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Enter the Dragon – HIGHLIGHT
Crack-crash! Boom….boom….BOOM! With the thick thwack-whack of thunder rolling in the hills and the flash-splash of lightning illuminating the sky, fat wet drops of rain and snow hurtle to the ground. Mist rises swirling from the valleys, gathering and dancing dragon-like above the fields and forests. The ... continuePosted February 22, 2012 by
What About You? – HIGHLIGHT
video offered by Robert Van Vranken This video is entirely a true story. I was out exercising one morning on the U.C. Davis campus feeling very sorry for myself and chewing on all my problems – and this older woman on crutches just popped my bubble by ... continuePosted February 15, 2012 by
What the Children Say: Everybody Has Basic Goodness – HIGHLIGHT
For the past two years, Dorje Denma Ling has offered a very special winter holiday family gathering, which begins December 26th and culminating in a New Year’s Eve banquet and dance party. Each day begins and ends together with chants and meditation, with children from age ... continuePosted January 5, 2012 by
Faces of the Shambhala Lineage Festival – HIGHLIGHT
As it gets cooler and we move towards Children’s Day, the Shambhala Times wanted to revisit the warmer climate captured during the shared delight of the Shambhala Lineage Festival. Following are a few snapshots and testaments to the beautiful weekend shared by our whole mandala. Magnificent sunflower ... continuePosted December 11, 2011 by
Being Brave: Online Retreat and DVD – HIGHLIGHT
In the early fall, Tricycle Magazine proposed that Shambhala join with them in presenting an online program for people to come together and hear the teachings from Being Brave: Transforming Our World that features talks by Sakyong Mipham Rinpcohe and Ani Pema Chodron, with discussion led ... continuePosted December 7, 2011 by
“International” – HIGHLIGHT
Music and video by Jim Infantino, of the Boston Shambhala Center, and his band: Jim’s Big Ego I wrote the song International while on a folk music tour in 2005, promoting a folk music festival called Falcon Ridge in upstate New York. There were six of us ... continuePosted December 6, 2011 by
Occupying Nature – HIGHLIGHT
Colorado Mountain and Front Range Time-lapse Video by Zane Edwards Over the past several months, I have been working on creating time-lapse videos and photos of the mountains surrounding the Boulder area. I would like to offer this to my fellow brothers and sisters as a reminder that even ... continuePosted December 4, 2011 by Zane Edwards
Radiating Our Best Intentions to the World – 100,000 Aspirations at a Time – HIGHLIGHT
Tuesday, The Sakyong Foundation, in collaboration with Karme Choling, launched ‘100,000 Aspirations,’ an online community (website and Facebook) to support the Stupa that Conquers All Directions. Currently being built at Karme Choling, at the request of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the stupa embodies wisdom and compassion in the ... continuePosted November 17, 2011 by
Runaway Meditation Retreat – HIGHLIGHT
by Taz Tagore This year, the New York City-based Reciprocity Foundation pioneered a Buddhist retreat program for homeless, foster care and runaway youth. Over 20 youth attended 3-day retreats (at Dharma Drum retreat center) in upstate New York. The youth reveled in the beauty of the pristine ... continuePosted October 14, 2011 by
Four more languages have Shambhala YouTube Channels
Following up on the tremendous multilingual efforts for the Shambhala Lineage Festival, there is more good news on the multilingual Shambhala front. In the last two weeeks four more languages have Shambhala YouTube Channels launched. They are mostly still in a “beta” phase as we refine the ... continuePosted October 13, 2011 by Hamish_MacLaren
Last Days of a Civilian – HIGHLIGHT
In 2010, Shambhala practitioner Ben Biggs joined the U.S. Navy. The following video captures his transition from living and working at Shambhala Mountain Center to entering the Navy. The video is by Scott Bison at Bison Pictures. http://vimeo.com/28647459 continuePosted October 8, 2011 by
Being Brave with the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
From: DENVER SHAMBHALA NEWS continuePosted October 2, 2011 by
A Garland of Videos about Shambhala – HIGHLIGHT
In May of 1975, I read Born in Tibet and Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism as fast as I could and then moved to Boulder, Colorado in August, as fast as I could. I figured that being there “in person” in Boulder, where Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was ... continuePosted February 25, 2010 by John David Smith
Meeting up with sacredness: an interview with Stéphane Bédard
“Magic lies in the state of mind of the artist. This magic is wakeful magic. The artist’s mind is able to tune in to a certain balance or wakefulness – we could call it enlightenment in fact.” Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche continuePosted June 3, 2009 by Jessica Sarapoff
Aller à la rencontre du sacré: une entrevue avec Stéphane Bédard
“La magie se trouve dans l’état d’esprit de l’artiste. Cette magie est une magie éveillée. L’esprit de l’artiste a la capacité de se mettre au diapason d’une sorte d’équilibre ou d’esprit alerte. En fait, nous pourrions appeler cela l’Eveil.” Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche continuePosted June 3, 2009 by Jessica Sarapoff