Summer Women 

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June 29, 2021

by Katharine Kaufman We walk from the dining hall up the path, through aspens, and field. We walk alone or in groups of…

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Innate Beauty 

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June 29, 2021

by Janet Solyntjes // Have you noticed how human beings can express themselves in such a variety of ways? We can be fantastic, imaginative, inexplicably wise, and quirky.  We…

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The Nature and Purpose of Śamatha

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June 4, 2021

// by B. Alan Wallace Buddhist inquiry into the natural world proceeds from a radically different point of departure…

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Bardo of Becoming

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June 4, 2021

// by Andrew Holecek If you are well trained, your first after-death experience will be the luminous bardo of…

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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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SMC Receives Environmental Stewardship Award

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June 17, 2019

Shambhala Mountain Center has received the 2019 Environmental Stewardship Award by the Larimer County Commissioners for our Healthy Forest…

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With Nature as Our Guide

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May 28, 2019

By Kay Peterson // These days I've been contemplating how hard it can sometimes be for us to come…

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A Contemplative Approach to Viewing the Eclipse

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August 10, 2017

By Andrea Schweitzer, Ph.D. in astronomy // There has been a lot of news about the upcoming "Great American Solar…

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Offering

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September 30, 2016

Hello world, I wrote this poem last fall as a rumination on death and life, impermanence and transition. Now…

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Your Virtual Guide to the Perimeter Trail

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September 9, 2016

There is something undeniably magical about the land at Shambhala Mountain Center. Literally and figuratively, it is the heart and…

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Summer Solstice, Explained by a Contemplative Astronomer

June 20, 2016

By Andrea Schweitzer, PhD ~~~ This year, summer will officially begin on June 20th at 4:34 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time,…

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A Weekend in Space

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June 9, 2016

Last summer I had the pleasure of participating in SMC’s Contemplative Astronomy program: Big Sky, Big Mind, led by astronomer…

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