{"article":{"id":208466,"heading":"Right Attitude and Right Conduct : A talk by His Eminence Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche","author":"kathy gronau","created":"2007-10-16 02:18:40","modified":"2013-11-11 00:49:59","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:49:59","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>&ldquo;The Buddha taught that there is no absolute set of rules for right and wrong,&rdquo; says Rinpoche.  &ldquo;Instead, people have the opportunity to pay closer attention to the consequences of our actions, thoughts and words. Through the clarity born in meditation, people learn what to accept and what to reject.&rdquo;   <br>  <br> His Eminence Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche is a master in the Zurmang (Surmang) Karma Kagy&uuml; lineage, with which the Shambhala community shares a close connection. The current and previous Gharwang Rinpoches have been instrumental in preserving and promoting the lineage of the Zurmang Kagy&uuml; in Tibet and around the world. <br>  <br> The Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles offers practice and study in the lineage of Shambhala Buddhism. It is part of Shambhala International, an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Ch&ouml;gyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.   The web site for more information is <a href=\"http:\/\/la.shambhala.org\">http:\/\/la.shambhala.org<\/a>.  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"kathy@creativepr.org","link":"http:\/\/la.shambhala.org\/program_detail.php?id=318","address":"963 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041","phone":"323-255-5472","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The Los Angeles Shambhala Meditation Center will present a public talk by Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche, known as a highly realized being in the Buddhist community, or a Tulku.  \r\nThe eminent lama will explore the question, \u201cWe are all trying to do the right thing, but how do we know what\u2019s really right? \u201c ","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/10\/208466.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":208502,"heading":"Red Rad Endorses Buddhist Posts as Strategically Valid Contributions","article":"Keep the flow...Buddhism is (1) very useful for street tactics - calm-\r\n(2) part of martial arts and (3) currently facing the State in Myanmar...","author":"Siddharthahimsananda","parent_id":208466,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-10-17 00:22:25","modified":"2007-10-17 00:22:25","fileurl":""}]}