Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche on Taking Care of Your State of Mind at Home

February 16, 2021

In this video, meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, a meditation master in the Nyingma lineage of the Buddhist tradition,…

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First, Do No Harm: The Need for Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

January 7, 2021

By David Treleaven, Ph.D. // Trauma is big in the news these days. So is mindfulness. On first glance,…

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Partnering with the Land: SMC’s Conservation Forestry Project and the Cameron Peak Fire

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December 15, 2020

By Travis Newbill // To the untrained eye, the ponderosa forests of Shambhala Mountain Center have never been anything…

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[WATCH] Susan Piver on Writing as a Liberatory Practice

November 25, 2020

If meditation is about releasing attachment to thoughts, why would anyone want to put them in ink? If this…

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[WATCH] SMC Townhall with Michael Gayner & SMC Staff from Nov. 19

November 24, 2020

Town Hall meeting with Michael Gayner and SMC staff representatives, in which they share experiences of returning to the…

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[WATCH] SMC Townhall with Michael Gayner from Oct. 23

October 20, 2020

Town Hall meeting with Michael Gayner, in which he shares updates and answers questions about how the Cameron Peak…

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[WATCH] Townhall with Michael Gayner from Sat. Oct. 3

October 3, 2020

Town Hall meeting with Michael Gayner, in which he shares the latest information and answers questions regarding the impact…

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We’re in This Together: Heartbreak and Healing in Difficult Times

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September 22, 2020

By Loden Nyima Published September 2020; updated December 2021 & March 2022 I wrote this article from a friend’s…

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Gelong Loden Nyima on Buddhism and COVID-19

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August 6, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, with all its myriad forms of suffering, concurrent with the climate crisis, systemic injustices,…

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OM VOTE HUM

August 5, 2020

Back in May, over 100 Buddhist leaders signed a letter stressing the necessity of voting in the coming US…

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“THIS Is the Spiritual Path.” Sara Avant Stover on Crisis and Opportunity

July 31, 2020

In this short teaching, best-selling author and spiritual teacher Sara Avant Stover offers encouragement for healing through  tumultuous moments…

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Grief in the Time of COVID: Sharing in Compassion and Resilience (excerpt)

June 24, 2020

By Holly Gayley When my father went into the hospital on May 6th, there were 76,000 deaths in the…

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