
Cheerful Shambhala Day!
Life at SMCLast week we celebrated Shambhala Day — a holiday based on Losar (Tibetan New Year/Lunar New Year). It’s a…
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Thought-forms: Seeding a New Reality
Life at SMC, Mindful Living, Nature, Social Engagement'--- by Bez Anyone who’s ever done a Zen ‘practice period’, an occasion to intensify engagement with Buddhist principles,…
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Understanding the Interplay Between Karma and Trauma
Mind-BodyIn a previous post, we shared the first part of an illuminating dialogue between Julie Flynn Badal and Dr.…
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Lodro Rinzler Discusses Daily Meditation and Retreat
Mind-Body, Mindful LivingIf you are reading this, you are most likely not in a cave somewhere in the Himalayas, without distraction,…
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Setting an Aspiration (Rather than a “Resolution”) for 2016
Mindful LivingDo you have any New Year resolutions in mind? Any big changes you'd like to see happen in 2016?…
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Stop Cleaning Your Plate: 5 Steps to More Mindful Eating
Mind-Body, Mindful LivingBy Marcella Friel I just came home from lunch with a friend, where I ordered Caesar salad with chicken.…
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To Continue, Somehow
Life at SMC, Social EngagementStuck. Spinning. Motion locked in a grinding cycle. A world turning on its axis, wobbling, carrying on. In my…
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Understanding Karma Through the Lens of Buddhist Psychology
Mind-BodyBy Julie Flynn Badal ~~~ In the Western world, the concept of karma is frequently misunderstood. Many people take…
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Wisdom Sky
Life at SMCBy Anna Freundl ~~~ When I take a walk, there is a subtle shift in my consciousness, an opening.…
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Lama Tsultrim Allione Discusses the “Sacred Feminine” (Video/Audio)
Mind-Body, Mindful LivingIt is a widely-shared sentiment in this day and age that the world is somehow out of balance. In…
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To Make Your Mind Comfortable, You Just Need to Discover These Two Things
Mind-BodyBy Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche Knowing how to work with your mind and how to make your mind comfortable are…
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Appreciating the “Extra-Special” Harvest Moon Eclipse — Sept. 27, 2015
Life at SMC, NatureBy Andrea Schweitzer ~~~ The full moon of September is often called the Harvest Moon. This month our…
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