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 Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:35 am
satinandsmoke Does anyone here practice Shambhala or have any of you heard of it? It's like a stepping stone into Buddhism. It's mostly based in Colorado, U.S. and was brought here to open the minds of westerners to eastern religions. I think everyone should at least look into it. It's very laid back and structured at the same time. I was wondering what yall thought of it. 3nodding Not a fan due to the sen influence, plus what happened with Chogyam Trungpa's regent..... Not that there's an issue with Chogyam, but the regent.. Eh....
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:33 pm
Nirvahara The Abbey I'm planning on going to for monastic training is actually part of Shambala International, and was founded by Trungpa Rinpoche. It's called Gambo Abbey and is located here in Canada. I'm going for a year, and during that time I'm going to try temporary ordination. To help with my stay there, which costs $5 per day, I'm setting up a donations page with the help of some friends. Hopefully I can be there before the New Year. One of the teachers there is Pema Chodron, who wrote a variety of books. I've sent them an email to ask them some questions about the application form they have on their site, and I've been reviewing their resident's handbook pdf, too. I am very excited! biggrin Best of luch with that. The abbey is a couple hours drive away from where I live. Really beautiful country side.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:58 pm
When I'm old enough, hopefully I'll join a monastery...
Isn't Shamballa some sort of Warrior thing? I think I saw a book called Shamballa: something something WARsomething something.
Don't remember who wrote it, though.
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:05 am
Yukio-Vil When I'm old enough, hopefully I'll join a monastery... Isn't Shamballa some sort of Warrior thing? I think I saw a book called Shamballa: something something WARsomething something. Don't remember who wrote it, though. Ah yes, you're thinking of "Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior" by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It is a very good book, although it has to do with being a spiritual warrior, with cultivating strength when dealing with mental afflictions and such. It's good reading. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:04 pm
There was a very large Shambala centre where I used to live in Halifax... alas I never did much visiting or research into it. gonk
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:41 am
There is a BEAUTIFUL Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado near Boulder and Ft. Collins (it's actually in Red Feather Lakes or very near there up in the mountains). Here is it's website for any of you who are interested. They hold retreats there and seminars and different types of training (even other than Shambhala) and the Dalai Lama has visited a couple of times (although I missed it). The Stupa there is stupendous!!!! http://www.shambhalamountain.org/stupa.html There is a printed catalog for upcoming events that you can have sent to you. Namaste, Donna
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:31 pm
WiggyKitty There is a BEAUTIFUL Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado near Boulder and Ft. Collins (it's actually in Red Feather Lakes or very near there up in the mountains). Here is it's website for any of you who are interested. They hold retreats there and seminars and different types of training (even other than Shambhala) and the Dalai Lama has visited a couple of times (although I missed it). The Stupa there is stupendous!!!! http://www.shambhalamountain.org/stupa.html There is a printed catalog for upcoming events that you can have sent to you. Namaste, Donna Got to love the Sting building the Buddha statue video.
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:07 am
x-Hitokiri-x i didn't know shambala was something you could practice. Im tibetan and in Tibetan Legends, Shambala is a place where everyone is enlightened so like a pure land. In the legends Buddha himself taught about buddhism to the king of shambala. I would like to hear some feedbacks about this because i want to know if anyone else knows of what im talking about? In addition to the legendary Buddhist utopia, there is Shambala Press, which publishes a lot of good material (probably most on Tibetan Buddhism). It sounds like Shambala.org is essentially teaching zazen or vipassana, but of course the non-denominational approach should be good.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:14 pm
I went to the Shambala center here in LA once.
It's kinda hard for me to get to, plus their open house nights are nights I work.
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