The “Seeing Fresh” photo of the week

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Every week we choose a photo submitted to Andy Karr's contemplative photography site seeingfresh.com that really exemplifies the practice, and sometimes the simplest is the best. This week's photo, by Allan Baillie, is a pleasing combination of symmetry, texture and fine detail: a fresh perception of natural elegance. It's an excellent example of fresh seeing.
For more about contemplative photography, and lots of other great photos, visit seeingfresh.com. And don't miss this video or this article on contemplative photography. You can see all our Seeing Fresh posts on Shambhala SunSpace here.
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Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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Change your mind to change the world
This weekend workshop introduces the futuristic science and contemplative activism of the Kalachakra Tantra some call the Time-Machine or Wheel of Time. While skills like mindfulness were developed for monastic living, a rare tradition based at Nalanda, the world's first university, set out to develop and spread socially engaged arts and sciences meant to pacify and transform the militarized society of ancient India and the newly civilized world. The most modern, scientific form of this rare tradition, the Time-Machine curriculum was preserved for posterity in a time-capsule: the mountain kingdom hidden in Central Asia called Shambhala (Shangrila in the classic Lost Horizons). As the prophecy goes, the crown jewel of the kingdom, its system for teaching contemplative altruism in a world torn by stress, trauma and violence, will help spark the dawn of a new global era of inner and outer peace for all humanity when the time is ripe.
On this practice-based retreat, Dr. Loizzo will unpack this tradition's exceptional approach to non-violent activism: the embodiment of heroic altruism based on tapping the neural network and flow of bliss chemistry and harnessing it to transform our reactive body-minds into open networks of non-local happiness and community-building inspiration.
Joseph Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D., is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over thirty years' experience studying the beneficial Path effects of meditation on healing and learning. He is is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he researches and teaches mind/body health. He has taught science and religion, the scientific study of religious experience, and the Indo-Tibetan mind sciences at Columbia University, where he currently is adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion at the Columbia Center for Buddhist Studies.
Friday, July 12, 7-9 PM
Saturday, July 13, 10 AM-5 PM
Retreat Registration can be found here.
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Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT
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Change your mind to change the world.  Weekend Retreat September 13, 14, 15
Friday 7-9 pm, Saturday 10-6 pm, Sunday 10-1:30 pm
"We live in a vivid and precise field of causality with infinite other beings."   Ethan Nichtern, IDP Founder & Senior Teacher 
One of the central concepts in Buddhism is Interdependence;  that all things depend upon many causes and conditions, and cannot be separated from one another.  As humans, we rely upon countless others as well as the environment for our basic needs and our very existence, yet we cling to the illusion of being independent and alone.   Meditation practices allow us to see through this fundamental delusion, and realize our interconnectness with, and responsibility to, all beings.
IDP Weekend retreats are a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in the practices and teachings of the Buddhist tradition in the support of a group environment.  The focus for this retreat is the Buddha's original teaching on Dependent Origination, and will include talks and practice instruction, in-depth meditation, short yoga breaks, and discussion.
This practice-based retreat will take place Friday evening 7-9pm, Saturday10am-6pm, and Sunday 10am-1:30pm, leaving students with ample time to relax and integrate the practice on Sunday afternoon.
PLEASE NOTE:  If you are unable to attend the entire weekend, you may enroll for portions of it.  Contact Kim@theidproject.org for registration details.
There will be lunch breaks on Saturday and Sunday, but lunch will not be provided. Participants should bring a bag lunch or take advantage of the diverse eateries available in the neighborhood.

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