Aug 16
Tuesday
Supplicating the Shambhala Lineage
An explication of the chant known as the Supplication to the Shambhala Lineage
by Russell Rodgers
In this chant, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche acknowledges the sources of the Shambhala Lineage. There were four main lineages in Tibet: the Gelugpa (the Dalai Lama’s lineage), the Sakya, the Kagyu and the Nyingma. Calling ours the “Shambhala Lineage” was, at the time it was written, a controversial statement because it seemed to add a fifth lineage, marking a separation from our Tibetan heritage. Continue…
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1 response - Posted 08.12.16
The Sakyong to Host Shambhala’s First-Ever Business Conference in Austin, Texas, March 30 to April 2, 2017 by Christina Willard In March of next year the Sakyong will host his first-ever business conference in Austin, Texas: the Awake Business Conference. This will be an historic moment for our ...continue
1 response - Posted 08.10.16
by Abbey Fox It’s been three heavy months since we hosted Awaken Chicago. We’ve tragically lost Philandro Castle, Alton Sterling, and Delrawn Small to racist police brutality. We’ve mourned the tremendous loss of 49 queer people of color in Orlando to homophobic rage. A beautiful, peaceful Black Lives ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.08.16
Members of the Portland Shambhala Center work together to create community and connections for those who have taken the Bodhisattva Vow by Jan Rogerson and Willa Rabinovitch The Bodhisattva Vow ceremony, attended by family, friends and sangha, was moving and inspiring – a momentous and life-changing event. Afterwards, ...continue
9 responses - Posted 08.06.16
A new online resource to provide learning, listening and support for taking a courageous Warrior outlook on the many challenges and opportunities of aging in our communities by Ann Cason It is easy to get caught in the suffering of old age. There is a temptation to collapse, or ...continue
1 response - Posted 08.04.16
In part two of this interview with the founder of Surmang Foundation, Lee Weingrad shares with us some of the keys to his fascination with the Forbidden City. ST: Let’s turn from Surmang for a moment, to focus on the talk you’ll be giving about the Forbidden ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.02.16
Part one of a two-part interview with Surmang Foundation founder Lee Weingrad, who spoke with us about topics near to his heart: Surmang, the Foundation, and the Forbidden City With two talks by Lee Weingrad coming up in September at the Halifax Shambhala Center, it seemed like ...continue
1 response - Posted 07.31.16
Living with Parkinson’s Disease, and discovering the listening cure by Dale Bennett One hard thing about having Parkinson’s Disease (PD), or any mysterious, poorly understood condition, is that there’s no road map. The conventional treatments are ok as far as they go, but unsatisfying: no one knows how ...continue
no responses - Posted 07.28.16
Announcement of Terry Rudderham’s departure from Shambhala Media, and an invitation to participate in her GoFundMe campaign by Mark Whaley Shambhala has so much wisdom, vision, and heart. We are so rich in the genuine dharma—instructions on how to be decent human beings. But when it comes to enacting ...continue
3 responses - Posted 07.27.16
With global warming happening, and happening so fast, what’s a Shambhalian to Do? by Emily Takahashi I had a running start on most people on the news that Earth’s temperature was increasing, due to the burning of fossil fuels. In the 1970’s, when I was still a teenager, ...continue
no responses - Posted 07.25.16
A heartfelt, awake, and compassionate response to the recent shootings in Dallas by Will Handy So we continue in the spiral of resentment and violence. It’s shocking to wake up to five dead police officers and, instead of an anonymous street scene from Some City, it’s an intersection ...continue
1 response - Posted 07.23.16
A practitioner investigates how art can save us, and shares the experience of an integrative arts festival by Elizabeth Russell The intelligence that evolved us from star dust and interconnects us with all beings is sufficient for the healing of our Earth community, if we but align with ...continue
no responses - Posted 07.21.16
Open Doors/Open Hearts by Michelle Munro I’ve been sitting here looking at a blank document for some time…What to write? What would you who are reading this want to know about the Halifax Shambhala Centre? I could tell you that things are well. That we just participated in our ...continue
2 responses - Posted 07.19.16
With generosity and humor, a practitioner shares her experience of the Enlightened Society Assembly program by Akiba Barberousse I’ve been to weekthüns and nyinthüns before, but I don’t think any previous practice intensive could have properly prepared me for the excitement, pain, joy, boredom, and direct openness of Enlightened Society ...continue
no responses - Posted 07.15.16
Dear readers, for an English-language version of this article, please scroll down! por Joaquín Díaz y Andrés Leslie Somos el Colectivo Ziji de Santiago de Chile, un grupo de jóvenes que pertenecemos a la gran sangha de Shambhala de Santiago. Nuestro grupo cuenta con 25 activos, motivados y ...continue