The July Shambhala Sun is all about your body.

Posted: 28 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT
The July Shambhala Sun is on newsstands now, and it's all about your body — from pleasure and pain, to performance and path. Inside, Norman Fischer contemplates the deeper reality of the body, Karen Connelly feels the heat in "Flesh Sex Desire," Thich Nhat Hanh offers three exercises for well-being, and four athletes talk sports and mindfulness.
Plus: Andrea Miller speaks with Jane Goodall, Sumi Loundon Kim tells why (and how) how she quit Facebook, and much more.
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Posted: 27 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT
The Central Tibetan Administration has announced that Kaydor Aukatsang has been appointed the new representative of the Office of Tibet in New York.
Kaydor Aukatsang is currently the advisor of Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected head of the Tibetan people. He will replace Lobsang Nyandak on September 1. The Offices of Tibet, in 11 countries around the world, are the official agencies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration.
The CTA also announced the reshuffling of two European Tibet Office representatives. Ngodup Dorjee, currently representative at the office in Brussels, and Tseten Samdup, representative in Geneva, will switch positions in August of this year.

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Posted: 27 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT
After a public talk in Kentucky last week, His Holiness the Dalai Lama recounted his 1968 meeting with Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer, mystic, and proponent of interfaith dialogue.

Photo via The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University / merton.org
During their three long conversations, Merton and His Holiness discussed their monastic traditions, including day-to-day routines and the goals of their meditations. Merton wrote that he felt "a real spiritual bond" with His Holiness, and the Dalai Lama said last week he recognized Merton as a "serious practitioner of his faith." Their meeting, and this photo of the two men together, have become significant for many people involved with dialogue between different religions. Read more at the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Last week's interview was filmed by filmmaker Morgan Atkinson for a new documentary about Merton's final days. Merton died in an accident in December 1968, just a few weeks after meeting with the Dalai Lama. For more about Thomas Merton, read "A Very Public Hermit," from the Shambhala Sun archives, and visit the Thomas Merton Center online. You can read a selection of our best articles by and about the Dalai Lama at our Dalai Lama Spotlight Page.
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Posted: 27 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT
Kimberly Brown has been appointed the new executive director of The Interdependence Project. Together with the IDP Board of Directors, Brown will expand the IDP's programming, improve financial tracking, and manage daily operations," said Board Chair Renee Bochmann. "We're proud of IDP's leadership, and excited about the many opportunities available for us to reach and grow our unique community."
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Brown served as the IDP's Secular Buddhist Studies Program Coordinator, and is both a student and a teacher at The Interdependence Project. She practices Kriya Yoga with Alan Finger, and is learning Healing Touch, an energy medicine technique, which she offers to cancer patients in Manhattan. She has degrees in physics and literature, and spent several years in post-graduate training as a psychodynamic psychotherapist.
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The Interdependence Project welcomes your comments and questions, which can be sent to leadership[at]theidproject.org.
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