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Shambhala Art Part III: Brunswick, ME

with Rebekah Younger and Lisa Stanley

Sat February 4th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun February 5th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Price: $140 (* $15.00 Material Fee included in each price.)

Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Parts I & II

In Room(s): Brunswick

There is such a thing as unconditional expression that does not come from self or other.  It manifests out of nowhere like mushrooms in a meadow, like hailstones, like thundershowers.
– Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

The creative process can be a form of meditation in action. Artists do this naturally when they are called by a blank piece of paper, an empty stage, an idle instrument, or an unplanted garden, and they allow inspiration to naturally arise out of that space.

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Shambhala Art Part 1: Palm Beach, FL

with Rebekah Younger and Brett Ferrigan

Sat March 10th: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sun March 11th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Fee: $45
Palm Beach Shambhala Meditation Center

Part One – Coming to Your Senses

Without seeing things as they are, it is hard to create art. Our perceptions are obscured and our mind is not fresh, so making art becomes a troubled, futile process by which we’re trying to create something based on concept.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

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Shambhala Art Part 3: Baltimore, MD

with Judy Bond and Joseph Mauricio

Baltimore Shambhala Meditation Center

Fri March 16th: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Sat March 17th: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sun March 18th: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

In Room(s): Main Shrine Room

Part III: The Creative Process

The eye of desire dirties and distorts.  Only when we desire nothing, only when our gaze becomes pure contemplation, does the soul of things (which is beauty) open itself to us. 
– Hermann Hesse

There is such a thing as unconditional expression that does not come from self or other.  It manifests out of nowhere like mushrooms in a meadow, like hailstones, like thundershowers.
– Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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Shambhala Art Part IV: Power of Display: Brunswick, ME

with Rebekah Younger and Lisa Stanley

Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part III

Sat March 24th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun March 25th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price: $140 (* $15.00 Material Fee included in each price.)

In Room(s): Brunswick

In Part Four we focus on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air (wind), and space, and how they form a Gestalt, or mandala.  Exploring the nature of these elements, we also learn about ourselves. our unique means of expression and how in spite of all our differences there is some universality to our communication in spite of our differences.

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Shambhala Art: Parts 1 & 2 – Austin, TX

with Lynn Wolfe 

Sat March 24th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun March 25th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price: $90.00

Austin Shambhala Meditation Center
In Room(s): Main Shrine Room

The practice of dharma art is a way to use our lives to communicate without confusion the primordial and magical nature of what we see, hear, and touch. – Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Shambhala Art celebrates sacred arts and the root of its connection in an enlightened society. It is a five part series integrating contemplation and meditation relevant to artists and those who love the arts. It utilizes exercises that can be put into practice within any artistic discipline. The teachings are about discovery and play and the universal nature of creativity and communication.

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Visual Dharma – Video Class: Maine

Brunswick Portland Shambhala Meditation Center

7 Mondays, 7-9 pm
Dates: April 9th, April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th, May 7th, May 14th, May 21st
Price: $30

In Room(s): Brunswick

An opportunity to view and discuss video talks, by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, on the artist’s state of mind and how to bring the view of  basic goodness to art’s practice and appreciation. He demonstrates his approach through ikebana, calligraphy and discusses poetry with Allen Ginsberg among other artists in the audience.  This is a chance to hear and see the founder of Shambhala Training apply Shambhala principles to the creative arts.

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Shambhala Art Parts 4 & 5: Baltimore, MD

Fri May 11th: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Sat May 12th: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sun May 13th: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Baltimore Shambhala Meditation Center

In Room(s): Main Shrine Room

Part IV: The power of Display

The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away.  It is always on his doorstep.
– Paul Strand

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Shambhala Art Part V: Brunswick, ME

with Lisa Stanley and Rebekah Younger

Fri May 18th: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sat May 19th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sun May 20th: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Price: $150 (* $25.00 Material Fee included in each price.)
Prerequisite: Shambhala Art Part IV.
In Room(s): Brunswick

Four of the five elements not only describe our world and our experience, but they offer actions to work with the gap between inspiration and manifestation: Pacifying (water), Enriching (earth), Magnetizing (fire), and Destroying (wind). These four actions are used in everyday life, as well as the creative process, can be skillfull means for compassionate action and pure expression transforming obstacles into challenges and negativity into greater vision and truth.

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