Behind the scenes at the Shambhala Lineage Festival. This was my view from behind the computers!

An historic first for our Shambhala Community was the September 25th Shambhala Vow and Enlightened Society Vow ceremony held online. The idea was to unite the worldwide community and ignite planetary lungta by connecting together all at the same time! More than 3000 people around the world received these vows from the Sakyong, who was broadcast from Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Through the tremendous hard work and effort of many, people were able to recite the vows in their native tongue. Our executive director, Ms. Carolyn Mandelker, has heard from many groups and centres since the festival. They express their joy at having been included in this way, and many even asked that we have more worldwide events of this nature in the future.