Shambhala Sun
Buddhism Culture Meditation Life
The Shambhala Sun is today’s best-selling and most widely-read Buddhist magazine, an award-winning bimonthly respected for the quality of its writing and the beauty of its design. The Shambhala Sun offers authentic teachings from the Buddhist and other contemplative traditions, and applies the wisdom born of meditative practice to all the important issues in life - from livelihood, parenting, and relationships to politics, social action, and the arts.
Millions of North Americans have now been introduced to meditation, mindfulness-awareness, and other Buddhist-inspired disciplines through such bestsellers as the Dalai Lama’s The Art of Happiness, and through popular writers such as Pema Chödrön, Jack Kornfield, and Sharon Salzberg.
jeromes niece was founded by way of two friends getting together over Sutra in apartment evenings and sharing their passion for Buddhist poetics and literary device. With the same enthusiasm born and consumption being measured in bandwidth, a collective of poets, scholars, and Pure Land kids was formed that would help contribute to the understanding and appreciation of Buddhist writings and thought, both modern and classic. With the ultimate goal of providing Sutras in their entirety, given of the spirit which they were freely created in.
January 20, 2010 “If I had rubies and riches and crowns
I’d buy the whole world and change things around
I’d throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea”
About Buddhism
The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Atisha (11th century Tibetan Buddhist master)
Our main purpose is to build and develop a community of SDSU students, faculty, alumni and the public who are interested in the meditation practices and varied philosophies of the world's rich religious traditions. Although we do not take a dogmatic or sectarian approach, the group often focuses on Buddhist and other Eastern philosophies. We welcome those who are open minded to all cultural backgrounds and who want to learn and practice meditation to increase mindfulness and peace in daily life.
IMMORTALITY
We must pass like smoke or live within the spirit's fire;
For we can no more than smoke unto the flame return
If our thought has changed to dream, our will unto desire,
As smoke we vanish though the fire may burn.
Lights of infinite pity star the grey dusk of our days:
Surely here is soul: with it we have eternal breath:
In the fire of love we live, or pass by many ways,
By unnumbered ways of dream to death.
The Campaign for Love & Forgiveness is a secular, non-partisan initiative that explores how love and
forgiveness can effect positive change in individuals and communities. A project of the nonprofit Fetzer
Institute (www.fetzer.org), this multi-year campaign has encouraged community conversations
throughout America about the role, meaning and power of love and forgiveness in our lives and the
world. PBS documentaries funded in part by the Fetzer Institute serve as springboards for these
community conversations. The first documentary, The Mystery of Love was broadcast in December 2006.
The Power of Forgiveness will air on public television stations in 2008 and Unforgivable? in 2009.
Our mission, to foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community, rests on our conviction that efforts to address the world's critical issues
must go beyond political, social, and economic strategies to
their psychological and spiritual roots.
KPBS enriches the lives of people in the San Diego region through unique media services. These high quality radio, TV, Web and community activities educate, inspire, entertain, and advance civic involvement, celebration of culture and the power of diverse perspectives.
Our mission is to create a culture of peace both locally and globally with kids leading the way.
Kids for Peace Pledge
-- I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way.
-- I pledge to help others as I go throughout my day.
-- I pledge to care for our earth with my healing heart and hands.
-- I pledge to respect people in each and every land.
-- I pledge to join together as we unite the big and small.
-- I pledge to do my part to create peace for one and all.
Noah Levine is a Buddhist teacher, author and counselor. He is trained to teach by Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats nationally as well as leading groups in juvenile halls and prisons. Noah holds a masters degree in counseling psychology from CIIS.
The MahaSiddhas were great masters who thoroughly integrated their spirituality into every aspect of ones life, because their spirituality orbits around the awake state of being. The teachings are also unique in that they are practiced in the context of one's entire life as well as in formal sitting meditation.
Wisdom Publications is dedicated to making available authentic Buddhist works for the benefit of all. We publish translations of the sutras and tantras, commentaries and teachings of past and contemporary Buddhist masters, and original works by the world's leading Buddhist scholars. We publish our titles with the appreciation of Buddhism as a living philosophy and with the special commitment to preserve and transmit important works from all the major Buddhist traditions.
Prison Dharma Network (PDN) is a nonsectarian, contemplative support organization for prisoners and prison dharma volunteers. Our mission is to transform lives by providing prisoners with the most effective contemplative tools for self-transformation and rehabilitation.
