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In Loving Memory of Alice Haspray – HIGHLIGHT
From the Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche By The Chronicles – August 22, 2024 Alice Haspray, Halifax, Nova Scotia Alice Haspray, beloved wife of Richard, mother of Noah, grandmother of Oscar, and teacher of many of us, passed from this life on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 5:45 PM ... continuePosted August 30, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Spacious Minds by Sara E. Lewis – HIGHLIGHT
From Cornell University Press Review by Shastri Steve Gleich Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up and live in a Buddhist culture? Would you view the truths of the dharma as common sense? One would be indeed fortunate to be part of a ... continuePosted June 16, 2020 by archives-staff
Know Thyself (Or the algorithms will do it for thee) – HIGHLIGHT
A review of the bestseller by Yuval Noah Harari, by Stephen Gleitch What does a brilliant, Israeli, Oxford educated, gay, 42-year old historian who has meditated daily for 20 years, and has written two best-sellers have to teach us about how to live in this age of ... continuePosted March 2, 2020 by archives-staff
Fifteen New Shastris – HIGHLIGHT
On behalf of the the Kongma Sakyong, Jampal Trinley Dradül Rinpoche, the Office of the Sakyong is pleased to announce the appointment of fifteen new shastris, effective on the Harvest of Peace weekend: September 22 – 23, 2017. These shastris join over one hundred shastris appointed ... continuePosted September 2, 2017 by CGH
Seattle Bound – HIGHLIGHT
New Shastri brings a feminine perspective to Seattle by Andrea D’Asaro Our new Shastri, Trinley Busby, is relocating to Seattle from her home in Vancouver as our center’s first female Shastri. She brings a deep passion around opening Shambhala to greater diversity, including the power of the feminine. Her ... continuePosted July 10, 2017 by CGH
Shambhala Calling – HIGHLIGHT
1928 desk phone, photo used with permission by the Telecommunications History GroupUsing a Conference Call Format to Present ‘In Everyday Life’ Classes conversation with Mara Lenon, Shastri Christine Sloan and class participants Mara Lenon Shares: In April, 2010 I was going through a devastating personal loss. I wished to ... continuePosted August 6, 2014 by
What Is A Shastri? – HIGHLIGHT
Shastri Ben Hinesby Shastri Ben Hines, Seattle, WA When you come to the Seattle Shambhala Center, you soon encounter a term never heard in the West until recently: shastri. It reflects a role and responsibilities conferred by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, spiritual leader of Shambhala, on certain senior ... continuePosted June 2, 2014 by
The Great Assembly and the Yijing (I Ching) – HIGHLIGHT
Shastri Daniel Hessey applies the wisdom of the I Ching to understand the power of the Scorpion Seal Assemblies. The Scorpion Seal Assembly seen through the eyes of the Ancestral Sovereigns of China The way of Shambhala originated when the Buddha first transmitted the Shambhala dharma to King ... continuePosted August 7, 2010 by
New Shastri Position Announced
The Sakyong has created a new position, known as shastri, in the teaching mandala of Shambhala. In Sanskrit, shastri literally means, “teacher learned in the texts and commentaries.” The shastris will serve our city and regional Shambhala Centres. The Sakyong has designed the position of shastri ... continuePosted May 6, 2010 by