August 26, 2010 – 9:50 am
“Don’t film us,” exhorts a parent in the new film, Journey from Zanskar: A Monk’s Vow to Children. [Trailer below.] “We look like corpses.”
But a monk responds: “The rest of the world will see how things are in Zanskar.”
And it’s a good thing, too. The residents of Zanskar don’t have it easy and, too often, [...]
Acknowledging that your parents are normal people — just like the jerks you work with or your own bossy spouse — and that they too are on a path of growth, can ease your mind a bit. A guest-post by Lodro Rinzler
There comes a time in any young man or woman’s life when [...]
With the release of Dhamma Gita: Music of Young Practitioners Inspired by the Dhamma, Northampton, Mass’s More Than Sound Productions seeks to present “manifestations of the timeless, formless wisdom that arises from young artists who practice Buddhism.”
So, what might the music of Buddhism’s new generation sound like? It’s far more adventurous and varied than some [...]
My son, Leon, asked if he could sit-a-long today. I am always glad to have him plop down in my lap during Zazen. Since it is “Children’s Day” in Japan next week, I thought to let Leon pick the theme. We had been watching news reports of that terrible oil spill in the Gulf of [...]
Noah Levine has come a long way: from troubled young man to well-known Buddhist teacher. His no-bull, direct approach — as manifested in his books, Dharma Punx and Against the Stream — has not only helped put meditation on the map for a new generation, but has been well-received by his elders in the teaching [...]
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I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life like Mine:
Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup
By David Chura
Beacon Press, 2010; 214 pp., $25.95 (cloth)
I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine explores a county lockup through the eyes of a man who taught high school there for a decade. After the 90’s rhetoric to [...]
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 24, 2009 – 10:09 am
Heidiminx, one of the most driven and inspiring young Buddhists we know, travels regularly to Dharamsala, India (she returns there on Feb 21st) — and recently had an audience with our January 2010 “cover star,” His Holiness the 17th Karmapa.
Here, we’ve collected all of Heidiminx’s video of her interviews with the Karmapa. Great questions and [...]
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 15, 2009 – 1:05 pm
Today’s feature on ShambhalaSun.com — check it out!
December 8, 2009 – 10:20 am
Exciting news today for one of the most exciting young authors in the Buddhist realm: Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea, by Jaimal Yogis, is being turned into a film. Watch the trailer on the film’s website, here.
And, just as nice: a percentage of the film’s profits will be donated [...]
December 1, 2009 – 8:50 am
Our new issue — featuring the 17th Karmapa (and other less-known but impressive members of Buddhism’s next generation), Natalie Goldberg, the best of the meditation teachings to appear in the magazine’s thirty years, and more — is now on newsstands everywhere.
Listen now as the Sun’s editor in chief, Melvin McLeod, gives the inside scoop on [...]
November 20, 2009 – 8:32 am
Via the A.P.: At a news conference in Rome yesterday, the Dalai Lama acknowledged that his death will cause a setback — “There’s no doubt,” he said. Granted, that’s not something we necessarily want to think about. But His Holiness did go on to say that he sees much cause for hope in Buddhism’s next [...]
November 18, 2009 – 11:37 am
The new issue is on its way to subscribers now, and will be on newsstands everywhere soon.
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