The Boston Shambhala Center was highlighted on WBUR Friday May 1st, 2009.

The community rallied for this spur-of-the-moment event, and after a flurry of emails back and forth between almost 20 members the day of the interview, we were set up to receive the intern. Thanks to some quick footwork, we re-constructed the first segment of the Open House meditation period to recite the Heart Sutra, which is featured in the story. The intern then attended the meditation and surprised us by recording that too. He then recorded the evening’s talk and interviewed a few of us afterwards as well. There was certainly an air of great excitement among everyone present.

Charlie Trageser, who was teaching that night says: So much excitement! There was an intern from WBUR at Open House last night (an Emerson student), who recorded us doing the Heart Sutra (Michael and I tried hard for throat singing but no such luck) and my talk on contentment, and interviewed almost everyone there. I think he even recorded the sitting practice. He said he was impressed by our “sense of calm and presence.”

Click here to read or hear the story by Meghna Chakrabarti titled “For Buddhists New And Old, Dalai Lama Brings Good Vibrations”

Charlie Trageser gave a talk at our Open House on Wednesday February 10, 2009 called the Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun. Every Wednesday we host an Open House where senior teachers and special guests guide community members in meditation and give a dharma talk.

Charlie Trageser - Boston Shambhala Center Open House - Wednesday February 10, 2009