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Facing Everyday Life

by guest writer Edwin Treitler We know that these are troubled and dangerous times, and many of our leaders have looked for solutions. Most of these responses to conflicts are “outward” ones: more troops, walls, war, actions that only encourage an atmosphere of fear for the average ... continue
Posted July 28, 2010 by Sarah
Be Pragmatic in Practice

Be Pragmatic in Practice – HIGHLIGHT

By Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche As the great Zen teacher Suzuki Roshi said, “We are completely perfect, but we need a minor adjustment.” We have everything we need, but we have to hone it. Meditation is that honing process. What we are honing is our intention. Meditation is not ... continue
Posted June 13, 2010 by Editor
Are You Enlightened?

Are You Enlightened? – HIGHLIGHT

It was a small voice piping up near the back row: “Are you enlightened?” They were 66 squirmy but attentive 5th graders sitting in the main shrine room on cushions that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see. The gong rang once, twice, and ... continue
Posted February 20, 2010 by Sarah

Living in a Living World: Parts 3, 4, 5, and 6

Enjoy four additional installments of the teachings shared by Acharya Moh Hardin while at Dallas Shambhala Meditation Center in January, 2010. Living in a Living World: Part 3 Moh Hardin explores basic goodness: the ground of why the path of meditation works. Basic goodness is ... continue
Posted February 18, 2010 by

Living in a Living World: Part 2

Enjoy the next installment of the teachings shared by Acharya Moh Hardin while at Dallas Shambhala Meditation Center in January, 2010. Living in a Living World: Part 2 of Being vs Becoming Once you have viewed the video, you are invited to leave your comments below. ... continue
Posted February 8, 2010 by
Sitting with Joyful Disappointment

Sitting with Joyful Disappointment – HIGHLIGHT

By Jim Infantino Recently, one of the bigger mysteries of my life was solved. Not only solved, but tied up neatly, with a big fat happy ending. All of my fears about that situation were, though far from baseless, ultimately not realized. I should be overjoyed, and ... continue
Posted February 2, 2010 by Sarah

Living in a Living World: Part 1

Living in a Living World: Part 1. Being vs. Becoming View New Teachings from Acharya Moh Hardin and Sangyum Cynde Grieve at Dallas Shambhala Meditation Center January 23-24, 2010 Living in a Living World Acharya Moh Hardin explores how our sense perceptions-what we see, hear, smell, ... continue
Posted February 1, 2010 by
Winter Meditation Intensive - A great success!

Winter Meditation Intensive - A great success!

On Sunday January 10, we completed our annual winter meditation intensive at the Shambhala Meditation Centre of Toronto. Starting on Saturday January 2nd, thirty-five people attended an Introduction to Meditation program led by Joe Lukezich. For the next eight days, we had meditation sessions every night and on ... continue
Posted January 16, 2010 by
Green Light Conversations

Green Light Conversations – HIGHLIGHT

Exploring how right speech, together with meditation practice, can tranform us from a ‘me-first’ into a ‘we-first’ society. By Susan Chapman Many years ago, in my career as a therapist, it dawned on me that the roots of enlightened society are the ordinary, everyday relationships we have with ... continue
Posted January 11, 2010 by paulbel

“De” - Tibetan for bliss, short for Direct Experience

Dan Peterson asks “what if mental events were not the enemy?”  This is key to Shambhala’s vision for caring for one another. by Dan Peterson Our core discipline as Shambhalians is meditation. No one else can meditate for us. It is up to each of us to ... continue
Posted September 15, 2009 by
Maybe You’d Better Sit Down

Maybe You’d Better Sit Down – HIGHLIGHT

By Acharya Michael Greenleaf Scientists in Germany reported Thursday that the often-described sense of lost-hiker déjà vu, of having inadvertently backtracked while wandering in the woods — is real. “People really do walk in circles,” said Jan L. Souman of the Max Planck Institute for ... continue
Posted September 1, 2009 by
Getting Londoners to Slow Down

Getting Londoners to Slow Down

By Tessa Watt In this particular dark age, our distraction often manifests as speed. Speed kills the space in which we could appreciate what we’re doing. That frantic quality creates its own power and momentum, which begin to rule us. Because we can’t rest in the present ... continue
Posted April 20, 2009 by Editor
Awakened Early, and Often: Family Camp at Dorje Denma Ling

Awakened Early, and Often: Family Camp at Dorje Denma Ling – HIGHLIGHT

Family Camp 2008 at Dorje Denma Ling was wonderfully successful with over 40 parents and children coming together for a week of practice, lawn games, crafts, beach outings, campfires, dancing, theater and ritual. Throughout the Shambhala mandala, at Karme Choling, Shambhala Mountain Center and Dechen Choling, Family ... continue
Posted March 23, 2009 by
Radio show spotlights our Parents & Infants Meditation Group

Radio show spotlights our Parents & Infants Meditation Group

At the Kootenay Shambhala Centre this past January, we introduced a weekly parents and infants meditation group⎯Calm Abiding Together⎯to provide opportunities for parents with infants to receive shamatha (“calm abiding”) meditation instruction and practice with their infants present. The group is led by Lynn Dragone and ... continue
Posted March 20, 2009 by James Northcote
Bringing Peace Into Your Home With Family Meditation

Bringing Peace Into Your Home With Family Meditation – HIGHLIGHT

Happiness comes from slowing down and cultivating a peaceful place inside together as a family. A daily dose of meditation helps family members – Self-soothe and settle energy … and relieve anxiety Develop clarity … and prevent anger and resentment Increase empathy … and decrease “Me first” and “I want” Strengthen ... continue
Posted March 20, 2009 by Kerry Lee MacLean
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