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Khenpo Tenkyong Visits Shambhala Archives – HIGHLIGHT
By Jeanne Riordan The Shambhala Archives was pleased to host a visit by Khenpo Tenkyong, from Karma Triyana Dharmachakra this week. Khenpo is very knowledgeable about the Karma Kagyu tradition and offered new insight into a 17th century thangka painting of the third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, that is held ... continuePosted August 29, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Thank You for Building Karmê Chöling—Now Help Us Celebrate – HIGHLIGHT
Karmê Chöling, from the photo archive By Mike De Give Since Shambhala Day, there have been photos from the archives hanging on the walls here at Karme Choling. In the silence before the gong each morning, sometimes I’ll pick one out and study the grainy faces of sangha ... continuePosted September 4, 2020 by archives-staff
Pilgrimage in Honor of Ashoka – HIGHLIGHT
By Joanna Francis Back in the times when borders were open, planes were flying and the Indian railways were still running, Tessa Watt and I made an intrepid journey to India to explore some of the more remote Buddhist sites. We arrived in Bhubaneshwar in January in ... continuePosted May 18, 2020 by archives-staff
A Hundred Years Later – HIGHLIGHT
Parliament of Hungary in Budapest,A Collaborative Article Chronicling the Cultural History around the Hungarian Shambhala Group in Budapest written by Acharya Matias Pongracz, Peter Nowak, Daniel Zoltan Boldog and Robert Potor The Hungarian Shambhala Group was founded three years ago in Budapest. Currently we have about ten active ... continuePosted November 24, 2014 by
Ancestors, Investigated – HIGHLIGHT
Charlemagne Equestrian statue 9th century, from www.shafe.co.ukWho might be considered the Western Ancestral Sovereigns of Shambhala? by Greg Lubkin, Los Angeles Some of my friends in Nova Scotia have been talking about the idea of Western Ancestral Sovereigns and wondering why there hasn’t been more written about that ... continuePosted September 19, 2012 by
The Medicine Bow on Horseback, part 2 – HIGHLIGHT
[caption id=”attachment_28937″ align=”alignleft” width=”300″ >Click here to read part 1. The constant stiff wind during the day and hours of chores at our campsite allowed little time for conversation. Every morning after wake up began with a check on the horses, a campfire and breakfast for us ... continuePosted February 3, 2012 by
The Medicine Bow on Horseback – HIGHLIGHT
[caption id=”attachment_28897″ align=”alignright” width=”215″ It was around the year 1980 when the Sakyong (who was then 18 and had the title of “Sawang”), John Cunningham and I got the idea to do something really western: we would ride horses through mountain wilderness. Both John and I ... continuePosted February 1, 2012 by
The Once and Future King – HIGHLIGHT
Guest article on King Arthur and Enlightened Leadership by Gregory Lubkin, Director of the Shambhala Center of Los Angeles People yearn for a society based on fundamental human goodness, an enlightened society that is brave, compassionate, honest, wise, dignified, playful, and creative. A vital element of ... continuePosted January 3, 2012 by
A History of Sustainability in Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
By David Wimberly In the Beginning The primordial genesis of Shambhala arose out of the ecology of Tibet, a particularly unforgiving and fierce environment. Bon and even pre-Bon cultures recognized the need for balance in human existence with other life. Dawa Sangpo brought to Tibet the Buddha’s teachings ... continuePosted April 20, 2009 by