated from Naropa University with a degree in writing and literature, and after a brief experience editing Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, she was inspired to receive her master of publishing degree in 2003. After stints in Boulder, Vancouver, London and Dallas, she has finally landed in Manhattan, where she writes, edits, and publishes books and online content.

Feb 18
Thursday

Sakyong’s International Engagement

Filed under Featured Stories, Sakyong and Family

Jennifer Holder interviews the Sakyong’s Chief of Staff, Joshua Silberstein, about several of the global initiatives that the Sakyong is supporting.

As he points out in the interview, “By planting the flag of sanity, all the other traditions and people who prize that sanity can join together.”

Listen to the interview by clicking the media player below:

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In this photo, Josh is standing in front of a sign that designates the road in Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement camp that was funded by the Sakyong Foundation and inaugurated by Sakyong Mipham

Author Archive


Exploring Our Future
Exploring Our Future – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 02.17.10
In Boulder last night, Joshua Silberstein (Chief of Staff to the Sakyong) and Lodro Rinzler (Shambhala’s Director of Development) kicked off their tour of 15 centers in North America. Their purpose? To explore the future of Shambhala. Beginning with a series of four contemplations by ...continue
A Worldly Solo Retreat
A Worldly Solo Retreat – HIGHLIGHT
2 responses - Posted 01.22.10
Contemplating the Sky at Dorje Khyung Dzong By Jennifer Holder Ah, the sound of Windows Vista. It’s been days, old friend. Today I thought of you when I was sipping coffee on the front porch and I thought I saw a cloud take human form and wave ...continue
Shambhala Warriorship and Meditation
Shambhala Warriorship and Meditation – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 01.17.10
By Sakyong Mipham In one of the most beautiful Buddhist poems ever written, the great Indian teacher Shantideva talks about the bodhisattva warrior. The Tibetan term is changchup sempa, “the warrior with the mind of enlightenment.” Such a warrior dedicates his or her life to others, using ...continue
Weekly Videodhara
Weekly Videodhara – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 01.08.10
Infusing the Presence of Chogyam Trungpa into Your Curriculum Complied by Jennifer Holder, with Carolyn Rose Gimian, Gordon Kidd, and Denny Blouin contributing. The Videodhara By Denny Blouin Forget the mahasiddha for the west business: Just CTR in b & w and color, speaking. In your face, your brain, your blood Mainline direct, ...continue
Home Shrines Are Where We Gather
Home Shrines Are Where We Gather – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 01.05.10
A photo gallery of home shrines, courtesy of Shambhalians around the world who shared the images below. The ordinariness of our Shambhala Households are as powerful as they are mundane. But the practices and implements of modern life - dishwashers, electric stoves, washing machines, and hair dryers ...continue
Reflecting the Extraordinary Reality of Shambhala
Reflecting the Extraordinary Reality of Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 12.28.09
Our content manager, Jennifer Holder, reflects on the first year of the Shambhala Times community news magazine. Photos courtesy of Michael Levy. Just like our community, the news of Shambhala is rich and diverse. It is a wellspring of not only the jewels we are cultivating ...continue
The Stupid Might of Materialism
The Stupid Might of Materialism – HIGHLIGHT
3 responses - Posted 12.19.09
By Lois Lungta, on the eve of the opening of the movie Avatar. I sometimes dream of what it is like to live in a dead world. A world populated by ghosts living out their lives in human form. Where objects are solid and devoid ...continue
Shambhala and the Buddhist Response to Climate Change
Shambhala and the Buddhist Response to Climate Change
1 response - Posted 12.05.09
Now is the time for us to tap the power available to us from our diverse disciplines, cultures and societies to cultivate the dignity, confidence and fearlessness necessary to protect our Earth. — The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche Mother Earth was able to tolerate our sloppy house ...continue
Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency
Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 12.05.09
By His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, who was the first to sign the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change It is difficult to fully comprehend great environmental changes like global warming. We know that carbon dioxide levels are rising dangerously in the atmosphere leading to unprecedented ...continue
Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis
Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis – HIGHLIGHT
2 responses - Posted 12.01.09
We begin our theme on the Buddhist Response to Climate Change, with an excerpt from the new book, A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, edited by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme Dorje. From the introduction, by David R. Loy and John Stanley If ...continue
“It Works If You Work It”
“It Works If You Work It” – HIGHLIGHT
3 responses - Posted 11.29.09
What we can learn from the discipline of people whose lives are on the line. By Bindu Wiles I have been getting up at 5:30 am to get to my desk by 5:40. I have never been a morning person — I seem to do my ...continue
Celebrating Our Warrior
Celebrating Our Warrior – HIGHLIGHT
4 responses - Posted 11.23.09
By Jennifer Holder, photos courtesy of Paulette Graf and Sascha Ascher When asked how she would like to mark her retirement as Warrior of the New York Center, Irene Woodard said she wanted to tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit on the Art of the ...continue
Interdependence and Freedom
Interdependence and Freedom – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 11.21.09
By Sakyong Mipham What keeps us from tasting our inherent wisdom? Concept. We are generally chasing one conceptual creation after another. This matrix of concept appears in many variations, but its weak point is always the same: it is fabricated. Without really looking at the nature of ...continue
The Power of Chapstick
The Power of Chapstick – HIGHLIGHT
2 responses - Posted 11.13.09
By Lois Lungta, on-the-scene reporter in Halifax Ah, the many uses of chapstick. Last night, Stuart Lord (our new president of Naropa University) hosted a dinner for alumni. On each table were little offerings: pens, notepads, and bumper stickers branded with Naropa insignia. And chapstick. Little ...continue
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