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The Power of Compassion 28 Jul 2013 | 04:56 am
The extraordinary, upside down logic of Shambhala is that compassion is actually the natural activity of a mind that is settled. It is the activity stemming from being completely present, feeling and...
Living Meditation 26 Jul 2013 | 01:18 am
Humans are fundamentally good, caring and wise. We may appear otherwise, but at the core, we are basically good, sound and fully deserving of goodness. So why do we experience such pain in our lives? ...
Experiencing Heartbreak 19 Jul 2013 | 11:29 pm
If the things that come with heartbreak are that your world view is destroyed, your ideas about the future are decimated and your concept of who you are has dissolved, from a certain standpoint, this ...
Meeting Your Mind Head On: Mindfulness, Driving and a Weeklong Meditation Retreat 15 Jul 2013 | 11:24 pm
I’ve come to realize that the act of driving is where I crash into all my attempts to be compassionate and full of equanimity toward my fellow humans. It’s where I drive head on into society’s speedin...
Intimacy Without Cocoon 12 Jul 2013 | 10:02 pm
In this talk recorded live at the New York Shambhala Center, Sangyum Agness Au discusses the concept of “cocoon”, or our web of habitual patterns of thought and reactions, and how it can keep us from ...
Enlightenment in the Age of Disruption: An Interview 10 Jul 2013 | 10:28 pm
Recently Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Shambhala International, sat down with journalist Jonathan Fields of The Good Life Project to discuss technology, fatherhood, bravery, and livin...
Enlightened Society in the City: Cultivating Kindness to Ourselves 9 Jul 2013 | 03:44 am
I am looking forward to coming back to New York in August to lead our third annual weeklong meditation retreat. We had a rich time last year, practicing with the intention of creating enlightened soci...
Developing a Mind of Kindness 30 Jun 2013 | 08:06 am
Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast! Subscribe to us on iTunes here. Spread the word. When your friends annoy you, tell them about our podcast! Sin...
The Aging Dance 26 Jun 2013 | 09:28 pm
A conversation between Lanny Harrison and Andrea Sherman on meditation, performing and growing older Andrea: Could you tell us about your background in terms of the dharma, the arts and how aging fi...
What To Do When People Annoy You 20 Jun 2013 | 10:32 pm
People are annoying sometimes. How can meditation help us work with our irritation? Instead of reacting, we can act with the benefit of seeing the larger picture. Meditation In The City is the Shambha...