Update: Shambhala Mountain Center still in danger from wildfires

Update: Shambhala Mountain Center still in danger from wildfires

Update: Shambhala Mountain Center still in danger from wildfires

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Photo: John Perkins

Shambhala Mountain Center, situated on 600 acres of land in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, continues to face the very real threat of wildfires and is under a red flag warning from firefighters. Efforts have been underway to protect the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, the most easily salvageable building on the site due to its concrete structure and location.

Volunteers removed weeds and brush around the area of the stupa and placed sculptures and other sacred objects inside. John Perkins, a disaster preparation expert for museums, was also sent out by the Shambhala Legacy Project to help with preparations. 

The fire, the most destructive in Colorado history, has consumed 83,000 acres in the past two weeks and destroyed at least 248 homes.

For real-time updates from SMC staff, see their Facebook page. Below is a video of the fire as seen from the center.

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COMO MEDITAR - 4 de 4

ESTUDIANTES - DARCY JONES - VEN. BRIAN HALTERMAN Descubre el Budismo es un curso de 13 capítulos que se puede seguir on-line o de forma presencial en muchos de los centros dependientes de la Fundación para la Preservación de la Tradición Mahayana (FPMT). El DVD completo con todos los módulos se puede encontrar en : shop.fpmt.org Follow a module of the Discovering Buddhism study program for free on the FPMT online Learning center at onlinelearning.fpmt.org More information on Discovering Buddhism can be found at http

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Ken and Fern McGuire, American Zen teachers, pass away within days of each other

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:00 PM PDT

We've just received news of two more deaths within the American Zen community, those of husband and wife Shin Getsu Fern McGuire and Hogaku Ken McGuire of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The McGuires were disciples of the late Soyu Matsuoka roshi, founder of the Chicago Buddhist Temple (today The Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago) and the Long Beach Zen Center. They were both ordained as priests by him.

In what might be a case of the widowhood effect, the couple died within two days of one another. Fern died on her 75th birthday on the 22nd in the couple's yard, found lying behind a truck — the suspected cause of death being a heart attack; then it was learned that Ken died this morning some time at their home, also of a suspected heart attack.

Buddhadharma News wishes to extend our condolences to the McGuire family and their sanghas.

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Người Khéo Nói - Thầy. Thích Pháp Hòa tại Houston, TX (Sep. 8, 2011)

Người Khéo Nói - Thầy. Thích Pháp Hòa tại Houston, TX (Sep. 8, 2011) Giảng tại Nhà Hàng Kim Sơn Tu Viện Trúc Lâm 11328 - 97 Street Edmonton, AB, T5G 1X4 Canada Phone (780) 471-1093 Fax (780) 471-5394 Email: info@truclam.ca

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Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Katherine Sobun Thanas, Abbot of the Santa Cruz Zen Center, dies at 84

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Buddhadharma News has received word that Katherine Sobun Thanas of the Santa Cruz Zen Center passed away at 9:45 this morning at the age of 84. Thanas started her Zen practice with Shunryu Suzuki roshi and Dainin Katagiri roshi at the San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara beginning in 1967, and was also a manager at Tassajara Bakery. She established the Monterey Bay Zen Center shortly after receiving dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson before starting to teach at the Santa Cruz Zen Center (where she came to be installed as Abbess). She transmitted the dharma to four others in her lifetime: Fugan Eugene Bush, D.D., Robert Reese, Onryu Patrick Teverbaugh, and Kathy Whilden.

Zen teacher Enji Angie Boissevain, a friend, had this to say: "Her continual questioning, continual study, continual opening herself to new truths…her presence…was an immense and precious teaching for me. Katherine was famous for her strict practice, and for her great great warmth and generosity. Her dedicated life was a gift."

As we reported earlier in the week, Thanas suffered a serious head injury and was found in her home by a friend on Monday. She slipped in to a coma and was soon after taken off life support, returning to her home with hospice care, where she was surrounded by friends and sangha members.

For remembrances by those who knew her and a biographical sketch, please see the Sweeping Zen article published today.

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Tibet - Le Message Des Tibetains (Part I - Le Bouddhisme -)

Un film classique sur les Tibetains en exile dans les années soixantes. Original d' Arnaud Desjardins jampasmandala.wordpress.com

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