by gheffron | Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
We had an excellent weekend at Berkeley Shambhala Center, with sixteen participants going deep into the theme of “Confidence Beyond Concept.” Led by teacher Greg Heffron, this retreat examined how our focus on “conditional confidence” leaves us...
by Craig Smith | Jan 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
WAITING FOR THE DALAI LAMA: Mudra as “First-Person” Science Mind and Life Conference, Washington DC 6 pm, Nov. 9, 2005 The Dalai Lama is late after lunching with President Bush and Condi Rice. Thus, an unexpected gap has appeared in today’s agenda of the...
by gheffron | Oct 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
From 12/14/05 issue of The Bellingham Herald:
by Craig Smith | Sep 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
RETHINKING MUDRA Mudra Space Awareness is one the least practiced and understood of the traditions introduced by Trungpa Rinpoche in the 1970s. Now, three recent trends of Shambhala Buddhism help us to understand the meaning of this powerful practice and how it...
by Craig Smith | Sep 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
MUDRA SPACE AWARENESS: A RECOLLECTION By Craig Warren Smith BACKGROUND Craig Warren Smith teaching in 2005 In the period between 1972 and 1976, Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche developed a training program that eventually was called “Mudra Space Awareness”. The...
