Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more Shambhala Art programs focus on participant exploration, play and discovery. As an arts education program, Shambhala Art’s mission is to encourage the exploration of how meditation and contemplation works with the creative and viewing processes. See article

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more What is the Heart of Dharma Art? According to Jack Niland, “It is MANIFESTING the world…your world, my world, our world…an enlightened world. Why? Because this is what the universe does. It creates world systems from the elements and their stories from the skandhas. And the universe created … Continue →

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more “You don’t make art in Shambhala Art!” I have heard many other observations of Shambhala Art before as its director, but this one stopped my mind. I realized that it was true! We don’t make art in the Shambhala Art Program. But if we don’t make art, what … Continue →

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more Shambhala Art is not focused on any specific discipline and draws people from all walks of life—visual artists, performers, writers, therapists, attorneys, surgeons, actors, teachers, students and everyone interested in appreciating and celebrating the art and life all around us. See article

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more Bill Bothwell is one of those baby-boomer outlaw-poets who left the American heartland for western parts and ports. He experienced rock ‘n’ roll, radical politics, journalism and finally Buddhism. Under the influence of Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and poet Allen Ginsberg, Bill practiced his own musical poetry … Continue →

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more “Dharma art,” or Shambhala Art, is an idea coined by the late meditation master, Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche who founded Shambhala Buddhism. He taught that art as well as life is best as a continuation of meditation and contemplation. See article

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more March is Shambhala Art Month, and the spring equinox is Shambhala Art Day. Shambhala Art is the experience of meditation and contemplation with the creative processes. Steven Saitzyk who heads Shambhala Art International talks about Art, Meditation and the Creative Process in an interview by Melina Rothouse. See article

Shambhala Art coming to Providence May 1-3 See more You may know Lama Tsultrim Allione as the teacher of Feeding Your Demons, the founder of Tara Mandala Retreat Center, or an emanation of the Tibetan tantrika Machig Labdron. You may not know that she’s also a visionary painter. See article