Feb 01
Monday
Dön Season Teachings and Gathering
Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash
Dön season is the period that falls on the eleven days before before the lunar new year. In Shambhala, the tradition is to perform special practices, including mamo chants, each day of this period in response to the increased obstacles that can gather as a year comes to an end.
This year, Shambhala Global Services and Shambhala Online are offering daily mamos practice sessions with talks by senior teachers in our community during dön season. Each day will feature a presentation about a different protector in our tradition or the history and tradition of the mamos chants, and will be followed by group recitations of the mamos chants.
Presenters for these “dön days gatherings” will include: Tom Berthoff, Francesca Dalio, Marian English, Acharya Dan Hessey, Kristine McCutcheon, Acharya Fleet Maull, Acharya Mathias Pongracz, Ute Reinhardt, John Rockwell, Shastri Will Ryken, and Toby Sifton.
You can join these gatherings here.
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Revisiting “Understanding Dön Season” – HIGHLIGHT
The Times Editorial team has received requests for this excellent dharma teaching, written by the late Shastri Russell Rodgers in 2017. We’ve shared it here, in advance of the 2021 Dön season, which begins February 1st. If you would like more practice opportunities connected to Dön season ... continuePosted January 25, 2021 by archives-staff
Good Society Part II: Feeling the Goodness – HIGHLIGHT
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 ... continuePosted November 15, 2019 by archives-staff
Good Society: Science, Basic Goodness, Laws and Joy – HIGHLIGHT
Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash The first part of a two-part series by Shastri Russell Rodgers All over the world, wherever there are humans, there are societies. We have evolved different languages, customs, and even skin colors, but always, there is society. Society has enabled us ... continuePosted November 8, 2019 by archives-staff
The Dharma Talk: Right Speech for Burma
INTRODUCTION: The Venerable Ashin Issariya is one of the few Burmese Buddhist monks speaking out against extremism and hate speech in his country. From his experience as a pro-democracy leader during the 2007 Saffron Revolution, Sayadaw views the current violence in Burma as an intentional obscuration ... continuePosted June 11, 2019 by archives-staff
Quel avenir pour le trésor de Shambhala ?
par l’Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown (Paru sur le site de Shambhala Times Community News Magazine) En ces temps de profond bouleversement, alors que nous nous efforçons de restructurer l’ensemble de notre communauté et de notre pratique, j’aimerais apporter une perspective historique à nos réflexions. Il ne s’agit certainement pas ... continuePosted March 19, 2019 by archives-staff
Sopesar el futuro del tesoro de Shambhala
En estos días desoladores en que estamos comprometidos a rediseñar toda la estructura de nuestra comunidad y de la práctica, quería añadir un elemento que quizá proporcione una perspectiva histórica a nuestras consideraciones. Esto no significa de ninguna manera dictar lo que decidamos hacer, porque esos ... continuePosted March 13, 2019 by luz_rodriguez
Considering the Future of the Treasure of Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
Este artículo ha sido traducido al español aqui. Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. In these heartbreaking days, while we are committed to redesign the entire structure of our community and practice, I wanted to add an element that may provide some historical perspective for our ... continuePosted March 12, 2019 by archives-staff
Shambhala Day 2019 Broadcast – HIGHLIGHT
Dear Shambhala Community, Cheerful Year of the Earth Boar! Please enjoy this recording of our 2019 Shambhala Day Broadcast. continuePosted February 15, 2019 by archives-staff
What is Dathun? – HIGHLIGHT
by Dan Hessey Dathun is an important milestone in the path of the Shambhala warrior, and an invaluable experience for anyone interested in fundamentally making friends with who and what they are. For most people, it is the first extended program they attend that focuses mainly on ... continuePosted December 27, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
Human Drala – HIGHLIGHT
“Rowga” COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Russell Rodgers, Nelson, B.C. Sometimes one encounters people or places that cut through one’s habitual chain of thoughts. The Tibetan word for that is “drala”, which means “above the enemy”. In this case the enemy is our cocoon of gossipy thoughts that keeps us ... continuePosted December 18, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
Yeshe Tsogyal: Woman and Feminine Principle – HIGHLIGHT
Yeshe Tsogyal banner, which now hangs in many of our shrinerooms. By Rita Gross and Acharya Judith Simmer Brown Yeshe Tsogyal has long been a key figure in the Nyingma lineage, important to the Vidyadhara and the Sakyong. In the “Supplication to the Shambhala Lineage,” she is paired ... continuePosted December 16, 2018 by
Seeing Depression – HIGHLIGHT
In this article, Acharya Michael Greenleaf dives fearlessly into the solidity of depression and offers insight into causes, describes what is happening in our minds, and shows how meditation practice can lead to the strength and composure of true tenderness Alone It’s hard to count on ... continuePosted December 13, 2018 by
Raising Our Children, Sharing Our World – HIGHLIGHT
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche holding Gesar Mukpo. Photo by James Gritz. By the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Exclusive to the Shambhala Times, courtesy of Lady Diana Mukpo I have been the father of my own personal, physical children. I have also been the psychological father of many semi-grownup children, and ... continuePosted November 25, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
Queer Dharma: The Truth of Being Queer – HIGHLIGHT
Acharya Eve Rosenthal COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Acharya Eve Rosenthal article courtesy of Shambhala Mountain Center What is queer dharma? There are people who are queer and there is dharma, but what is queer dharma? First of all, a person who is queer identifies as someone with a sexual orientation ... continuePosted November 15, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
Conflict in Enlightened Society – HIGHLIGHT
cherry trees along the Charles River, by Shastri Jennifer Woodhull Cape Town, South Africa Among those of us committed to building an enlightened society, there is a widespread perception that our failure to “fix” the personal conflicts that arise in our communities somehow takes us in the opposite direction ... continuePosted November 8, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
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