More than 30 years ago, I saw the Dalai Lama on German TV, laughing and joking as he likes to do. And I was appalled. I wondered self-righteously how the exiled leader of a country in utter despair could be jolly and lighthearted while his people are suffering. Well, the reporter’s next question totally changed…
There’s an exciting workshop happening this weekend in Telluride. John Bruna, aka monk Chophel, will teach about mindfulness. As the Daily Om claims (which you can subscribe to for your morning e-infusion of wisdom), “Mindfulness is a learned skill that offers profound benefits in all situations”. For those who have not met John, let me…
At least a dozen words in this cloud describe pretty much the same thing: a feeling human beings have for one another, especially when they see someone else in need. And that is a really good sign! The feeling must be almost as important to us as snow is to the Inuit, who have more…
Twin events are headed to town to take place at Telluride’s Palm Theater and the historic Sheridan Opera House from July 18 – 22: The Telluride Institute’s Compassion Festival, “No Place like Home” and “The Science of Compassion,” a joint venture between the Institute and Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education,…
Telluride event highest level conference ever held on the science of compassion For the third year, the Telluride Institute and Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, (CCARE), join forces to investigate the science and global potential of compassion, altruism and meditation. The background for this muscular partnership between the Institute and…
Editor’s note: Telluride and Tibet: two places linked by alliteration and mountain cultures. Tibet was recently celebrated through the work of photographer Phil Borges, whose penetrating portraits of the country were on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art during Mountainfilm in Telluride. Rigzin Dolma gives insights into her culture through her music. Mountainfilm…
In July 2010 a group of red-robed monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery unpacked their cymbals and longhorns on the grass in front of Ophir Town Hall and blessed the whole valley with their eerie chanting and music. Last year, they returned to create an intricate sand mandala as part of the Telluride Institute‘s Compassion…