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Year of the Wood Dragon – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective February 2024 Newsletter In preparing for the upcoming Wood Dragon year, the Steering Committee has created a document of agreed upon goals…But as we have learned in the last few years, things change, oh my oh my. We are already off to an unimagined ... continuePosted February 6, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Celebrates 5 Years! – HIGHLIGHT
An Excerpt from the TTE October 2023 Newsletter 5th Birthday Haiku Yes, cheerful birthday! Touching the Earth Collective! The mission has roots! The message is that we are five, and we have roots.We are at a tender age, and we are established in the soil and society of Shambhala.And so we ... continuePosted October 6, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
Autumn Newsletter Greetings, Cape Breton is a terrific place to experience the autumn season. If you’ve been thinking about visiting this area, the spectacle of the season won’t disappoint. We have put in lots of time in our renewal projects around the Abbey, fixing cabins, upgrading some landscaping details, ... continuePosted September 26, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Right-Sizing Perfection, Recognizing Enough – HIGHLIGHT
by David Takahashi, the Ecodharma Doula A Touching the Earth Collective September 2023 Newsletter Excerpt It is now September, a time we associate with harvesting the richness of Nature. It is also a time to contemplate our dying paradigm of unlimited bounty on our finite planet. Why does this ... continuePosted September 8, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
Summer Newsletter The last few months have brought vivid reminders of impermanence. Our beloved Abbot, Kyajbe Thrangu Rinpoche, has left this life. It was announced by his monastery in Nepal, that he passed into Parinirvana on June 4, 2023. Around the world there were passionate ceremonies to ... continuePosted July 7, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Elemental Expression – HIGHLIGHT
Mary Lang An Excerpt from the Touching the Earth Collective Mai Newsletter Every month, we offer a space for one of the Collective’s members or friendsto share their work, art, or passion… Artist Statement My photographs are visual records of a sentient being, standing on the earth, expressions of grief ... continuePosted May 12, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – Invest in Your Life – HIGHLIGHT
Spring Newsletter Ice in Yarne 2023 The Abbey community has recently emerged from another Yarne retreat. This monastic retreat, which dates back to the time of the Buddha, is one of the essential elements of a monastic community. “Yarne” means the rains retreat…generally observed in the summer months ... continuePosted April 7, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective – Joining Heaven and Earth – HIGHLIGHT
By David Takahashi The story of Buddha’s enlightenment goes like this. Tired of the same kind of search you’re on, he sat down under a tree, and he didn’t get up. He sat there, night and day, until he found the meaning of life. In the early ... continuePosted March 14, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Greetings from Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
2023 Newsletter – Issue I Retreat – Renewal – Renovation After three years of strict COVID protocols, and the inability to invite new residents because of border closings, quarantine requirements, and general world upheaval, at Gampo Abbey we are taking a breath and thinking about renewal. Guided by ... continuePosted January 10, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Touching the Earth Collective – November 2021 – HIGHLIGHT
Touching the Earth Collective: November 2021 Newsletter Days of Action in Halifax, Boulder, Sky Lake and Washington DC. HALIFAX: by Richard Peisinger Inspired by GreenFaith’s October call for action by faith groups worldwide, the Halifax Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective organized an October 29th RBC Day of Action in conjunction with Leadnow, a ... continuePosted November 9, 2021 by Natasha West
Touching the Earth Collective: September 2021 Newsletter – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Mountain Center Offering Lessons in Earth Protection By Mac McGoldrick In 2018 Shambhala Mountain Center established our Healthy Forest Initiative. In this work, we sought to consider our complete ecosystem to ensure that we’re providing an all-inclusive, science and ecology-based conservation plan. SMC is living into a plan that factors ... continuePosted September 9, 2021 by Natasha West