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Sarah Lipton was the Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief for over four years and has recently launched a new business: The Presence Point, LLC (www.thepresencepoint.com). She lives in a two-hundred year old farmhouse in the woods with her husband, baby Odessa Rose and large garden in North-Central Vermont. Sarah spends her time writing books, gardening and providing leadership mentoring to leaders in her community.

Nov 26
Thursday

Warrior Tribute for Khenchen Michael Taney

Filed underScene and Heard

Michael-TaneyOn the morning of November 14th, Khenchen Michael Taney, Rusung of Vermont’s St. Johnsbury Shambhala Center and long-time student of both Sakyongs passed away. He had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of aggressive cancer. He was surrounded family, including Susan and Gabe Taney and Pamela Keats while they were playing a Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso song, which begins, “Leave your body as a corpse…” when he passed.

Khenchen Michael Taney joined the Shambhala community at the Philadelphia Dharmadhatu in 1978, going to Seminary in Bedford Springs, PA in 1983 and has served in both the Gesar and Kusung arms of the Dorje Kasung since 1979. He received Vajrayogini Abhisheka in 1991 at Karme Choling with Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, attended the second Rigden Abhisheka that ever happened at Karme Choling and entered the Scorpion Seal path in 2009, continuing through SSA3. Continue…

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Changing the Metrics
Changing the Metrics
no responses - Posted 10.26.15
Ellen Kahler and her wife Susanna On the Scene in Montpelier, Vermont by Sarah Lipton Ellen Kahler, executive director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, is the winner of the inaugural Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial, Community Leadership. You’ve met her before. Ellen Kahler was responsible for hosting Sakyong ...continue
The Flip of Cheerfulness
The Flip of Cheerfulness – HIGHLIGHT
3 responses - Posted 09.23.15
COLUMN: Aging in Enlightened Society Exploring the Warriorship of Aging Interview with Acharya Emeritus Jenny Warwick by Sarah Lipton “For what it’s worth, one of the commonalities I have with other folks my age – a physical edge for me – is rheumatoid arthritis in my upper back. It acts ...continue
Farewell, with Love
Farewell, with Love – HIGHLIGHT
17 responses - Posted 09.01.15
After over four years of service, Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief Sarah Lipton is stepping away from the Times in order to run her new business: The Presence Point, LLC, through which she offers leadership mentoring to individuals and organizations. In this article, Sarah offers a few words ...continue
Sakyong Wangmo Visits Karme Choling
Sakyong Wangmo Visits Karme Choling – HIGHLIGHT
2 responses - Posted 07.04.15
Sakyong Wangmo,article by Sarah Lipton, Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief The day dawned crisp and blue, not too hot, and finally not too cold on a recent Vermont June morning. The Sakyong Wangmo would be coming to Karme Choling for an auspicious regional gathering of Shambhalians. Karme Choling staff busied ...continue
Stepping Onto the Path of Motherhood
Stepping Onto the Path of Motherhood – HIGHLIGHT
3 responses - Posted 05.10.15
Odessa Rose Lipton Robbins, one of many big smilesCOLUMN: Radical Compassion In honor of Mother’s Day today, Sarah Lipton, Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief and new mother, decided to share some thoughts about her new journey as well as some wisdom from a recent conversation with Lama Tsultrim Allione ...continue
Farewell, Wood Horse
Farewell, Wood Horse – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 02.18.15
Shambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief It’s been a woody, wild, productive year. A big, powerful, busy year full of fresh energy. You’ll see more about that in the Shambhala Day Year in Review video on Monday on the Shambhala Times. ...continue
An Ode to Pink Laundry
An Ode to Pink Laundry – HIGHLIGHT
5 responses - Posted 02.01.15
photo credit: AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker via photopin ccShambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief I have a big surprise for you: I’m about to hatch a baby! Embarking on this new journey towards motherhood, I sigh and cry when babies’ first ...continue
Receiving the Order of Nova Scotia
Receiving the Order of Nova Scotia – HIGHLIGHT
9 responses - Posted 11.26.14
The Shambhala Times is delighted to congratulate Ruth Holmes Whitehead on her receipt of the Order of Nova Scotia! interview by Sarah Lipton, Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief edited by Chris Schuman, Shambhala Times Intern The Order of Nova Scotia is the province’s highest honor. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen’s ...continue
Wild Yearning
Wild Yearning – HIGHLIGHT
2 responses - Posted 10.31.14
photo credit: Giovanni ‘jjjohn’ Orlando via photopin ccFace to Face with a Moose Shambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief It’s the season for mask wearing and unveiling. Today is Halloween. The gates between the worlds are said to be thin at this ...continue
Back to "School"
Back to “School” – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 09.01.14
Garden’s Harvest, pottery by JeffreyLiptonPottery.com,Shambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief This morning I sat in my garden listening to crickets and ravens, wind rustling the trees, and the slow, riveting sound of tomatoes ripening. In the chilly clime of northern Vermont ...continue
Sakyong Bestows Inaugural Friend of Shambhala Award
Sakyong Bestows Inaugural Friend of Shambhala Award – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 06.05.14
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Governor Shumlin of Vermont,Governor Shumlin of Vermont receives the inaugural ‘Friend of Shambhala Award’ from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche On Tuesday June 3rd, in the Governor’s Ceremonial Office at the Vermont Statehouse, Shambhala Buddhist leader and best-selling author Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, presented the first ...continue
Combing Your Hair and Brushing Your Teeth
Combing Your Hair and Brushing Your Teeth – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 06.01.14
Geoffrey Gale: tooth brush modelShambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief We like to race to the perceived finish line of vajrayana practice, but we cannot forget the importance of the foundations that allow us to travel that path. In Sakyong Mipham’s book, ...continue
Farewell, Water Snake
Farewell, Water Snake – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 03.01.14
photo credit: Photography by Tiwago via photopin ccShambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-Chief It’s been a watery, wild year. A big, powerful, busy year. You’ll see more about that in the Shambhala Day Year in Review video on Monday on the ...continue
Entering 2014
Entering 2014 – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 01.01.14
Storm clouds on Cape Breton,Shambhala Times Updates from the Inside Out Editor’s Column by Sarah Lipton Shambhala Times Editor-in-chief 2013 has gone and run by. Welcome 2014. Last night a large gathering congregated at Karme Choling to celebrate good human society and ring in the new year together. At 10 to ...continue


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