Shambhala News Service - 2020-09-27 - 1 comment
Board Letter Regarding SMC Wildfire
To the Shambhala Community –
As many of you know, last night, the Cameron Peak wildfire expanded onto the Shambhala Mountain Center ... continue
Community Articles - - 2 comments
Letter from the Druk Sakyong Wangmo regarding SMC Wildfire
To the Noble Sangha,
I am writing today with a heavy heart, feeling so much sorrow, knowing that fire has burned across ... continue
Community Articles - 2020-09-26 - 4 comments
Climate Warriors: Move to Karme Choling
Photo by Adam Bixby on Unsplash
By Mike de Give
Karme Choling announced in April a fundamental shift in how it operates. Instead ... continue
Featured Columns, Art Happens, Share it Here, Community Articles - 2020-09-22 - comment
One Madder Woman, by Dede Crane
Long time sangha member, Dede Crane, has a new book out!
“These madmen — and one madder woman — paint as if ... continue
Editorial Staff - 2020-09-21 - comment
A Nourishing Harvest of Peace Gathering
Harvest of Peace is one of four annual Nyida Day celebrations in Shambhala culture. Each of these holidays mark the changing ... continue
book reviews - 2020-09-18 - comment
Preparing to Die by Andrew Holocek
Reviewed by Christine Heming
Recently several books have appeared written by well-regarded teachers on the Tibetan Buddhist approach to death and dying. ... continue
Community Articles, covid-19 - 2020-09-11 - comment
Mudra: A Tool for Chaos
By Craig Warren Smith
“Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news…Chaos is the great space of emptiness that occurs before genesis. ... continue
Community Articles - 2020-09-09 - 1 comment
Touching the Earth—September 2020 Newsletter
Eleventh Hour Calling
An article by Emily Takahashi
We have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour
Now we must go back ... continue
Dharma Teachings
Good Society Part II: Feeling the Goodness
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash The second part of a two-part series by Shastri Russell Rodgers. For part one, click here. In Part I of this two-part essay, we looked at the genetics behind the universal human impulse to create good society. The logic was this: everywhere there are humans, we form society. Therefore, it must be in our genes. The first part of this essay was basically a book review of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, by Nicholas Christakis, a Yale professor. Dr. Christakis proposes that encoded in our genes is a “social suite” that is common to all societies that are able to survive the test of time and circumstance. This “suite” includes : good leadership (and respect for that leadership), cooperation, ... continueMore:Dharma Teachings
- Good Society: Science, Basic Goodness, Laws and Joy
- Considering the Future of the Treasure of Shambhala
- Shambhala Day 2019 Broadcast
- What is Dathun?
- Human Drala
Art Happens, Share it Here
One Madder Woman, by Dede Crane
Long time sangha member, Dede Crane, has a new book out! “These madmen — and one madder woman — paint as if suffering seizures! One cannot make heads or tails of the work without taking ten paces back.” From the author: One Madder Woman is an historical novel set in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century about the life and times of the French Impressionist painter, Berthe Morisot, the sole female in the original group of artists that became known as the Impressionists. The book has been described as a love story between 2 sisters, between a genius and her art and between Morisot and the infant terrible of the Paris Salon, Edouard Manet, who painted Berthe more than any other model. continueMore:Art Happens, Share it Here
- Poetry Space, Summer 2020
- Poetry Space, Winter 2019
- “Art Happens”: Beyond Us
- “Art Happens”: The Parting Un-Vow
- “Art Happens”: Auspicious Ink