Shambhala Arts Coffeehouse
Saturday March 20th: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

In Room(s): Community Room

Shambhala Art Day has been designated by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to occur on the spring equinox. It is a day when the entire Shambhala International community and friends are invited to celebrate art forms and disciplines that embody the Dharma Art teachings of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. These teachings encourage the creation and manifestation of art that wakes up the viewer as well as its maker to a sense of unconditional sacredness within the phenomenal world.

“A work of art is created because there is basic sacredness, independent of the artist’s particular religious faith or trust. Sacredness from that point of view is the discovery of goodness, which is independent of personal, social, or physical restrictions.” Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Dharma Art pg. 112

This year, we will celebrate Shambhala Art day by hosting an evening of community performance, based on the Shambhala Art teachings.

If you are interested in being on the roster for this event, please contact Sarah Lipton at: info@shambhalaboston.org.

Donations for things to munch on and hot mulled cider will be taken at the door. This is an opportunity to relax and hang out with sangha, and enjoy the richness of our community!

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Come celebrate the New Year with us this Friday, February 19th! Jim’s Big Ego - starring Shambhala sangha member Jim Infantino - will be performing live onstage upstairs at the Boston Shambhala Center. Join us from 7-9:30 for drinks, light hors d’oeuvre, dancing and celebration.

Come prepared: There will be a cash bar, donations will be accepted for the musical entertainment, and Jim’s Big Ego’s CD’s will be on sale.

Please RSVP by registering, so we can plan accordingly.

On November 18th, 2009 Nina Raizel Orchowski was born to community member Markus Orchowski and his wife. In this photo, she is being held by her older brother Isaak born on August 18th, 2007. They are exactly 2 years and 3 months apart.

Welcome to the world of the Great Eastern Sun!

KI KI SO SO!

Interested in ways to be involved with our community as a family? Join us this Sunday for Shambhala Family Gathering and Household Teachings.

Get a preview of Shambhala community member Jim Infantino’s music at his upcoming Solo Show: “Voice and guitar, mostly”.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival “most wanted to return artist”,2006

Jim Infantino

@ Jackson Homestead

527 Washington Street, Newton

Friday, January 29

Doors 7:45, Concert 8:00

Minimum suggested donation $15, $5 children under 12, $50 immediate family max. 25% less for museum members.

All donations go to the museum and artist.

Singer Songwriter, Rockstar Geek

CMJ Music Report says:
“Jim Infantino wields his razor-sharp poetic flair like a weapon, offering thought-provoking commentary that can sound both humorous and poignant at the same time. Infantino mixes a down-town Lou Reed-style hipness … that best illustrates the band’s smart, imaginative approach.”

The Boston Globe says:
“Jim Infantino, ground zero of the Boston trio Jim’s Big Ego, is one of those rare songwriters whose wit is as sharp as his sense of melody, and whose intellect is broad and beautifully skewed as his jumble of musical influences.”

Please join us this Sunday, December 20th, from 4-6pm for QBF (Queer Buddhist Fellowship). We’ll be meeting at the Boston Shambhala Center, 646 Brookline Avenue, Brookline. (The Shambhala Center is T accessible on the Green Line D/Brookline Village station.)

Buddhism beginners as well as those more experienced are cordially welcomed. Meditation instruction will be available. The program begins promptly at 4pm, so please plan to arrive early. Suggested program donation is $5.

This month we’re delighted to welcome bestselling author Susan Piver. She is a wonderful, funny and talented teacher. Susan will be discussing her new book – a conversation that will be of value to anyone dealing with powerful emotions in their lives. Books will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow the program.

A description of the talk follows. We look forward to welcoming you!

Talk Description: THE WISDOM OF A BROKEN HEART

A broken heart is not a problem to be solved, but a remarkable opportunity to discover wisdom. This talk will introduce you to the skills needed to work with these powerful emotions - not to drive them away or tie them up with a bow, but to find the possibility of transforming heartbreak into heart opening. Instead of (or in addition to) collapsing and freaking out, the conditions of heartbreak provide the perfect crucible for developing indestructible compassion and the capacity to love more deeply than ever.

Whether your heart was broken yesterday or years ago, all the elements are there to discover your innate spiritual warriorship. As we talk, you will discover that the dark power of heartbreak can introduce you to gentleness, fearlessness, and intelligence. If you stay with your broken heart, it will surely lead you down the path to wisdom.

Speaker Bio: Susan Piver is an authorized meditation instructor in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions, and the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life. She has been a student of Buddhism since 1995. Her new book is The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, published by Simon & Schuster in January, 2010.

Shambhala Community Member Update: Frank Reynolds has a new business.

Mr. Frank Reynolds

“I wanted to let friends and acquaintances in the Boston Shambhala sangha know that earlier this fall I started working as a realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Newburyport, and to provide you with my current work contact information [see below].

Though I’m focusing primarily on the North Shore, I’m licensed to work throughout Massachusetts and would be happy to assist any prospective home-buyers or sellers in the Greater Boston/North Shore region. Through my website, www.FrankReynolds.biz, I can set clients up with property searches which provide much more comprehensive information on MLS listings than can be obtained through most public real estate websites. I’m happy to do this on a no-obligation basis for anyone with an interest in exploring the real estate market, so let me know if this would be of interest to you and/or feel free to forward this message to friends who may be in this category.”

“In order to make confident decisions in today’s evolving real estate market, prospective sellers and buyers alike need:
Ø Information on properties currently on the market;
Ø Perspective on market trends;
Ø Professional guidance in developing an individual
strategy for identifying opportunites in today’s
challenging market;
Ø Professional support and representation in making
confident purchase or sale decisions.

As a Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Realtor®, I represent the leading real estate team in New England. Please take advantage of our tremendous array of tools and resources to help navigate the complex challenges of today’s real estate market.”

For more information, please see Frank’s website and contact him directly: www.FrankReynolds.biz

On the heels of a sold out run at The Boston Improv Festival, Jim’s Big Ego, featuring Boston Shambhala Center community Member Jim Infantino, is proud to announce that The Ego & The Oracle will return again for a run of five Thursdays in October at The Burren in Davis Square, Somerville. If you couldn’t make it to a previous show or came but didn’t get your question answered, you now have five more chances!

Oct 8, 15, 22, 29
6:30pm doors / 7pm show
Back Room at The Burren
247 Elm Street
Davis Square, Somerville
All Ages, but best suited for mature audiences

Dinner and drinks available.

While we are still here in Brookline Village, it’s nice to know we are being included in the neighborhood’s affairs. Namely, this wee article about the Shambhala Center that appeared a week ago in the BU Today online news magazine.

Meandering around a historic Brookline hub

Described as “off the beaten path,” the Shambhala Center is highlighted by a beautifully slanted photo of our main shrine. After visiting us in late May, Robin Berghaus, who received a tour from our lovely Director, Jill Blagsvedt, set to work on this tour of Brookline Village, put together mainly as a guide to BU students arriving in the fall. It’s wonderful to know that we’re more “on the map” now too, even if we’re “off the beaten path.”

Shambhala Meditation Center
646 Brookline Ave.
Serenity is the goal at the Shambhala Meditation Center, where members learn Shambhala Buddhism by participating in weekend workshops, dharma talks, and meditation in two shrine rooms appointed with comfortable mats and incense. “Our center offers people a way to calm their minds,” says executive director Jill Blagsvedt, “and we welcome all faiths and traditions.” The center offers theme nights such as Under Thirty Meditation Night on Tuesdays at 7 p.m., The Heart of Recovery on Mondays at 7:15 p.m. (incorporating Twelve Step traditions for members on the path to sobriety), as well as Queer Buddhist Fellowship on the third Sunday of every month. Members pay dues based on what they can afford and are encouraged to take on volunteer roles within the center.

Jill Blagsvedt and Tom Ericsson were married on July 23rd with a small group of family and friends in attendance at a lake in Littleton MA. Tom and Jill were ecstatic that Jill’s mentor, Sokuzon Robert Brown, traveled from Michigan to conduct the ceremony. Liturgies from several Buddhist lineages, traditional six paramita offerings, and a Shambhala werma shrine were all part of the ceremony. The dralas were pleased! Ki Ki So So!

Sangha member Jim Infantino’s band is playing at the Burren in Davis Square, Sommerville every week the month of August.
For more information, click here.