Dec 20
Thursday
The Path of Unconditional Healing
A Journey of Illness and Discovery
by Jeff Rubin, New York City
I still remember quite vividly the scene in the doctor’s office eleven years ago. After conducting a series of tests, she informed me that she was almost certain that I had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). If she was correct, this was an almost guaranteed painful death within 3-5 years. She explained that she required one more test at a later date to confirm her findings, but by then, filled with dread and abject terror, I was barely able to hear. However, I was certain of one thing: I would never return for that test. My thinking, deluded or not, was “why confirm an illness that has no known cause and no known cure?” It turns out I was fortunate – I never did go back, and over the years, it became less and less likely that I had ALS, until finally in 2010, I received a different diagnosis. Let me get to that later. Continue…
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Shambhala Day Online – A Report – HIGHLIGHT
From the Shambhala Online Team This year’s Shambhala Day was an experiment in online visual broadcasting, using Shambhala Online. We did a lot of international testing in advance of the day, and we have heard from centres and groups about their experience during the actual ... continuePosted February 24, 2010 by heather_scott
The First Shambhala Center Endowment – HIGHLIGHT
An endowment is a perpetual savings account, where the principal is protected, and a portion of investment profits can be used for current projects. By Lisa Johnston On Shambhala Day 2010, Ulrike Halpern, Boulder Shambhala Center Director, and Jeff Waltcher, Executive Director of The Sakyong Foundation, signed an ... continuePosted February 18, 2010 by
Update from Shambhala IT – HIGHLIGHT
By Cameron Wenaus During the year in the Earth Ox (2009-10), the Shambhala IT team has not only been building lots of exciting projects for the mandala, but we have been having a delightful time while doing it. In the past year, we created a new ... continuePosted February 13, 2010 by Cam
Crazy Wisdom – HIGHLIGHT
Poem by Lama Ugyen Yogin of crazy Who wandered at Taktsang Cave You discovered Mahamudra Your students are practicing with it May we attain some fruition. Nobody knows if we will attain fruition or not It depends on individuals. I cannot promise I hope you do This is the Vidyadhara Trungpa Rinpoche’s vision If everybody follows it There ... continuePosted January 30, 2010 by
Weekly Videodhara – HIGHLIGHT
Infusing the Presence of Chogyam Trungpa into Your Curriculum Complied by Jennifer Holder, with Carolyn Rose Gimian, Gordon Kidd, and Denny Blouin contributing. The Videodhara By Denny Blouin Forget the mahasiddha for the west business: Just CTR in b & w and color, speaking. In your face, your brain, your blood Mainline direct, ... continuePosted January 8, 2010 by Jennifer Holder
Goodbye Shambhala Shop, Hello Shambhala Media! – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Media has just launched a new website to replace the old Shambhala Shop. On this occasion, we offer an interview with the Co-Directors of Shambhala Media, Terry Rudderham and Emily Hilburn Sell, about the new website: www.shambhalamedia.org: The website looks great. What’s new for users placing ... continuePosted December 16, 2009 by
Kier Craig Scholarship Fund at Sopa Choling – HIGHLIGHT
Sopa Choling, the three-year retreat center at Gampo Abbey, has received an anonymous donation to establish an annual Kier Craig scholarship for people doing the retreat. Kier Craig began the very first three-year retreat at Sopa Choling but died before he could finish. The donor made ... continuePosted December 9, 2009 by
Shambhala Sun Auction Open through December 13
The Shambhala Sun Foundation’s 3rd Annual Auction is now underway and runs through December 13. We welcome your support through visits and bids. Browse the auction here. To register, click here. You’ll find calligraphies by Chogyam Trungpa and Thich Nhat Hanh, signed books by Pema Chodron, retreat ... continuePosted December 1, 2009 by mollydeshong
Touching the Earth, France : 2009 Activities Report
For the group Toucher la Terre, France, the year 2009 was marked by the actual launch of its activities, as the group initiated projects and provided technical assistance for their implementation. continuePosted November 17, 2009 by Rinchen Dug Pamo
Buddhist Lists Meet Dharmic Riffs – HIGHLIGHT
Jennifer Holder interviews Acharya Judy Lief about her work on the Root Text Project. This project is an effort to compile 13 years of seminary transcripts into three volumes, one for each yana, that are organized by topic. To read more about the project, ... continuePosted October 11, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Rooted in the Three Yanas – HIGHLIGHT
Based on an interview with Acharya Judy Lief Click here to read Buddhist Lists Meet Dharmic Riffs, a Q & A with Acharya Lief about the Root Text Project. Every year, starting in 1973 until he died in 1986, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche taught a seminary that lasted ... continuePosted October 10, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
The Shambhala Database Project – Your New Personal Rolodex – HIGHLIGHT
Interview with Candlin Dobbs What is the Shambhala Database project and tell me about this new Member’s View that is coming out soon? The Shambhala Database or SDB is an internet-accessible database that stores information about the entire Shambhala Mandala: the Centers and Groups, the teachers, the ... continuePosted October 5, 2009 by Cam
Legacy Project In Depth – HIGHLIGHT
An interview with Carolyn Gimian, conducted by Andrew Safer for Radio Free Shambhala The publication of On Different Views and Paths, an interview with Richard Reoch, President of Shambhala International, which appeared on both the Radio Free Shambhala and Shambhala Times Web sites in July, ... continuePosted September 29, 2009 by
Sky of Radiant Activity – HIGHLIGHT
By Jennifer Holder All it takes is a glance upwards to sense that the sky over Shambhala stretches across nations, continents, and oceans. It is physically as vast as Shambhala vision, reaching far beyond what the eye can see. Arising from the playground of this vastness, ... continuePosted September 15, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Painting the Sky – HIGHLIGHT
By Lisa Johnston and Jane Vosper Master thangka painter, Noedup Rongae, recently sent an update on how work is progressing on the Rigden Lineage thangka at his Shambhala Art School in India. Currently drawings for more than 125 lineage figures, bodhisattvas, yidams, protectors and devis of the ... continuePosted September 12, 2009 by
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