Nov 17
Tuesday
Letter from the Sakyong Wangmo
The Sakyong Wangmo writes to us from Nepal
As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of the Kongma Sakyong, I felt inspired to share some thoughts and feelings with all of you. As everyone knows, this has been a tremendous year for our family, first with the birth of our third child, Jetsun Dzedron, as well as the continued deepening and expansion of the Shambhala teachings with the many deep retreats and public programs that the Sakyong has led, all of which have deepened our understanding of basic goodness and enlightened society. After teaching a public program in Poland for the first time, the Sakyong then traveled to Nepal where I joined him along with Jetsun Drukmo, Jetsun Yudra, and Jetsun Dzedron in order to attend a very important empowerment ceremony at my family lineage’s monastery in Pharping. Continue…
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1 response - Posted 11.16.15
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Addresses Western Students at the Gongter Near the end of the Gongter, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche gave an evening talk to the Westerners and English-speaking Tibetans attending the empowerments. About two hundred people attended the event, which was followed by a blessing line where everyone ...continue
5 responses - Posted 11.15.15
Gongter empowerments continue on the sacred ground of Parpeng by Walker Blaine Namkha Drimed Rinpoche After the first five empowerments of the Gongter, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s termas of key practices in the Nyingma lineage, we moved into what could be considered the heart of these transmissions, the empowerments for ...continue
1 response - Posted 11.15.15
Gongter Empowerments by Namkha Drimed Rinpoche continue in Nepal, including empowerments for the practices of Gesar of Ling by Walker Blaine Greetings once again from the lovely hills of Parpeng, Nepal. The assembly at the Gongter has now received the first five days of empowerments from His Eminence ...continue
1 response - Posted 11.15.15
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche conducts Gongter empowerments at Rigon Tashi Choeling monastery, in Pharpeng, Nepal by Walker Blaine Greetings to all Shambhala and Ripa sangha, near and far, from here in Pharpeng Nepal. The Gongter Empowerments of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche are now underway. There are well over a ...continue
no responses - Posted 11.14.15
A day of practice and celebration brings together expatriates with Mexican nationals by Reina/Ryn Armstrong Kai and I hosted our second Harvest of Peace here at Casa Werma this year; it was a delightful evening with wonderful people, full of open-heartedness, humor, mutual appreciation, good food, and shared practice. And ...continue
7 responses - Posted 11.12.15
Being with Jampa Pawo by Norma Harris Buddha image by Jampa Pawo Last year Atlanta Shambhala received an email from Les Ste. Marie at Gampo Abbey. He was passing on a request from a man on death row in Georgia who had been meditating and studying Buddhism. His wish ...continue
no responses - Posted 11.10.15
A new structure rises in a drala-rich space at Shambhala Mountain Center by Jamie Woodworth Early photo of Prajna It’s a widely agreed upon sentiment, among both newcomers and veteran Shambhalians, that this mountain valley has a quality of spaciousness beyond its physical boundaries. It opens up and unfolds more ...continue
1 response - Posted 11.06.15
E kore a ngaro he takere waka nui: the keel of a great canoe cannot be lost. by Susie Vincent Just as all of you in the northern hemisphere decide that it’s autumn or fall, the leaves turn red and gold and the year’s cycle starts drawing into ...continue
no responses - Posted 11.02.15
The Shambhala Monastic Order’s first temporary monastic training program comes to completion by Shastri Loden Nyima, Monastic Secretary to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Summer is passing and fall arriving at Gampo Abbey as we conclude our first year of residential monastic training, The Warriors Who Are Meek, from the ...continue
no responses - Posted 10.31.15
A seasonal contemplation on energy, connectedness and change by Simon La Haye Today is a beautiful fall day. The trees are dancing in the crisp energy of the wind, leaves have already changed colors and are flying about, everything is clear and vivid. It is slightly nostalgic, it ...continue
no responses - Posted 10.29.15
What Karuna Training Offers Story and photos by Miriam Hall Update: application deadline for the upcoming training has been extended, and a few spaces may still be available I signed up for the very first North American Karuna Training series with lots of planning and very little expectation. ...continue
4 responses - Posted 10.20.15
An Interview with Societal Health & Well-being Director Mary Whetsell Beginning on October 20, 2015, a suite of three policies providing guidelines for kindness and care will be introduced to the Shambhala mandala by the Office of Societal Health & Well-being. The newly revised Care and Conduct ...continue
1 response - Posted 10.18.15
Calling for Meditation in Action on Climate Change –A Further Exploration by Acharya Marty Janowitz Part Two photo of an Earth Rise by astronaut William Anders From our Buddhist teachings and more vitally our meditative experience, we do have means to traverse the seeming abyss between our path as practitioners ...continue
2 responses - Posted 10.17.15
Calling for Meditation in Action on Climate Change –A Further Exploration by Acharya Marty Janowitz Part One A year ago many of us were looking forward to the People’s Climate Mobilisation which was timed to coincide with the United Nations Summit on Climate Change. While the New York and ...continue