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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche "When we talk about enlightened society, we aren't talking about some utopia where everyone's enlightened. We're talking about a culture of human beings who know the awakened nature of basic goodness and invoke its energy in order to courageously extend themselves to others." Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, a spiritual and family lineage that descends through his family, the Mukpo clan. This tradition emphasizes the basic goodness of all beings and teaches the art of courageous warriorship based on wisdom and compassion. Rinpoche is the son and heir of the Vidyadhara, the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Sakyong Mipham's background embraces both Eastern and Western cultures. Born in India, he received spiritual training from his father and other distinguished lamas and received further education and training in Europe and North America. The Sakyong has written two books, the national bestseller Turning the Mind into An Ally, and the prize-winning Ruling Your World. He is a poet and an artist, and has run marathons to raise money for Tibet through the Konchok Foundation. In September 2006 he offered the first Living Peace Award to H. H. the Dalai Lama at the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya in Colorado. Sakyong Mipham travels extensively, teaching throughout the world and presenting at such venues as the Garrison Institute, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the Omega Institute. He is married to Princess Tseyang Palmo, daughter of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, head of the Ripa lineage of Tibet. The Sakyong and his wife make their home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche "The way to experience nowness is to realize that this very moment, this very point in your life, is always the occasion. So the consideration of where you are and what you are, on the spot, is very important. That is one reason that your family situation, your domestic everyday life, is so important. You should regard your home as sacred, as a golden opportunity to experience nowness. Appreciating sacredness begins very simply by taking an interest in all the details of your life." Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was one of the most dynamic teachers of Buddhism in the 20th Century. He was a pioneer in bringing the Buddhist teachings of Tibet to the West and is credited with introducing many Buddhist concepts into the English language and psyche in a fresh and new way. The former supreme abbot of Surmang Monasteries in Tibet, Chögyam Trungpa is known as the foremost meditation master and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. In the early 1970s, he founded Naropa University, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America, along with over 100 meditation centers worldwide. He authored two dozen books on meditation, poetry, art and the Shambhala path of warriorship. Learn more about Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Acharyas (Senior Teachers) The acharyas of Shambhala are senior teachers appointed by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. As the Sakyong's representatives, the acharyas, who are empowered to offer refuge and bodhisattva vows, bring the continuity of the lineage into the living teaching environment of local Shambhala centers Northern California Shambhala has the good fortune to host many of the acharyas as visiting teachers and we are extremely honored to have a special ongoing relationship with Acharya Pema Chödrön who visits here regularly.
Pema Chödrön "Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have so we might as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy." Acharya Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun, resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, a training center for Shambhala monastics situated, and the author of such popular books as The Places That Scare You, When Things Fall Apart and Start Where You Are. Her life experiences as wife, mother and school teacher, and her years of study and practice with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, uniquely empower Pema to speak to Westerners, both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. Visit Pema's website or look over her books
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