Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
For Vesak Day:
A bilingual sūtra recitation of “Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels”
Tribute to Harold Rolls/Tenzin Yongdu
Harold Rolls / Lama Tenzin Yongdu was a longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a gifted architect. After Trungpa Rinpoche's passing, he became a close student of Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche. The announcement below...
Children’s Day in Halifax, 2022
On December 20, 2022 there was a wonderful Children's Day celebration at the Halifax Shambhala Centre. Here are photos from Liza Matthews.
Contemplative Action for Social Change
Exploring the Myths and Harms of Race
Mahasangha Space at KCCL
Video produced by Robert Zimmerman with the assistance of Marvin Moore
Mahasangha Shrine Room Complete!
KCCL now has a Mahasangha Shrine Room complete with pre/post meditation room, kitchenette, coatroom, restrooms, and a separate...
From Heart of Buddha: Mandalas and Longchen
Rabjam’s Notions of Mandalas (Oxford 2015)
Introduction to The Art of Calligraphy: Part I
Venerating the past in itself will not solve the world's problems. We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life.
Dharma Art with Jack Niland
Karme Choling’s 50th Anniversary Week
Class: Reason and Revelation in Buddhism
Online Talk: June 12, 2021
In Zion with a Blue Breasted Rainbow Finch
A story from HH the 16th Karmapa's Visit to America
Westchester Buddhist Center
Meditation available for all new and seasoned meditators of all Buddhist traditions in Westchester County, NY.
The Profound Treasury Retreat
The Profound Treasury Retreat is a 9-day Buddhist meditation and study retreat based on the Buddhist teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
James George Chronology
A partial timeline of his accomplishments and continuing activities
The Teaching on the Indivisible Nature of the Realm of Phenomena
Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee
under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Mindfulness, Compassion, and Daily Life with Judy Lief
Facing Death, Working with Dying, A Fresh Look at Relationships, and Milarepa’s Journey
Longer Range Questions
After almost seventeen years of Chronicling, a lot has happened: an oral history collection has been gathered, the two websites (Chronicles and Ocean) have been developed, and Ocean has grown into...
Unpublished Interviews
Joudi Adolphe Westman -August 8, 2003
Steve and Jeanne Baker September 3 & 10, 2004
Hazel Bercholz -June 7, 2004
David Bolduc -September 4, 2004
Jane Condon - March 11, 2002
Gabriel Bershen - March 2002
Jeremy Blackburn - August...
At Taming Untameable Beings Book Signing
Old Dog Photos by Vicki Genson
Join us in Celebration on April Fourth
Sadhana of Mahamudra
Feast & Celebration
All are welcome
Ocean Shrine Room
7:30 pm Eastern
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Including Ngondro Retreat
Dan Meade Poem by VCTR
VCTR poem for Dan Meade
Harvest of Peace: Halifax 2010
by Cecelia Driscoll
The Halifax Shambhala Centre
Walking toward the Shambhala Centre on Sunday with my daughter Amanda (visiting from Hamilton), we blended in with the flow of new and familiar community members...
Close Capture: Crazy Wisdom
by Denault Blouin
Many, if not most of us, have now gotten used to watching big events on little screens. Chögyam Trungpa's life deserves every inch of the big screen treatment it...
Traleg Rinpoche on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Part One
https://youtu.be/Cun4xkvoSlo
Part Two
https://youtu.be/_vjfWT4QdRE
Part Three
https://youtu.be/3D30-ckIohI
For more information on Traleg Rinpoche, please visit tralegrinpoche.typepad.com
Kunga Dawa on Transmissions From Chögyam Trungpa
https://vimeo.com/23773324
See Kunga Dawa speak more about Rinpoche here.
Allen Ginsberg reads “In My Kitchen In New York…”
https://youtu.be/H1R8sU4Brys
On Shambhala and the Samaya Connection
Not long ago I heard someone say that people who disagreed with decisions made by the Sakyong or Shambhala International were people who didn’t practice and therefore, we shouldn’t pay attention to them.
A Family Breakfast
In this brief passage from Dragon Thunder, Lady Diana describes a period of time in the early 1980s when court life was more accommodating to the needs of the growing Mukpo...
Letters of The Current Situation
The Current Situation (TCS), as it was known, grew into a bitter dispute that seemed unresolvable, and over the course of the next three years, generated a flurry of letters and official statements, several of which are presented on this page.