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Shambhala Meets the Pope – HIGHLIGHT
Representing Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at the Vatican article by Acharya Fleet Maull At the direction of His Holiness Pope Francis, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue convened a Buddhist – Catholic Dialogue in Rome in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Approximately 40 Buddhist and ... continuePosted August 5, 2015 by
Something’s Not Right – HIGHLIGHT
Something Is Not Right A Poem In memoriam, Charleston, South Carolina 17 June 2015 by Debra Hiers So, this young white boy walks into one of the oldest, most revered African-American churches in Charleston, SC to sit down and pray in Bible study with the church members — his mental state, a deranged, but ... continuePosted June 25, 2015 by
Opening to What Scares You – HIGHLIGHT
“Just allow yourselves to be fully human!” ~ Pema Chodron For more than three decades, Pema Chodron has been teaching and writing about Buddhist principles, which she believes are universal because we are all seeking enlightenment and an end to suffering. continuePosted October 18, 2014 by
“I’m a Runner”
Back in February, the Sakyong and Michele Moses from Runner’s World got together to talk about running, meditation, and deepening our experience of life. The article and video have just been published. In the article, the Sakyong discusses the relationship between running and meditation. He talks about ... continuePosted July 9, 2014 by
The Drala of Maidan, part 2 – HIGHLIGHT
Maidan SquareReporting on the Ukrainian Revolution Interviews from the Front part 2 (read part one here) compiled by Ella Reznikova and Sarah Lipton Ella is Ukrainian by birth, and Sarah has Ukrainian ancestry We wonder why this Revolution is happening in Ukraine right now. Shastri Maks Lan explains that the Czech Republic and ... continuePosted February 18, 2014 by
The Drala of Maidan – HIGHLIGHT
Maks Lan, Andriy Kucherenko, Irina Vorobiova, Yevsey Levbarg in Maidan SquareReporting on the Ukrainian Revolution Interviews from the Front part 1 compiled by Ella Reznikova and Sarah Lipton Ella is Ukrainian by birth, and Sarah has Ukrainian ancestry Ukraine is in the midst of a powerful and intense revolution. It has ... continuePosted February 17, 2014 by
The Plight of Canadian First Nations Children – HIGHLIGHT
NEW COLUMN: In the News article by Linda V. Lewis Of 150, 000 First Nations children in Canada, more than 3,000 died in the residential school system, which ran from the 1870s until the 1990s. These shocking findings are the result of a first systematic search of government ... continuePosted March 31, 2013 by
IN THE NEWS: Findings of the Shamatha Project – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Mountain Center gained media attention recently in The Observer, one of Britain’s oldest Sunday newspapers. The article, “How meditation might ward off the effects of aging,” discusses the findings of the Shamatha Project, led by Dr. Alan Wallace and hosted by Shambhala Mountain Center in ... continuePosted April 27, 2011 by