August 1, 2010 – 10:11 am
The new issue of Shambhala Sun magazine is at newsstands now. But you can browse excerpts and complete articles from it here. Just click here to view the new issue, which also features contributions from the Dalai Lama, Cyndi Lee, Sakyong Mipham, James Baraz, Grace Schireson, a review of Bill McKibben’s Eaarth, and more.
Looks like somebody was having a very nice time. And His Holiness was hardly the only one. Throngs of people of all ages braved the rain in Dharamsala, India to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 75th. Thankfully, photographer and writer Saransh Sehgal was there, and shares this and other photos from the very special day. See [...]
The New York Times reports:
Reincarnations of Tibetan spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, must be approved by the Chinese central government, a senior Communist Party official said. The remarks were among the clearest indications yet that China will appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after the current Dalai Lama dies, setting off [...]
Yesterday, of course, was His Holiness’s birthday. Happily, video of the entire celebration, including cultural performers and the Dalai Lama himself, has been made available. Take a look here!
That’s right: Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama was born on this date in 1935. All over the world, Buddhists, Tibetans, and lovers of peace are celebrating (though the day is marked by bittersweetness, too). Artist Shepard Fairey even prepared a beautiful new portrait for the occasion (left; click here for details). Why [...]
Recently on our Facebook page we pointed you to a CNN Belief blog post called “The Dalai Lama is Wrong.” Written by BU religion scholar Stephen Prothero and seemingly tied to his new book, God Is Not One, the post left many of our commenting readers wondering if it’s not the Dalai Lama who is [...]
Via Democracy Now!: “The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has wrapped up a series public lectures in New York. [...] On Sunday, the 74-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine before a crowd of 2,000 people. Amy Goodman asked the Dalai Lama about the U.S. wars [...]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama did the Today show, “his first live morning show interview ever.” Video follows, and here’s a report from Today themselves.
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So: what do you think? When you see a media moment like this, how does it make you feel? Hopeful? [...]
As I’ve reported here before, a new Buddha biopic was being planned, and then was shelved, by Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker. It was to be “the most expensive Bollywood movie ever made”; Will Smith’s son was rumored to be playing the young Siddhartha… then, it withered on the vine.
But now it’s back, a website has [...]
March 30, 2010 – 12:40 pm
The April 7th debut of PBS’s The Buddha may just mark a major moment in the intersection of Buddhism and the popular culture: viewers-to-be have been flocking to the show’s Facebook page in droves, and the show itself will of course introduce the Buddha and his teachings to millions of Americans in one fell swoop.
Filmmaker [...]
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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Our ShambhalaSun.com homepage Feature of the Moment:
Just click the image, or here. For more from Pico, don’t miss his work about the Dalai Lama in our new, May 2010 issue.
March 18, 2010 – 10:10 am
The Sun Behind the Clouds, a documentary on the Tibetan freedom struggle, will premiere on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Film Forum in New York City. The film was recently at the center of a controversy at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, where screenings of two Chinese feature films [...]
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Yesterday we shared a link to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s statement on the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi released a statement of support as well; you’ll find it after the jump.
