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A Brief Talk on Shambhala Chants: Invocation

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Center: Troy
Date : Tuesday 15 Oct 2013 From 19:30 Till 20:30
Teacher: Jeff Wigman
Contact person: Jeff Wigman
Price: Free
 

The Invocation is read at the close of meditation practice in Shambhala centers around the world. Perhaps you’ve sat through it perplexed by the many names and terms found within it. In this brief talk, Shambhala Buddhist teacher Jeff Wigman will discuss the purpose of this liturgy and give an overview of its structure and meaning.

For registration please go to this page and click on the Registration button: http://troy.shambhala.org/calendar-details/?id=152018

Harvest of Peace Celebration

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Come Celebrate!

9/21, Sat. 11:30 am to 3:00 pm

Harvest of Peace is a yearly celebration recognizing the changing of the seasons and the richness of our changing lives. It is a chance to come together as a local community to enjoy each other’s company and appreciate the wealth of our practice and the teachings of our tradition. We will also hear from the head of Shambhala, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, in a recorded address to the global community.

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Schedule:
11:30: Practice  –
The Sakyong has decided to continue the tradition started last year of making Shambhala Sadhana practice open to everyone on this special holiday. The Sakyong composed this practice to deepen our personal and social connection with basic goodness. The Shambhala Sadhana is simple and quite powerful in its direct approach to basic goodness. All are welcome to participate and instruction will be provided.

 

1:00 Potluck lunch
2:30: Recorded address by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

 

Class: COMING TO OUR SENSES: DHARMA ART PRACTICES

Steve Clorfeine

Steve Clorfeine

The class entitled ‘COMING TO OUR SENSES:  DHARMA ART PRACTICES’
will be offered by Steve Clorfeine on May 25th, 2013. 

Class description:

‘COMING TO OUR SENSES:  DHARMA ART PRACTICES’
In this workshop we’ll explore the continuum and connections between sitting meditation, awareness practices, and the activity of ‘being and doing’ – presence,
receptivity and action.
Please confirm if you plan to attend: [email protected]

 

Instructor Steve Clorfeine’s Brief bio:
Steve Clorfeine has been a student of meditation for the past 40
years, mainly in the Tibetan Buddhist and Shambhala traditions. As a
member of the Shambhala community and the formative Naropa University
community, his practice has included formal training in the Vajrayana
path of Tibetan tradition, in the Shambhala teachings and practices
associated with it, and in the traditional arts and contemplative arts
practices, particularly contemplative movement, T’ai Chi, theater and
writing. He has been trained as a meditation instructor, as a director
of Shambhala Training, and as a contemplative arts practice director.

In teaching arts based courses and workshops since 1973, he has
incorporated a contemplative approach, often including sitting and
walking meditation practice and drawing on my studies in T’ai Chi and
‘dharma art’ principles on perception and mindfulness-awareness.
Through the forms of improvisation and ‘deep play’ he has been able to
present techniques that draw people closer to their creative strengths
and awaken their healthy resistances.

More info is available at Steve Clorfeine’s website
www.steveclorfeine.com

The class will run 10am-5:30 pm.  The cost for the workshop is $30.
Please contact Virginia Fisher at (518) 961 2894 if you have any questions.
The location is the Dance Studio at the Upton Center on Russel Sage campus.The address is 71 1st Street Troy, NY 12180