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Chogyam Trungpa. New Videos: on Enlightened Society, 1982.

by elephantjournal.com on Jul 30, 2009

New York City, 1982. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche—widely credited with pioneering the transmission of Buddhism in terms immediate and accessible to the modern West—teaches on “building enlightened society.” Finally, a few more videos of this great teacher are available on Youtube. For many more videos, go to Shambhala.org. “In an open forum, The Venerable Chögyam Trungpa [...]

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Want 70s groovin’ polyester swinger music + Tron-style 3D animation + Buddhism? Here you go.

by elephantjournal.com on Jul 30, 2009

New Stupa dedicated to Chogyam Trungpa to be built at Karme Choling in Barnet, Vermont. ‘Cause one Stupa just ain’t enough. New Video. Buddhists like to take the Bodhisattva vow, which dedicates their every energy to the welfare of others. Buddhists looove to build stupas, beautiful, meaning-imbued traditional reliquaries that embody various aspects of the [...]

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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 wherever the teachings of the Buddhas have been revered and practiced, communities of followers have built reliquary monuments known in Sanskrit [...]

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What are the Best Buddhist Books?

by Waylon Lewis 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 have inspired your life and path? Comment on my latest blog at Huffington Post, if so inspired, and share your [...]

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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 feels a bit like one more company co-opting yet another Buddhist term (Zen, karma, Nirvana… when will it stop?). Perhaps a [...]

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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 seeing a flower was enough for him to “wake up” and “get it”…but these days we might need a whole garden. [...]

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

by Waylon Lewis 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 the home of many of my dearest friends and institutions. One day I visited with Ben Moore, a fellow “Dharma Brat” [...]

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The Five Buddhist Precepts.

by Waylon Lewis 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 of karma. We would take some version of these each morning during Dathun at Karme Choling. 1) refrain from killing (Do [...]

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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 only dive bar in western Larimer County, Colorado, but it is the only one with two pool tables, good service and great pub food. [...]

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The Buddhist View of Loneliness as a Good Thing.

by Waylon Lewis on Feb 16, 2009

Photo: “Buddha Heart,” June 16, 2009 by Lynn Park. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche & Pema Chodron. From 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 partying at b.side, and [...]

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Rick Mercer celebrates the Chinese New Year. Video.

by Waylon Lewis 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 had joined the burgeoning community up there—a community that was, with its many businesses, a first organic grocery store, fine/fun restaurants [...]

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Best Buddhist Blogs (?)

by Waylon Lewis 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 important thing—that said none of ‘em are getting much if any traffic, most have no design sense, and most of ‘em [...]

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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche teaches Mindfulness Meditation 101. Transcript.

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 13, 2009

Speedy? Privileged, but somehow still unhappy? Wanting more, wanting less, wanting? Depressed, ill at ease, don’t know who you are? Self-involved, wonderful, better than everyone else? You just described most Americans…and “Professor” or should I call him “Doctor,” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche—who is in fact the head of Shambhala Buddhism—prescribes just say 10 minutes a day [...]

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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 made think about everything that is going on over there right now (I have been avoiding the news like the black [...]

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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 profound expression of the naked moment, haiku writing requires meditative awareness to elucidate the extraordinary in the ordinary. Author Patricia Donegan, [...]

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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 takes this principle into the field of Deep Ecology, and through her text, encourages the reader to take steps necessary to [...]

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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

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

by Waylon Lewis 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 Symanski, who was my idol. After the interminable wait and long ceremony, the Regent—number two teacher in my world, after Chogyam [...]

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

by Waylon Lewis on Sep 23, 2008

Check out this video

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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 ways—as pain, dissatisfaction, struggle, existential hassle and inconvenience, even as fundamental anxiety. This wide range of definitions is actually quite accurate [...]

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Shambhala Buddhism’s Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

by elephantjournal dotcom on Aug 20, 2008

Photo by Corey Kohn Shambhala Buddhism’s Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche: relationships, loneliness & “Ruling Your World.” “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 is, indeed, royal—he’s the son of Chögyam Trungpa, a guru credited [...]

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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 taken simply, in silence, is to this day a fundamental part of the Shambhala Buddhist path. ~ Carolyn Gimian, ed. “The [...]

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

by Waylon Lewis 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 a genuine interchange. Nobody is using their message to put anybody else down, and nobody has to come down or up [...]

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Best Classic Beginner’s Buddhist Books Ever?

by Waylon Lewis on Jul 24, 2008

Growing up, I was (as are most young punks) half-crazy with hormones, thoughts, adrenaline, ambition and insecurity. What got me through those days? A great mom. Some great, patient girlfriends. Basketball, and baseball, and anything that tired me out. Meditation. And, reading the “profound, holy Dharma”—a series of Buddhist books that, better than any would-be [...]

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ele:review—The Art of War…for Everyday Life.

by Waylon Lewis on Jul 10, 2008

The Art of War has long been a seminal text on how to succeed in business. I’ve used it to succeed at bars. You can use it however you like. Two of my jolly Buddhist mentors, Barry Boyce and James Gimian, have just published The Rules of Victory: How to Transform Chaos and Conflict-Strategies from [...]

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ele-Approved Event: Shambhala Peace Day Trail Race

by Merete Mueller on Jun 13, 2008

I often lump the running, writing and meditating into the same “things I need to do to maintain my sanity” category. I always procrastinate, and it takes every ounce of will-power that I have to strap on the sneakers or sit my butt onto the cushion or pull out the pen and paper, but once [...]

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ele-Approved Event: Courageous Women, Fearless Living

by Merete Mueller on Jun 5, 2008

Statistics show that adults in America fear cancer more than any other health condition, and after editing our last issue on toxic chemical exposure, I don’t blame them. There’s nothing like a sometimes incurable, not-incredibly-well-understood disease to make people afraid of their own bodies and unsure of the future. Courageous Women, Fearless Living, a five [...]

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Buddhism and Activism: Teenagers Get Off the Cushion and Into the World

by elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2008

“Wisdom is what keeps fearlessness from becoming aggression, and gentleness from becoming weakness.” ~ the Shambhala teachings. I am what some call a generic Dharma Brat, though of course nobody is generic. The one thing all Dharma Brats have in common—what defines our generation—is that we are all among of the first wave of Americans to [...]

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