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A New Home for Vajradhara – HIGHLIGHT
The Vajradhara thangka was installed at the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya on Sunday, December 5th. To commemorate the occasion, two dozen staff, program participants, and visitors from Boulder performed a lhasang ceremony (smoke purification offering). The lhasang was followed by a recitation of the Kagyu lineage ... continuePosted December 8, 2010 by
Ashes of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky interred near the Great Stupa – HIGHLIGHT
Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky Interment of Ashes SMC August 29, 2010 By Peter Hale, Reed Bye, Anne Waldman On Sunday August 29, under warm sun and blue sky at Shambhala Mountain Center near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, a group of friends of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky gathered ... continuePosted October 1, 2010 by
Sunshine and Delight at Great Mandala Offering – HIGHLIGHT
The sun blazed at Shambhala Mountain Center on the morning of the Great Mandala Offering, the first of its kind, held on Saturday, July 17th. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche led the mandala practice and spoke of the importance of generosity and accumulating virtue. The event coincided with ... continuePosted July 18, 2010 by
Vehicles for Charity – HIGHLIGHT
The fleet of trucks at Shambhala Mountain Center is aging and new vehicles are urgently needed. Currently most if not all vehicles have well over 100,000 miles on them. Given the deteriorated state of many of its vehicles, any vehicle of fair condition would help Shambhala ... continuePosted September 10, 2009 by
Glimpses from Sangha Retreat – HIGHLIGHT
The Sakyong Foundation has kindly shared these photographs from celebratory events at the Sangha Retreat this July with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Acharyas Pema Chodron and Adam Lobel. Click on any of the photographs to view as a slide show. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: ... continuePosted September 8, 2009 by
Mountain Bike Pilgrimage to the Great Stupa – HIGHLIGHT
By Joshua Weinstein The great Tibetan Buddhist teachers say: Bring everything to the path of awakening. For many years, I tried to do just that with sports. My passion for the outdoors makes me feel awake and alive. Sports provide a way to cultivate wakefulness even when ... continuePosted September 6, 2009 by
Kami Shrine Event – HIGHLIGHT
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Historic Queer Dharma Retreat – HIGHLIGHT
By Michael Glatze From the very beginnings of the gay movement there have always been spiritual aspects of the community. In fact, whenever people are slightly out of the mainstream, that sense of ‘not fitting in’ is a wonderful gateway to the dharma, as well as to ... continuePosted June 14, 2009 by
Living Peace Message – HIGHLIGHT
“Our precious planet and the innumerable beings who dwell here face an unprecedented crisis … This tragedy affects us in so many ways, but at its heart, it is a crisis of the spirit.” – Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche By Jon Barbieri When I read these words of the ... continuePosted June 10, 2009 by
The Night Prajna Burned Down – HIGHLIGHT
The fire that set Prajna ablaze on April 7th has shocked and saddened the Shambhala community worldwide. A modest wooden cabin, Prajna was the summer retreat of the Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at Shambhala Mountain Center. What happened in the early hours of April ... continuePosted April 13, 2009 by
Fire at Prajna
In the early hours of today (Tuesday 7 April), Prajna, the wooden summer retreat house used by the Vidyadhara and the Sakyong at Shambhala Mountain Center, caught fire. In a very short time the house was engulfed in flames and burned to the ground. With the ... continuePosted April 7, 2009 by
Understanding Shambhala Mountain Center
By Jon Barbieri, Executive Director So much has been said and speculated about what is happening here at Shambhala Mountain Center that I thought it would be helpful to communicate what we are doing, what our vision is, what practical challenges we face, and how important it ... continuePosted April 6, 2009 by