The Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 30, 2009

A family visit to...The Great Stupa Which Liberates Upon Seeing A Buddhist monument dedicated to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (and all sentient beings, too). via Leah Barasch Fox It has long been the tradition that…

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What are the Best Buddhist Books?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 6, 2009

Shambhala, by Trungpa Rinpoche, is probably the book I'd take to a desert island. That or Training the Mind, his commentary on Lojong slogans. You? What would you choose? Have an opinion? What Dharma books…

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Music Review: Shambhala (Various artists; New Earth Records)

By Todd Mayville on Apr 26, 2009

I have some mixed feelings about this disc.  While I really like the music, I'm not completely sure what the tracks have to do with the legendary Buddhist kingdom, so on one level, it…

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Ewam: a Garden of One Thousand Buddhas, via Jim Sacamano.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2009

Some of the most profound Buddhist teachings are given through gestures and signs, rather than words. Buddha Shakyamuni empowered Mahakashyapa, the founder of the Zen tradition, merely by showing him a flower. Perhaps for Mahakashyapa…

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The evolution of an American Buddhist Lineage—and the ixnaying of an article.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2009

In the Summer of 2005, I think it was, I visited Halifax, Nova Scotia to visit my mom. Halifax also happens to be the capitol of my world, the center of Shambhala Buddhism, and thus…

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The Five Buddhist Precepts.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 15, 2009

These are not commandments in the Judeo-Christian sense, they have nothing to do with morality but rather with mindfulness; they're intended to help keep you in the present moment, and avoid the unnecessary creation…

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Mindful Drinking? (Vajrayana tradition: Alcohol & Buddhism)

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 12, 2009

I spent a year and a half living up at Shambhala Mountain Center, and when I wanted a break I headed to a dark, smoky bar called the Red Feather Café [recently burned down—ed.]. The Café isn't the…

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Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche & Pema Chodron: The Buddhist View of Loneliness as a Good Thing.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 16, 2009

Tonight in Boulder there's a Valentine's Ball, which elephantjournal.com is proud to be sponsoring (it's 80s style, and benefits the Women's Bean Project). There's hundreds of gorgeous in-and-out people going to St. Julien, friends…

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Rick Mercer celebrates the Chinese New Year. Video.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 16, 2009

In 1985, or something, my parents' Buddhist teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, decided to move the HQ or 'capitol' of his American Buddhist community to Canada. Halifax, to be exact. Within a few years, my mom…

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Best Buddhist Blogs (?)

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 15, 2009

I just came upon this post on Tricycle, a leading Buddhist magazine, that lists their favorite Buddhist blogs. Clicking on their recommended Buddhist Blogs, there's plenty of good content to be found, which is the…

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A letter from a Buddhist in Israel: War and Peace.

By Anna Gilkerson on Jan 7, 2009

Israelis watched smoke rise above the northern Gaza Strip (New York Times) Photo:Pavel Wolberg/European Pressphoto Agency I just received a Sangha Announce letter from Tal Haifa from our Sangha in Israel and it really…

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Have a Haiku Moment! [Haiku Mind; Shambhala Publications]

By Caroline Treadway on Jan 5, 2009

Explore the simple allure of haikus from ancient and modern masters like Matsuo Basho to Jack Kerouac in Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart via Shambhala Publishing, $18.00. Prized for…

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Book review: Mindfully Green (Stephanie Kaza)

By Todd Mayville on Jan 3, 2009

One of the many signature contributions of Thich Nhat Hahn has been the concept of Engaged Buddhism, encouraging practitioners to get up off the cushion and engage with the world around them.  Kaza's Mindfully Green…

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Book Review: The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner (Michael Stone)

By Todd Mayville on Dec 5, 2008

The fact that yoga has gone mainstream is undeniable. Yoga studios seem to be springing up around the country almost as fast as the next Starbucks or McDonald's. With that has come the concern…

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The Buddhist view of Health…via the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Oct 20, 2008

I took the Buddhist Refuge Vow with the Regent when I was (too) young—eight years old, I think. I was very proud, dressed up and went with my mom and my kyudo teacher, Don…

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This Texan Yoga Superstar is all Heart: Anusara’s John Friend.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Sep 23, 2008

Check out this video snippet of my interview with John Friend, later published in our lil' grassroots magazine, and one of the first conversations we'd filmed up to that point (note the not-yet-totally polished graphics)—at…

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Buddhism: “Losing the Game of Life,” via Frank Berliner.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Aug 25, 2008

"Losing the Game of Life" via Frank Berliner, from the Autumn 2005 issue. The second mark of existence is suffering. The Sanskrit word for suffering is dukha. This word has been translated in various…

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Shambhala Buddhism’s Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche: relationships, loneliness & “Ruling Your World.”

By elephantjournal dotcom on Aug 20, 2008

Photo by Corey Kohn "What about You/What about Me: A Conversation with Sakyong Mipham" from the Spring 2006 issue of elephant journal. Sakyong Mipham is sometimes referred to as a Buddhist monarch. His family lineage…

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The Basics of Sitting Meditation: Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche’s Dathun Letter

By elephantjournal dotcom on Aug 8, 2008

In 1973, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa introduced a month- long period of meditation called dathün, which he recommended to all of his students. This intensive meditation practice retreat, where even meals are…

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Quote of the Week: Chögyam Trungpa, Buddhist Teacher: “Pride is Humility is Genuineness.”

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Aug 2, 2008

Real Humility Is Genuineness  Humility, very simply, is the absence of arrogance. Where there is no arrogance, you relate with your world as an eye-level situation, without one-upmanship. Because of that, there can be…

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