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Global Practice for Massacre Victims as Humanity is Shocked
The entire Shambhala community is invited to engage in practice for all those whose lives have been affected by the massacre yesterday at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, USA. The killing that took the lives of 20 children between the ages of five and ... continuePosted December 15, 2012 by
International Shambhala Programs 2013
Announcing the 2013 International Shambhala Program Calendar The Office of Practice and Education is pleased to announce the following international Shambhala programs for the year 2013. Please read through to the bottom of this announcement for other important program-related information that may be relevant to you, including key ... continuePosted December 10, 2012 by
Every Storm Passes
Hurricane, or “superstorm” Sandy left millions without power, and brought death and destruction to the Caribbean and U.S. East Coast. Many thousands are without homes to go back to. In response to many questions about our centers and friends in the areas affected by hurricane Sandy, ... continuePosted November 17, 2012 by
Great Stupa Preservation
UPDATE: Great Stupa Preservation Fund Grows as Work Week Approaches The fire this summer, which came so close to SMC, was a wake-up call for the need to protect Shambhala Mountain Center as a whole, and its lineage treasures, many of them contained in the Great Stupa ... continuePosted September 25, 2012 by
Acharya Appointments, Retirement, and Award
The Office of the Kalapa Court is pleased to announce that the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, has formally appointed Ms Marianne Bots, of the Netherlands, and Mr Orhun Cercel, of London, to the positions of acharya at the Scorpion Seal Assembly at Dechen Choling. Ms Fenja ... continuePosted September 4, 2012 by
Update on Shambhala Mountain Center
The following update on Shambhala Mountain Center is from Executive Director Michael Gayner. Dear Friends, With the containment of the High Park fire, the staff have all returned to Shambhala Mountain Center. Over the past month, we were evacuated, some re-evacuated with the fires in Boulder; ... continuePosted July 25, 2012 by Travis_May
Five Miles Away from SMC
Five videos share prayers and preparations at Shambhala Mountain Center as High Park Fire comes within five miles An international Shambhala team visited Shambhala Mountain Center on Tuesday June 19th to visit the small core of staffers still on the land and lead prayers and practices for ... continuePosted June 21, 2012 by
Kalapa Council to Present Strategic Plans
miksang News Update The Kalapa Council will be holding a series of major conference calls with leaders of the mandala to present the plans it is putting into effect following the strategic planning discussion it opened up with the community following Shambhala Day. The plans cover a three-fold strategy ... continuePosted June 20, 2012 by
Tender and Valiant: Shambhala Mountain Center
The following remarks were recorded on June 15, 2012 during the Kurukula Abhisheka at the Boulder Shambhala Center by President Richard Reoch. The Abhisheka was previously planned to occur at Shambhala Mountain Center but was relocated due to the wildfire currently raging in the Rocky Mountains. continuePosted June 16, 2012 by
Update on Fire Near Shambhala Mountain Center
Viewing the smoke from a point above SMC. photo by SMC staff A large forest fire has been burning for several days in the Colorado Rockies near Shambhala Mountain Center. According to the United States Forest Service, the fire has burned an estimated 49,763 acres and continues ... continuePosted June 14, 2012 by
Environmental Sustainability and Shambhala
Commemorating Earth Day from the Shambhala Kalapa Council On the occasion of Earth Day 2012, we are delighted to share with our entire community a fresh initiative for the whole of Shambhala to engage meaningfully with the pressing need for environmental sustainability. In his Earth Day message this year ... continuePosted April 25, 2012 by
Our Future is at a Crossroads
Earth Day Message from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to the Shambhala Community Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment. In his Earth Day message, issued on April 22nd, 2012, the Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche ... continuePosted April 22, 2012 by
The Passing of Venerable Tenga Rinpoche
Venerable Tenga Rinpoche advising the Great Stupa project The Venerable Tenga Rinpoche passed away in the early hours of this morning at his monastery Benchen Phuntsok Dargyeling in Swayambhu, Nepal. He was eighty years of age. Tenga Rinpoche had a very long and important association with our Shambhala ... continuePosted March 30, 2012 by
Sakyong launches Running with the Mind of Meditation website
The Sakyong’s new Running with the Mind of Meditation website, runningmind.org, goes live today. It presents his forthcoming book, Running with the Mind of Meditation, to be published in April and gives details of the launch and all forthcoming events. “You are guaranteed to take away pearls of ... continuePosted March 10, 2012 by
No Small Version of Shambhala
miksang “There is no small version of Shambhala,” said the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, in his Shambhala Day Address yesterday from Halifax. “It’s not about ‘ME’’. It’s about humanity.” “The reason that the Dorje Dradul (Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche) taught Shambhala and the reason he empowered me to be ... continuePosted February 23, 2012 by
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