Moh Hardin

Acharya Moh Hardin

Moh Hardin was born in South Carolina on April 10, 1944. The son of a Methodist minister, Moh grew up in the church. After graduating from Duke University with a B.A. in music, and completing alternative service as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, Moh dropped out and became a hippie. At the time, Moh considered himself an independent thinker who would never have a teacher. That was before an encounter with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche changed his mind: "His words were true to my experience...and he had nothing in it for himself."

After helping establish the Berkeley Dharmadhatu, Moh served there as education coordinator until he was invited in 1979 to work in the Karme Choling practice and study department. In 1984, Moh and his family moved to Nova Scotia and set up an herb farm. After Moh's wife Judith was diagnosed with cancer, they decided to move into Halifax. The years between '87 and '90 were marked by Judith's journey toward death, a sad journey that was also inspiring because of the warriorship that Judith embodied.

Moh served as Director of the Halifax Shambhala Centre from 1991 to 2001. Currently he serves as Regional Acharya for the Atlantic Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, and the states of Texas and Louisiana. He visits the Shambhala Centers in these regions regularly, teaching and working with students.

In 1996, Moh married Cynde Grieve, and they live quite happily in Halifax with Justin, Cecily, and Cynde's son, Evan. When Moh reflects on his dharma training, he thinks first of his good fortune to be able to attend six Vajradhatu Seminaries, as both student and teacher, where he was able to train directly under the guidance of Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Says Moh, "It doesn't matter whether you are a participant or staff, you still go through the journey."


Teaching Schedule

2012
Jan 13 Houston, TX A Little Book of Love -Public Talk/ Book Signing
Jan 14 Houston, TX A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Jan 15 Houston, TX Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Jan 17 Houston, TX Interviews/ Vows (TBA)
Jan 20 Lafayette, Louisiana A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Jan 21 Lafayette, Louisiana A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Jan 22 Lafayette, Louisiana Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Jan 24 Lafayette, Louisiana Interviews/ Vows (TBA)
Jan 29 Austin, TX Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Feb 3 San Antonio, TX A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Feb 4 San Antonio, TX A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Feb 5 San Antonio, TX Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Feb 7 San Antonio, TX Interviews/ Refuge Vow & Bodhisattva Vow
Feb 15 Austin, TX A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Feb 15 - 16 Austin, TX Interviews
Feb 17 Austin, TX Refuge Vow & Bodhisattva Vows
Feb 18 Austin, TX A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Feb 22 Dallas, TX Shambhala Day
Feb 24 Dallas, TX A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Feb 25 Dallas, TX A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Feb 26 Dallas, TX Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Feb 27 Dallas, TX Interviews / Refuge Vow
Mar 4 Austin, TX Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Mar 5 - 11 Austin, TX Vajrayana City Retreat "Relaxation, Realization, & the Three Courts"
Mar 17 - 18 Houston, TX Shambhala Lineage Festival
Apr 2 - 8 St. Johns, Newfoundland Annual Retreat (Topic TBA)
Apr 13 Sydney, NS A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Apr 14 Sydney, NS A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Apr 15 Sydney, NS Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
Apr 21 St Margaret's Bay, NS A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Apr 27 - May 4 Shambhala Mountain Center Acharya Retreat with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
May 11 Fredericton, NB A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
May 12 Fredericton A Little Book of Love - Workshop
May 13 Fredericton Community Gathering: Discovering Basic Goodness: Beginner's Mind
May 19 Mahone Bay, NS A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Jun 1 Halifax, NS A Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing
Jun 2 Halifax A Little Book of Love - Workshop
Jun 3 Halifax Bodhsattva Vow
Jun 24 - Jul 8 Dorje Denma Ling Enlightened Society Assembly
Jul 20 - 31 Dorje Denma Ling Scorpion Seal Retreat III / Scorpion Seal Retreat IV
Oct 10 - 21 Dorje Denma Ling Atlantic Regional Conference

 

Past Topics

Ngondro Intensive

Werma Intensive
Heart Sutra program
Lineage & Devotion program
"The Chariot of Windhorse" program
"Four Foundations of Mindfulness"
Refuge & Bodhisattva Vows
"9 Stages of Shamatha"
"Supplication to the Shambhala Lineage" program
"Ego and Egolessness " program
"The Four Limitless Ones " program
"The Three Jewels " program
Meditation on the Buddha's Path
Vajrayana Program Freedom from Hope and Fear
Skillfull Means and Wisdom on the Boddhisattva Path
Weekend program: Living in a Living World
Public talk: Being Your Own Best Friend
Little Book of Love - Public Talk/ Book Signing, and workshop

 


Books

New "A little Book of Love: Heart Advice fro Bringing Happiness to Ourselves and Our World" (Shambhala 2011)
A Little Book of Love

Contributor to Right Here with You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships, edited by Andrea Miller and the editors of the Shambhala Sun (Shambhala 2011)