These two short videos, posted on YouTube just a few days ago, offer an exceptionally eloquent teaching on coming to our senses, manifesting peace and harmony, and celebrating each moment of everyday life.

Thank you to all involved in creating this wonderful gift!

Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche discusses Buddhism in the West, mandala principle, leadership training and more in a 45-minute interview with senior Shambhala teacher Helen Berliner recorded for Chronicles Radio on October 15th, 2009.

Listen to the interview at Chronicles Radio: Let Loose.

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Learn more on our Open House page.

Get the details on our Polish Your Mind, Pacify Chaos: Winter Practice Intensive page.

“Breaking News” (below) is the second of two poems recently submitted to this blog by Kootenay Shambhala member Bobbie Ogletree. It has been published in Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary BC Poetry.

To view the first poem (and a photo of Bobbie), click here.

Breaking News
By Bobbie Ogletree

krakow’s museum of jewish culture and history used to be a synagogue the kidneys and bladder are especially vulnerable in winter oh my god my husband was on that plane osama bin laden rode out of afghanistan on a white mare I don’t know how she puts up with him a naturalist gave a chicken some duck eggs the chicken sat on them and when they hatched was not disturbed to find ducklings and later led them to water fucking bastards will ruin the whole damn province abandon your poverty mentality and visualize yourself wealthy from 1962 to 1972 the us air force sprayed approximately 20 million gallons of defoliant over an estimated 10 percent of south vietnam norton anti-virus is not enough protection though sentient beings are numberless I vow to save them all in my opinion with his kidneys osama bin laden is dead a few weeks ago in minneapolis minnesota there was a lottery the winners got beds in homeless shelters my religion is kindness at a factory farm a naturalist found up to 5 hens squeezed into cages 12 inches by 12 inches I say dispatch them to allah immediately george w bush really wanted to be a baseball commissioner in arizona a woman died a few days after her 25 year old son was killed in iraq she couldn’t stop weeping the newscaster reported when a country is ruled with a light hand the people are simple the price of crude oil exceeded 100 dollars a barrel today bring it on the president said a saddhu in india kept one arm raised for 28 years for our sins the bible predicted all this would happen this shall not abide we will hunt them down and bring them in dead or alive they need potable water food medicine immediately if a disaster of unequalled proportions is to be averted we did not order this dessert

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Joy in Everyday Life, the third weeknight course in our new core curriculum, explores the Buddhist teachings on intelligent compassion towards others, helping us discover the joy that is always available.

It is scheduled to run on Thursday evenings, March 25 - April 29 (except April 15).

For a full description, go to our Joy in Everyday Life page.

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Shambhala Day is our annual New Year’s celebration and most important holiday. Please join us as we ring in the Year of the Iron Tiger. Everyone is welcome!

For details go to our Shambhala Day Community Celebration page.

For a short set of practical guidelines for mindful parents, check out the following entry, posted today on the blog of Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood: The monastery of Mom and Dad.

If there are any mindful parenting resources that you’ve found particularly helpful, feel free to tell others about them in the comments section below.

Acharya Adam Lobel gives a brief dzogchen (literally, “great perfection”) meditation instruction.

What do you make of this?

We’ve made a few changes to our regular public events schedule―notably, to our children’s programs. Have a look (and download a flyer/poster) on the Regular Public Events Schedule page.