Mahamudra, Mexico, and Our Lineage
This spring, five members of the DC Shambhala Center made their way to Casa Werma in Patzcuaro, Mexico to participate in a 10 day Mahamudra retreat with Acharya Richard John. It was an absolutely real and inspirational experience for us and a way of building community with both the DC sangha present and the extended … Continue
Artful Leadership
This is the fifth in a series of articles based on the Six Ways of Ruling, a teaching that was first presented by the founder of Shambhala, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1978 and further expounded upon by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, in his book Ruling Your World (Chapters 22-23). The “Six Ways” are qualities … Continue
My Way Back To Practice After A Long Hiatus
My college roommate was a resident of New Orleans and evacuated ahead of Katrina. She was watching the news on television when she saw her car float away. She had a first floor apartment which flooded to the top shelf in the closet, so she lost everything. She has an MBA and was a VP … Continue
Shambhala Hosts Panel on Creativity at AU
(image courtesy of the artist) On February 23, members of the Shambhala Center gave a presentation at the Katzen Museum of American University on the subject of Art and Meditation. The talk was in conjunction with an exhibit of work by Andrea Way (link to http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/gallery/andrea-way-retrospective.cfm). The artist uses meditation as a key part of … Continue
Fearless Leadership
This is the fourth in a series of articles based on the Six Ways of Ruling, a teaching that was first presented by the founder of Shambhala, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1978 and further expounded upon by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, in his book Ruling Your World (Chapters 22-23). The “Six Ways” are qualities … Continue
You Threw It Away!
Just last Thursday I composed a very important email, one I had been avoiding writing for about six months. I finally finished writing it though, only to click Send and watch it disappear behind a little error message informing me that the server was unreachable and that I should check my account settings. My heart … Continue
Cracking Open That Door To Responsibility
“See if you can get that door to responsibility to crack open.” The following is excerpted from a talk on accountability by teacher and activist Fleet Maull. Fleet will be visiting Washington DC March 8-10 to teach a program on Radical Responsibility, presented by the Shambhala Meditation Center of Washington DC and sponsored by BuddhaFest. … Continue
Genuine Leadership
This is the third in a series of articles based on the Six Ways of Ruling, a teaching that was first presented by the founder of Shambhala, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1978 and further expounded upon by his son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, in his book Ruling Your World (Chapters 22-23). The “Six Ways” are qualities … Continue
The Wisdom of No Escape
Synopsis – When we embark on a spiritual journey we often do this out of a sense of basic dissatisfaction with our lives and thus we search for some relief from our misery. Ironically it is just this struggle to seek pleasure and to avoid pain that is the cause of our suffering. Contrary to … Continue
Greetings from Vietnam!
Happy New Year 2013! Dear Shambhala friends: Greetings from Vietnam! I have been here in Danang for two months now, as the director of a new US program to help people with disabilities. We’re one of 2 projects USAID is funding in central Vietnam related to the legacy of the Vietnam War. One is digging … Continue
