That’s right, and congratulations should go not only to him but to the United States for honoring such a talent, and yes, a dharmic force. For those of you who didn’t know about Merwin’s connection to Buddhism, quoth The Poetry Foundation:
“Merwin moved to Hawaii to study Zen Buddhism in 1976. He eventually settled in [...]
Coming soon to the Rubin Museum of Art — a celebration of the accomplishments of the Manjushree Orphanage and Free School in Tawang, India — and, to help fund a planned Academic Center (a sketch of which is pictured here) for disadvantaged children.
To date, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, Lobsang Nyandak, representative to the Dalai Lama, [...]
By Danny Fisher
Last month, a rather extraordinary, four-day, academic conference was held in Berkeley, CA, at the Institute of Buddhist Studies—one of only four fully accredited Buddhist institutions of higher education in the United States (the others three are Naropa University, University of the West, and Soka University).
Entitled Buddhism without Borders: Contemporary Buddhism in [...]
…by Allen Ginsberg! Today’s ShambhalaSun.com feature is the spiritual autobiography of the late poet, who died thirteen years ago today.
To read it, just click the image above — or here.
March 29, 2010 – 12:52 pm
Our Spotlight pages — sometimes called “Special Sections” (though, no longer) — have been updated to include material related to our May 2010 issue, in addition to other articles on just about every other subject “under the Sun.”
New collections of material include: Beginner’s Mind: Basics of Buddhism and Meditation; Helping Tibet: An Online Resource Guide; [...]
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Also tagged Activism, Buddhist concepts, Dalai Lama, Death & Dying, Diversity, Environment, Happiness, Health & Healing, Meditation, Mindfulness, Relationships, Tibet, Vipassana, Yoga & Bodywork, Zen
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Shepard Fairey — he of the ubiquitous Obama poster, the ubiquitous Obey Giant street-art campaign, and countless other works, has now portrayed the Dalai Lama in this new portrait, Compassion.
You may recall that Fairey recently portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi as well.
Created to celebrate His Holiness’s 75th birthday, Compassion is available from Fairey’s website, and [...]
New Yorkers looking for something fun — and meaningful! — to do Thursday (tomorrow) night won’t want to miss Thank You Tibet’s big, big show designed to honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people for their steadfast commitment to nonviolence as a path to peace and for safeguarding and sharing [...]
February 16, 2010 – 10:36 am
An independent film and video-maker based outside of Boulder, CO, James Zito is making the best films about Buddhism that you haven’t seen. His company Vajra Video last produced 2003’s wondrous, essential documentary Compassion and Wisdom: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. For the past three years, James (who is [...]
January 29, 2010 – 11:09 am
The Tibet Fund, PeaceJam and others invite you to join Thank You Tibet! — a campaign to send messages to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people to thank them for preserving and sharing their culture of wisdom and compassion and for inspiring the world to work for peace.
Create a message in [...]
January 20, 2010 – 5:48 pm
Howl, starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, is off and running, set for a Sundance debut tomorrow. We’ve got video of some clips from the film after the jump.
Tell us, what do you think? Does Franco do justice to the late, revolutionary dharma-poet?
Could anyone?
December 27, 2009 – 1:08 pm
Sindh Today and others are reporting that “ancient rock-cut sculptures of the Buddha, resembling the Bamiyan Buddhas of Afhganistan, have been discovered in the Zanskar area in the Ladakh region [of Jammu and Kashmir].” At least one is eight-metres high, and it is looking likely that it will, thankfully, be protected by the State Government.
The [...]
December 23, 2009 – 1:13 pm
The current issue of the Shambhala Sun offers a look at young Buddhists and the issues, styles, and passions they’re bringing to their spiritual practice.
Here, Laura MacKenzie introduces us to Adrian Fish, a young Buddhist photographer.
December 18, 2009 – 12:16 pm
“Back in October,” writes photographer James Gritz, “I covered the Mind & Life Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, DC. [...] My job was to capture interesting encounters from the social gatherings, VIP lunches and dinners to the actual panel discussions. While it was interesting eavesdropping on the conversations of so many [...]
December 4, 2009 – 10:47 am
Tibetan singing star and mandolin player Tashi Dondrup has been arrested by Chinese authorities for what they call his “subversive music.” This isn’t the first arrest for Dondrup, who apparently endured similar hassles earlier this year and in 2008.
The 30 year old musician has a new album out in which he sings of the Dalai [...]
December 2, 2009 – 3:07 pm
The 3rd Annual Shambhala Sun Auction is well on its way to reaching its goal of benefiting everyone involved and, like Kelly here in our featured photo, we couldn’t be happier. (Be sure to check out Kelly in the Auction’s Art section.)
After the jump — a peek at some of the Auction’s other great [...]
