Formation of Shambhala Monastic Order announced

Via Shambhala Times comes news of the formation of the Shambhala Monastic Order:

“This is the fruition of years of work by the Sakyong and Gampo Acharya Pema Chodron.

“The Shambhala Monastic Order will provide the umbrella organization over Gampo Abbey and any future monasteries within Shambhala.

“The Sakyong and Gampo Acharya Pema also wish to announce, within this new order, a pilot Shambhala monastic community to be formed in Halifax in 2014.”

Click here to read the full story at Shambhala Times.

Posted on: May 2, 2013 – 9:08 am

Help support Kulungile, a home for vulnerable children in South Africa

Thanissara with Sister Abegail

Thanissara and Kitissaro, founders of Dharmagiri Hermitage and Outreach in South Africa (profiled in “The Dharma of Ubuntu,” from the Buddhadharma archives), are raising funds to buy a home for Sister Abegail Ntleko and the 21 orphaned children and teenagers in her care. Sister Abe, as she’s known, has been taking care of AIDS orphans and other disadvantaged children for decades, and the house she’s living in now isn’t big enough for all of them.

Right now, the fundraiser is two-thirds of the way to their $50,000 goal, and they have until May 28 to raise another $20,000. Read More »

Posted on: May 1, 2013 – 4:44 pm

May 17 declared International Tibetan Solidarity Day

The Central Tibetan Administration has announced that May 17 is International Tibetan Solidarity Day, which “symbolizes international community’s solidarity with the aspirations of the Tibetan people who yearn for freedom and continue to stand strong in the face of great adversity.” It also marks the anniversary of the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, who went missing at the age of six in 1995. His whereabouts are still unknown. Read More »

Posted on: May 1, 2013 – 1:56 pm

Nalanda Institute launches first-ever Certificate Program in Contemplative Psychotherapy

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New York City based Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science announces that enrollment is now open for its inaugural Certificate Program in Contemplative Psychotherapy, to begin in Fall 2013.

The program offers therapists, health workers, coaches, educators, and other professionals in the healing arts an opportunity to immerse themselves in the inspiring new field of contemplative psychotherapy.
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Posted on: May 1, 2013 – 11:08 am

“Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road” at the China Institute

“Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road” is open at the China Institute in New York, featuring art works, high-relief clay figures, wooden sculptures, silk banners, and molded bricks from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China. The exhibit also includes a replica of an 8th-century cave in a cliff in the Gobi Desert, where hundreds of caves were carved out of limestone and turned into Buddhist shrines. Read More »

Posted on: April 30, 2013 – 4:37 pm

Register to watch Pema Chödron’s Omega Institute program “The Marks of Our Existence” via livestream

Pema Chödrön’s May 17–19 weekend program at Omega Institute, “The Marks of Our Existence,” is sold out. But it’s not too late to reserve your seat to watch Pema’s exclusive weekend live from wherever you are via livestream. You’ll be able to watch the event in real time and access an on-demand video of the program for 60 days after the event. Tomorrow, April 30, is the last day for the early registration discount. Read More »

Posted on: April 29, 2013 – 3:26 pm

“Genuine Heart of Sadness”: Boston Marathon meditation this Wednesday

One Heart Zen is hosting 20 minutes of meditation on Wednesday, May 1, to commemorate the Boston Marathon bombings. Led by Kotatsu John Bailes from One Heart Zen and Ashley Goodwin from the Boston Shambhala Center, it’s happening at 6:30 p.m. in Copley Square. Bring something to sit on. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.

Posted on: April 29, 2013 – 2:01 pm

Video: Self-importance, happiness, and “The Emotional Rollercoaster”

At the recent TEDxMiddlebury conference, Polly Young-Eisendrath gave this talk on happiness. The key to being happy, she says, is getting free of self-importance.

A Jungian analyst in private practice and a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont, Young-Eisendrath is attuned to how we deal (or don’t deal) with our emotions. So it’s fitting that she’ll be co-leading — along with John Tarrant and Anyen Rinpoche –”Getting Off the Emotional Rollercoaster,” a weekend program co-presented by the Shambhala Sun Foundation at Omega Institute this summer. Read More »

Posted on: April 29, 2013 – 12:16 pm

Deer Park Monastery hosting gathering for Generation X dharma teachers in June

Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California, is hosting a gathering for Generation X dharma teachers from June 5 to 9. The program, open to Buddhist teachers who are actively teaching and who were born between 1960 and 1980, will build relationships between teachers in different traditions and explore the challenges facing them as next-generation teachers. For more information, and to register, click here.

Posted on: April 26, 2013 – 10:02 am

Tickets for Dalai Lama’s October visit to Atlanta on sale Friday morning

Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s October visit to Emory University in Atlanta. On October 8, the Dalai Lama will give a public talk at the Gwinnett Center called “The Pillars of Responsible Citizenship in the 21st Century Global Village,” followed by a panel discussion on secular ethics in education. Along with His Holiness, the panel will feature psychologist Frans B.M. de Waal, neuroscientist Richard Davidson, and religion professor Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, and will be moderated by physicist and Mind and Life Institute president Arthur Zajonc. Read more about both events here. Read More »

Posted on: April 25, 2013 – 4:19 pm

Against the Stream finds location for new San Francisco center

After almost a year of searching, Against the Stream Meditation Society has found a location for their San Francisco center. Founder Noah Levine announced on Wednesday that he had signed a lease for the new location, near 23rd and Folsom Streets in the Mission District, after receiving donations from several members of the San Francisco sangha. After obtaining permits and renovating the space, he said, the center could be open within four to eight months.

In other Dharma Punx-related news, musicians in Berlin have organized a tribute concert for Wauz Kenobi, the founder of Dharma Punx Berlin. Read More »

Posted on: April 25, 2013 – 3:30 pm

Profound Treasury panel discussions coming up in New York, Boston, and Halifax

To celebrate the launch of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, panel discussions have been planned in New York, Boston, and Halifax to explore the relevance of Chogyam Trungpa’s teachings and their impact on Buddhism in the West. The events are listed below; more information about all of them is available here. Read More »

Posted on: April 25, 2013 – 11:57 am

Tse Dup Yang Bod: Ancient Tibetan Soul Healing certification course

Posted by Bon Shen Ling

The three-year Tse Dup Yang Bod Tibetan Soul Healing course taught by Geshe Chongtul Rinpoche will begin again starting in May 2013. This is the authentic full-length Tse Dup Healer certification course that was offered for the first time in the West in 2009. This is an extraordinary opportunity to receive the complete three-year teaching in English from a high Tibetan Rinpoche who is a specialist on the soul energy rituals. The course will not be offered again for another three years. Read More »

Posted on: April 24, 2013 – 6:54 pm