Bhutan and Gross National Happiness This movie date has been moved to Nov 22nd The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan wakes each day to millions of prayer flags with messages of peace and happiness carried on the wind around the world. … Continue reading →
Programme: WBU Sunday Forum Topic: “Is there Buddhist Wisdom hidden in Gross National Happiness” Date & Time: November 2,B.E. 2551(2008) 12.00-13.30P.M. Speaker: Hans van Willenswaard About the Speaker & Topic Hans van Willenswaard was born in the Netherlands; He … Continue reading →
Please double check the information below by phoning the via their website, as we can’t guarantee other group’s events – things get cancelled, postponed, or times changed. Most Saturdays the Bangkok branch of the Shambhala Group meets for meditation and … Continue reading →
Upcoming event, Wednesday 29th October 2008: “Geography of Thought” How Asians and Westerners Think Differently This curious little book is written by psychologist Richard E. Nisbett and serves as a manual on the different cognitive processes that we can loosely … Continue reading →
Samsara sucks! Yet it is human nature to try and make sense of it all. Psychologist George Kelly, who invented the psychological model of ‘constructs’ pointed out that people don’t mind suffering and hardship so much if they have a … Continue reading →
A recent tale you might call karma, or justice … Burglar got stuck in lift A German thief was sunk after he got stuck in the lift of an office block he’d just burgled. Heinrich Klopp, 27, had raided an … Continue reading →
Notes for the final talk at Wat Yannawa 2008. Topic : Karma Sanskrit = Karma Pali = kamma But the word kama (with a long ‘a’ sound) means sense desire – usually referring to lust. This is where we get … Continue reading →
A great event coming up on October 8th 2008 : The Shambhala Legend of Enlightened Society: Words of Wisdom for a World at War With Richard Reoch Wednesday October 8th, 2008 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Free of charge and … Continue reading →