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Unity in Northern California – HIGHLIGHT
Northern California Shambhala Inc is born April First; Foolishness Ensues by Steve Schurkey With a few ink strokes, Northern California Shambhala Inc was born on April 1st. NCSI gathers the seven principal Shambhala centers of Northern California into one legal entity — San Francisco, Berkeley, Davis, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, ... continuePosted April 27, 2017 by
Movin’ and Shakin’ – HIGHLIGHT
Asheville, NCCOLUMN: Shambhala on the Move A summary of recent moves and renovations occurring across the Shambhala mandala. Did we miss your Center? Let us know! Asheville, North Carolina We are at our new location in Reynolds Village! The address is 60 North Merrimon Ave, #113. This location was ... continuePosted August 29, 2015 by Dan
We Can’t Breathe – HIGHLIGHT
Photo credit: Dan Honda for San Jose Mercury Newsby Amani Loutfy Originally published in the Berkeley Shambhala Center Blog On the cushion I sit with my breath, to learn the nature of mind, and to connect myself to all other sentient beings. May we all be free from ... continuePosted January 7, 2015 by
The Sacred Gift: Tradition and Modernity in the Spiritual Art of Nepal – HIGHLIGHT
With great enthusiasm, the Berkeley Shambhala Center is hosting an exhibition of contemporary paintings. You might remember our exhibit, The Divine Feminine in the spring of 2007. The curator, Siddhartha V. Shah, is back along with Barbara Cook bringing still finer, museum-quality work in a major ... continuePosted April 18, 2011 by
A Place to Be Free: Writing in True Notebooks – HIGHLIGHT
Project Pride, a program of the East Bay Community Recovery Project, is a residential substance abuse treatment program for incarcerated mothers of young children. Here, Sandy Miller writes about the True Notebooks class she started at Project Pride after reading a book of the same name ... continuePosted May 13, 2009 by
Why We Need People of Color Programs in Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
Recently, a long time sangha member, a person of color, attending a vajrayana program, shared with me her experience of being greeted at a Shambhala land center entrance and asked if she was lost and needed directions. This has happened many times to her and, unfortunately, I’ve ... continuePosted February 22, 2009 by charlene_leung
Streetspace Gallery in Berkeley, California
Two years ago the Berkeley Shambhala Center (BSC) opened the doors of Streetspace, a store-front, multi-purpose space located in downtown Berkeley, California. BSC has occupied the same second-floor space in a dzong-like building for over thirty years, while remaining virtually invisible to pedestrians and traffic. By ... continuePosted February 18, 2009 by