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Meeting Your Mind Head On 23 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
Kathy Kaiser eloquently conveys how driving can be a mindfulness and tonglen practice. Maybe in reading this blog we can remember that there are human beings inside the vehicles of the 405 freeway! ...
Walking Meditation 22 Aug 2013 | 10:38 am
For many of us, our early experiences with the Shambhala teachings and meditation practice are powerful. Brian Renner vividly captures moments of inspiration and insight during an outdoor walking medi...
Enlightenment in the Age of Disruption: An Interview 17 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
Recently Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Shambhala International, sat down with journalist Jonathan Fields of The Good Life Project to discuss technology, fatherhood, bravery, and livin...
Lost 26 Jul 2013 | 10:57 am
By Alvin Valles After a while some will become lawyers and dentists, carpenters and carpenters’ wives, a few will slip into the role of plumbers and policemen. And during the course of this venture; a...
A Day At The Creativity Lab 10 Jul 2013 | 10:00 pm
What is the Creativity Lab? Storyteller, practitioner, and writer Angela Lloyd gives an account of a recent Creativity Lab that took place on the westside. Those of who have participated in Shambhala ...
Animal Rescue-Charnal Ground Practice 5 Jul 2013 | 09:34 pm
Ordinarily when we witness suffering, we turn away. Alex Milsom shows how working in animal rescue deepens her practice. This is a first in a series of blogs exploring practitioners relationships with...
Movies, Anyone? 20 Jun 2013 | 10:32 am
This Saturday is the first meeting of the Shambhala Film Society, a community of filmmakers interested in discussing how the Shambhala principles of basic goodness and enlightened society and the path...
Sit Still & Let Nature Play: An Interview With Acharya Allyn Lyon 18 Jun 2013 | 09:31 am
Shambhala member Brianna Socha interviewed Acharya Allyn Lyon for the Shambhala Mountain Center’s blog. Acharya Lyon is Los Angeles’ beloved resident acharya. I first met Acharya Allyn Lyon last fall...
Call Me Machen 24 May 2013 | 10:58 pm
Who cooks for Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche? Every sentient being needs to be nourished. Eating is one of the most ordinary and necessary everyday acts. Guy Blume sheds light on what it is like to be the on...
Heart of Recovery 10 May 2013 | 07:00 pm
Every week, we invite addicts and their families to come share their stories and support one other. In addition, we explore how the 12 steps and Buddhism can work together to help an addict come to te...
