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New Song for Young Children: We are the Warriors
For Children’s Day/Winter Solstice, the Sakyong and Sakyong Wangmo offer a song they wrote for the young children of Shambhala. We are the Warriors Download Listen to the tune. Verse 1 When we walk we are mindful like tigers When we play we are joyful like lions When we sing we ... continuePosted December 10, 2009 by
Kier Craig Scholarship Fund at Sopa Choling – HIGHLIGHT
Sopa Choling, the three-year retreat center at Gampo Abbey, has received an anonymous donation to establish an annual Kier Craig scholarship for people doing the retreat. Kier Craig began the very first three-year retreat at Sopa Choling but died before he could finish. The donor made ... continuePosted December 9, 2009 by
Sit Down, Rise Up in NYC – HIGHLIGHT
A 24-hour meditation marathon in a New York City department store? Yup! A group of upstart meditators took to the windows of ABC Carpet & Home on 19th and Broadway one weekend in November, sitting in four-hour shifts. Their purpose? To raise funds for the Interdependence ... continuePosted December 8, 2009 by
Dancing Life – HIGHLIGHT
A Playful Encounter of Maitri and Dance By Alexa Gould-Kavet This October, the large shrine room floor was caressed, stomped, delicately slithered and tiptoed across by thirty sets of feet. These feet, each day, were swathed in red, green, yellow, blue and white. Our feet come to mind ... continuePosted December 7, 2009 by
Sakyong Calls for Protecting the Earth – HIGHLIGHT
A Call to Contemplation and Action on Climate Change by Sakyong Mipham (republished from April 2009) On April 19, 2009, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche offered the following teaching in support of Earth Day, and the work of the Touching the Earth working group of the ... continuePosted December 6, 2009 by
Shambhala and the Buddhist Response to Climate Change
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 ... continuePosted December 5, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency – HIGHLIGHT
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 ... continuePosted December 5, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
One Centre, One Global Sustainability Effort – HIGHLIGHT
A look at the sustainability effort at the Halifax Shambhala Centre By Richard Peisinger The central focus of the Halifax Shambhala Centre Sustainability Initiative, formed in 2007, is to support conditions for success at the World Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen from December 11-14. To send ... continuePosted December 4, 2009 by
Practice, Love, Protect, and Act – HIGHLIGHT
The natural steps we can take to apply Shambhala Buddhism to environmental action By Irene Lorch-Wauchope Practice makes us more aware: we look around and we see what is going on. As we practice, our circle of awareness naturally expands, and we become more aware of ... continuePosted December 3, 2009 by
Doing it at Home – HIGHLIGHT
The radical simplicity of the little changes: how we drive, heat our homes, do housework, and relate with food. By Hudson Shotwell A few years ago, in order to prepare for a reasonable, practice-relevant descent down the other side of the oil peak, Janet and I ... continuePosted December 2, 2009 by
Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis – HIGHLIGHT
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 ... continuePosted December 1, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Shambhala Sun Auction Open through December 13
The Shambhala Sun Foundation’s 3rd Annual Auction is now underway and runs through December 13. We welcome your support through visits and bids. Browse the auction here. To register, click here. You’ll find calligraphies by Chogyam Trungpa and Thich Nhat Hanh, signed books by Pema Chodron, retreat ... continuePosted December 1, 2009 by mollydeshong
Update from Marpa Foundation – HIGHLIGHT
Letter from Ari Goldfield on November 28, 2009 Greetings from San Francisco, and I hope you are well. With Khenpo Rinpoche now residing full-time in Asia, these past few months have been a time of transition. But even in these changing times, Marpa Foundation has the unchanging ... continuePosted December 1, 2009 by