Dan Meade
Dan Meade has been a student of Buddhism since 1967, initially studying and practicing in the Zen tradition. He met the Vidyadhara in 1970, lived at KCL and SMC from 1971 – 1976. He completed undergraduate studies at Naropa University and holds a Masters of Education from Cambridge. Over the years he has had various positions of responsibility in the Shambhala Organization, including Teacher in Residence, or Ambassador, to the Philadelphia Sangha for seven years.
First Drive / First Passenger
Unlike most young men of my generation I was not particularly focused on getting my driver's license when I turned 16. Just by chance and lack of money for the insurance,...
How To Speak the English Language
Elocution lessons with Trungpa Rinpoche
Soon after arriving in India in 1960, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche began to study English with the help of Freda Bedi and later John Driver, both English. During...
Meeting the Best Friend That You Will Ever Have
When I was around 13 years old I was very stubborn. One of my first real gestures of rebellion towards my parents was to refuse to go to church one Sunday...
The Dön Days
Mark Nowakowski talks about the dön days at the end of the lunar calendar and the annual practice of "Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos."
