Eight new residents walked through the Dharma Door Saturday, boosting Karmê Chӧling’s population to 27 and signaling that its transformation into a residential meditation center holds real promise. In April,... Continue reading
Recently, I medically retired from the military and came to Karmê Chöling. I served in both the Marine Corps (active duty) and the Navy Reserve. For my entire military career,... Continue reading
This article was previously published at buddhistpsychotherapyny.com by Alison Pepper. More and more people are talking about the ways we work with and heal trauma in the therapeutic setting. As... Continue reading
Meet Raven Fennell, a long-time sangha member and Choling treasure. She took over care for the crumbling Purkhang in 1998 and undertook a major restoration in 1999. More than 20... Continue reading
I’m often asked what got me into dream yoga. For me, the journey into these incredible nighttime practices started nearly forty years ago and I have been exploring them ever... Continue reading
My second-favorite moment at Karmê Chöling’s 50th anniversary was a talk featuring Jack Niland, who described the magical circumstances of his arrival at Tail of the Tiger and his heart... Continue reading
Chaos and Vastness Mudra’s connection to a sense of chaos is very interesting. A system is called chaotic if small changes in the initial conditions at some initial time lead... Continue reading
We are honored to have Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche teaching and giving commentary on the Heart Sutra. Below is an excerpt adapted from his book, “Your Mind is Your Teacher,” followed... Continue reading
By Craig Warren Smith “Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news … Chaos is the great space of emptiness that occurs before genesis. … This space provides an opportunity... Continue reading
Join Karmê Chöling resident Camren Von Davis on the four-day, 108-Mile Gesar Run for Family Camp, which begins Wednesday, Aug. 19, a day after the New Moon. The run is... Continue reading
This Autumn will be a time of celebration here at Karmê Chöling as we celebrate 50 years of dharma practice in Vermont! Originally known as ‘Tail of the Tiger’, Karmê... Continue reading
50 years ago, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche landed in North America and planted the seeds of outrageous sanity in the hearts and minds of a society that was churning with change and... Continue reading
Dear Sangha, Chef Jason Taylor will demonstrate how to make Genoise on Facebook Live on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 3 pm Eastern Time. Genoise is a sponge cake leavened naturally... Continue reading
Imagine deepening your practice, living in community, and chillaxing after work on the celebrated KCL porch — for 3 months or 3 years. We hope this slide show of a... Continue reading
On Sunday, June 21, you’re invited to join KCL for a special sadhana practice and dinner! This may be an especially auspicious practice for those who celebrate Father’s Day. We’ll... Continue reading
From Karmê Chöling’s organic garden: Many people ponder how humanity can continue its proliferation on planet earth with its limited material resources and our rapidly widening ecological footprint. I am... Continue reading
By JT Buck On Thursday,, May 7th, KCL hosted its first Shambhala Sadhana “Household Dinner.” The event grew out of casual conversations among a team of community members who hold... Continue reading
This blog is reposted from www.appliedmindfulnesstraining.org, where it appeared earlier this month. The author, Bill Brauer, is the resident shastri for Karmê Chöling, and will be teaching Shambhala Training Levels... Continue reading
From the book “Natural Wakefulness,” by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson. Let’s begin with Natural Wakefulness and its connection with the path of meditation. In meditation retreats over the years, I’ve been... Continue reading
Mudra’s work is the work of ‘Now’. Mudra’s experiential fruition can point to a way for us to remain stable in the full experience of this living, continuously moving dot... Continue reading
6/26/20 Update: Two solitary cabin retreatants have arrived at Karmê Chöling and our practicing in the Retreats Area at Karmê Chöling. Following policies developed by KCL’s COVID-19 Task Force, which... Continue reading
Like every Shambhala Center in the mandala, Karmê Chöling continues to be challenged by financial realities brought on by a loss in participants and the impact of a worldwide pandemic. ... Continue reading
Mudra practice aims to give us glimpses of full-bodied experience that is not colored by our conventional or habitual biases. Practitioners know that it can open them into new insights... Continue reading
April 26, 2020, Bali, Indonesia Dear Friends: At this time, speaking on behalf of myself and my co-directors, Acharya Suzann Duquette and Greg Heffron, I welcome your participation... Continue reading
Please join members of the Karme Choling community via Zoom for a special Shambhala Sadhana Household Dinner on Thursday, May 7, beginning at 5:30pm Eastern. First, we’ll practice the Shambhala... Continue reading
Mudra can provide us with confidence to see through confused experience and provide stability for our intelligence, which in turn can lead us to taste a sense of vastness beyond... Continue reading
The Foragers is a group of ten practitioners who are interested in resiliency in the face of environmental crisis. This group includes neighbors who have connections to Vermont’s web of... Continue reading
From Head Chef Jason Taylor and our Karmê Chöling kitchen to yours … Ingredients1 onion, diced into small cubes5 cloves of garlic, minced5 leaves of kale, rough chop½ c vodka1... Continue reading
How are centers staying connected in the time of social distancing? How are they serving their communities? “City centers are stepping up and doing their own thing” said Shambhala... Continue reading
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