September 4, 2010 – 11:09 am
Shambhala SunSpace readers recently had the pleasure of meeting Toni Bernhard via a guest post called “Why would a law professor write a Buddhist book on chronic illness?” Toni’s expertise, of course, isn’t merely scholarly: she actually has a chronic illness, and her new book, How To Be Sick, offers her hard-won lessons on living [...]
September 2, 2010 – 5:01 pm
A few people have written me recently who have a spouse or loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease or a similar condition. There are some people in my own family now struggling. My mother suffered a series of strokes before her passing a few years ago which left her increasing confused, until she could not recognize [...]
Our fourth annual collaboration with Omega Institute brings four accomplished Buddhist teachers together to show you positive ways to understand and experience anger — your own, and that of others as well.
Join Norman Fischer, Narayan Liebenson Grady, Judy Lief, and Robert A.F. Thurman — along members of the Shambhala Sun staff — at Omega for [...]
A guest post by Brenda Shoshanna, Ph.D (author of Religions of Kindness, from our July 2010 issue).
Today fear is rampant in all areas of our lives. There are many ways we seek safe harbor, a place to feel protected and cared for. Many turn to relationships for this, to experience security and comfort. Then, a [...]
If you’ve seen our new issue, you know that it features Zen master and mindfulness proponent Thich Nhat Hanh — first, in a profile by Andrea Miller, and then, in “Love & Liberation,” a new full-length interview conducted by Shambhala Sun editor in chief Melvin McLeod.
In it, Melvin speaks to Thay (as he is affectionately [...]
Sometimes we’re angry but forget why. We may not be sure of the real reason for our anger, but our gut feeling says our anger is justified and we hold on to it. We start to think of justifications for our anger: the time our friend forgot to call, insulted the family dog, was late [...]
“There’s no need to philosophize your work in order to make it spiritual. It has spiritual bearing anyway. If you regard yourself as a person on the spiritual path, then whatever you do is part of the path, an expression of the path. Decentralization, the absence of ego, the lack of searching for happiness, and [...]
We’re happy to share with you this book trailer for Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, by frequent Sun contributor (and blogger) Karen Maezen Miller.
Big congrats to Karen on the book, which officially comes out next week. For more, check out this interview with Karen from her publisher, New World Library — [...]
March 31, 2010 – 11:40 am
Oh, it’s a very happy day in our household, as my wife is back from about three weeks in the hospital following her surgery. She’s doing great, and joins us today for Zazen. Nice to have her zafu back next to mine.
So, let’s look at feeling happy on a happy day like this. Today’s Sit-A-Long [...]
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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By Alan Brush
Psychologist Robert Epstein showcased a scientific approach to love at an event sponsored by Scientific American magazine. On March 10 in Manhattan, a group of total strangers had a chance to try out a “technology” for enhancing feelings of love and closeness. They did exercises such as “soul gazing” or repeating “I love you,” [...]
February 13, 2010 – 10:39 pm
We’d like to say, simply, Happy Losar! But the Dalai Lama is calling urging some to not celebrate Losar:
“We have heard some voices inside Tibet that they will not celebrate Losar. We should respect and abide by that call,” the Dalai Lama said, speaking in Tibetan. [...] This is the second successive year that Tibetans [...]
January 10, 2010 – 9:21 am
The January 2010 issue of the Shambhala Sun features our second feature from bestselling author Lily Koppel (The Red Leather Diary). In the piece, titled “The Five of Us,” Koppel reconnects with her BFFs (that’s “Best Friends Forever,” if you didn’t know) looking at their sense of spirituality, and how their relationship made them the [...]
December 31, 2009 – 5:13 am
The New Year is a powerful time in our lives, and by that I mean in our practice. Through no effort of our own, we arrive at a point of culmination. A moment of reflection and renewal. In this span between what we think of as the old and the new, regret can stir. We [...]
December 10, 2009 – 9:17 am
From Eat, Pray, Love to Love, Sex, and Marriage…
Our Shambhala Sun Audio clip today features a conversation with the bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert. The author of the smash, soon-to-be-a-movie Eat, Pray, Love, has a new book out: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.
In the following clip, she speaks to the Shambhala Sun’s Andrea Miller [...]
