Aug 09
Wednesday
Come to Vienna!
Planning continues for September’s Peace Now! Symposium: Creating Peace in Difficult Times
by Michael Anderson
Once the seat of global empire, Vienna sits at a crossroads in a rapidly changing world. With the wars of the 20th century, and the Iron Curtain at her doorstep, many of Vienna’s cultural connections to Eastern Europe were cut. The gateway between East and West in today’s borderless Europe might easily be missed as the blur of a highway marker in the rear-view mirror. However, nationalist tendencies and fear of migration are once again creating renewed calls for borders and walls across the world. But difficult times bring tremendous opportunities for positive development. Therefore it is time to rouse the courage, intelligence, and compassion of our society and to face these challenges in ways that will create a peaceful future. Continue…
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Art Auction to Bring Teachers to Taipei – HIGHLIGHT
Yeachin Tsai, Shambhala’s busy Chinese translator and native of Taipei, reports that hosting a Level 1 in China requires the help of the international sangha. If you look at a map of the world, you will find a very small green island southeast of mainland China. In ... continuePosted December 22, 2010 by Yeachin Tsai
Multi-Sangha Youth Conference – HIGHLIGHT
By Sophie Maclaren This year will see the 4th annual Buddhist Youth Festival in Europe. To date, we have had hundreds of young people from more than 20 countries and a variety of sanghas and Buddhist traditions attend the festival. This year, as a new addition to ... continuePosted December 10, 2010 by
Shambhala hosted by Dalai Lama’s Retreat Center – HIGHLIGHT
Judith Broadus writes about the first Shambhala Training held at the Dalai Lama’s Retreat Center in Bloomington, Indiana. A Shambhala Training Level I was held in the library of the Cultural Center at Kumbum West, The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (TMBCC), located on 108 acres ... continuePosted November 4, 2010 by
Buddhist Youth Gather for Peace – HIGHLIGHT
For the fourth time, young Buddhists from all over the world and of all traditions will gather in Germany for the Buddhist Youth Festival from December 27 – January 1, 2011. Last year’s program included 90 participants, between the age of 16 and 30-something, and was ... continuePosted November 2, 2010 by
Want to Stream Pema Chodron Live, For Free? – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala Times, in partnership with Shambhala Publications, is pleased to announce a contest in which five people will win free, live streaming of Pema Chodron’s Smile at Fear weekend from California October 15-17. Find out more about the event by clicking here. To win your ... continuePosted September 27, 2010 by
Overwhelm as a Path to Peace – HIGHLIGHT
Bob Pressnell writes about Cultivating a Community of Kindness, a contemplative retreat for leaders in Shambhala. Everyone knows the experience of kindness, but can it be learned? Can it be taught in the frame of a day-long program? And beyond that, can kindness be practiced in the ... continuePosted September 2, 2010 by
The Great Assembly and the Yijing (I Ching) – HIGHLIGHT
Shastri Daniel Hessey applies the wisdom of the I Ching to understand the power of the Scorpion Seal Assemblies. The Scorpion Seal Assembly seen through the eyes of the Ancestral Sovereigns of China The way of Shambhala originated when the Buddha first transmitted the Shambhala dharma to King ... continuePosted August 7, 2010 by
Up Close & Personal with Stuart Lord – HIGHLIGHT
[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. continuePosted July 29, 2010 by Jennifer Holder
Gate Opens for Three Year Retreatants – HIGHLIGHT
Minutes before this photo was taken, seated in the the rear of Gampo Abbey’s black suburu with the hatch raised to serve as protection from the pelting rain, Acharya Larry Mermelstein had chanted the liturgy that officially released the fifth group since 1996 to finish a ... continuePosted July 19, 2010 by
Mipham Academy Opens to Sutrayana Seminary Graduates – HIGHLIGHT
By Mark Seibold, Dean of Mipham Academy For the first time since its inception in 2006 the Mipham Academy, to be held at Karme Choling from from September 13 to 26, will be a freestanding program open to all graduates of Sutrayana Seminary. When the Sakyong announced the ... continuePosted July 10, 2010 by
Announcing the Applied Mindfulness Conference 2010 – HIGHLIGHT
Tail of the Tiger is pleased to announce the details of the Third Annual Applied Mindfulness Conference, July 22 – 25, 2010. Professionals from all mindfulness traditions are invited to join the ongoing discussion about bringing mindfulness into the wider world. This year’s conference ... continuePosted June 22, 2010 by
Karmapa Streaming Live Today on New Website – HIGHLIGHT
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa will be streamed live from Dharmasala beginning today or tomorrow, June 17-18, depending our your location. He will be teaching on Dhagpo Rinpoche’s (Gampopa’s) Lam-chog Rinchen Trengwa or Precious Garlands of Supreme Path.The series of talks will be simultaneously translated into ... continuePosted June 17, 2010 by
The Wisdom of Anger, What the Buddhists Teach: Join the Shambhala Sun at Omega in July
July 30 — August 1 at Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York Join the Shambhala Sun Foundation at this special retreat on “The Wisdom of Anger: What the Buddhists Teach,” with longtime teachers Acharya Judith Lief, Robert Thurman, Narayan Liebenson Grady, and Norman Fischer. Click here for detail, ... continuePosted June 10, 2010 by
Football, Yoga & Meditation Retreat
During the first week of the upcoming world championships football (soccer), the Buddhist Youth Project is organizing a brand-new program called the Football, Yoga & Meditation Retreat. The program – which will take place from the 13 to 19th of June at Hotel Schloss Heinsheim in ... continuePosted May 27, 2010 by
Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010
The Ripa Council, Padma Ling Germany and Ripa Ladrang Foundation are pleased to announce the Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 in Germany. The Ripa International Summer Retreat 2010 will mark the celebration of the first decade of the Ripa Sangha together with the three Ripa Masters. ... continuePosted May 7, 2010 by
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