Dec 05
Sunday
Gathering the Cost of Postage
In this third article dedicated to the Shambhala Time Capsule, Jennifer Holder encourages the financial support of each other’s projects, so that an individual’s vision truly becomes the work of our entire community.
As the age of speed and aggression gains momentum, the Shambhala Time Capsule is a way in which our sangha can send an immeasurable gift forward in time. It is not something an individual such as Steve can accomplish on his own – it requires that we do this together. Our compassion for beings of future generations – and for ourselves as we return to fulfill our bodhisattva vows – is expressed by the transfer of the Shambhala canon to these inscribed ceramic tiles and their encasement in titanium. Continue…
Author Archive
1 response - Posted 12.03.10
Many of us in Shambhala harbor deeply inspired aspirations for what we would like to accomplish in the world. In this second article on the Shambhala Time Capsule, Jennifer Holder looks at the path Steve Roth followed in bringing the time capsule into being. At times, ...continue
1 response - Posted 12.01.10
In this three-part series, Jennifer Holder writes about the creation of a Shambhala Time Capsule, something the Vidyadhara requested of his student Steve Roth. Steve has dedicated himself to the project for three decades. In this first article, Jennifer reflects on the nature of a Dark ...continue
Map to the Golden Age – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 10.23.10
Shastri Dan Hessey has spent the last 10 years contemplating and translating the I-Ching, or Yijing, applying the view of establishing enlightened society. This ancient Taoist text illuminates the flow of life force, events, and influence as the seasons change and one situation morphs into another. ...continue
no responses - Posted 10.23.10
Shastri Dan Hessey has spent the last 10 years contemplating and translating the I-Ching, or Yijing, applying the view of establishing enlightened society. This ancient Taoist text illuminates the flow of life force, events, and influence as the seasons change and one situation morphs into another. ...continue
1 response - Posted 10.15.10
On the auspiscious day of Monday, September 20, Lady Konchok, the Sakyong’s mother, and her family, Lama Pegyal and Gyurme Dorje Lama, welcomed over 60 people to Marpa House. Lady Konchok cut the black ribbon of samsara to open a Tibetan butter lamp offering ceremony. ...continue
Summer’s Blooming Households – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 09.13.10
Jennifer Holder reflects on this summer’s abundance of marriage and birth announcements. Women in white, couples in kimonos, faces pink from their fresh arrival in Shambhala. With each new marriage or birth announcement, I could sense that a gigantic community-wide step forward has occurred. They showed ...continue
1 response - Posted 09.13.10
Jennifer Holder reflects on this summer’s abundance of marriage and birth announcements. Women in white, couples in kimonos, faces pink from their fresh arrival in Shambhala. With each new marriage or birth announcement, I could sense that a gigantic community-wide step forward has occurred. They showed ...continue
no responses - Posted 09.12.10
Here’s the scene of a true Shambhala wedding celebration: streamers framing a backyard with purple and yellow; irises pouring from vases; more sake, wine, beer, vodka, and champagne than can possibly be consumed; and herds of children running around with their bows and arrows. With multiple ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.18.10
By Lois Lungta, for the column Tracking Jewels. As soon as I sat down beside a lake to write about our new Princess, I heard a father call out. “Do you want to go see the rose garden?” I looked over to witness a four year old ...continue
6 responses - Posted 08.12.10
Jennifer Holder reports on events surrounding the birth of Sakyong Mipham and Khandro Tseyang’s first child — including initial comments from the Sakyong — and explores the qualities of her arrival as a princess. As the sun rises on the second day of our Princess’ second ...continue
no responses - Posted 08.01.10
[caption id=”attachment_19718″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ >Tracking Jewels. Photographs courtesy of Mauricio Londondo. When I feel abandoned, I like to imagine a world –- and a sangha — in which we never give up on anyone. I guess that in Buddhism there is not such a thing as ...continue
no responses - Posted 07.29.10
[caption id=”attachment_19703″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ Our favorite? “Could a Naropa graduate go on to work on Wall Street?” Click here for the answer and the interview. continue
no responses - Posted 07.20.10
[caption id=”attachment_19574″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ >Tracking Jewels Stepping outside after the Great Mandala Offering, a mantra I was whispering was interrupted by shock as a high-altitude sun blazed 98 degrees straight into my pores. But the pleasures of Boulder soon took over as I wandered in the ...continue
no responses - Posted 06.19.10
Invoking Money to Wash Debt Clean ~ in the playful manner of our lineage of poets. Primordial Rigden, Shiwa Okar of the Basically Good, Gesar Norbu Dradul, commander of fearless troops King Ashoka of generous riches, Milarepa, conqueror of karma… To you I offer clouds of love and devotion. Come ...continue
no responses - Posted 06.14.10
As the New York Times reported on Thursday, Liz Downey and Joshua Silberstein have married. continue
no responses - Posted 06.12.10
By Lois Lungta Part of the ongoing blog kept by Jennifer Holder, titled Tracking Jewels. The exact date of this composition is unknown. ~ ^ ~ I bought this leather-bound journal this winter to honor many things: the significance of this moment in my life as choice ...continue