Norbu William Mckeever
Norbu William McKeever has been a student of Shambhala and Buddhism since 1972 when
he met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche while getting his degree in Buddhist
Studies at Yale. Immediately following graduation he moved
to Tail of the Tiger, now Karmê Chöling, to begin his dharma
study, practice and teaching. Norbu has served as director of
Karmê Chöling; Vice President of Naropa University
- where he coordinated the university’s successful accreditation
effort; faculty member of Naropa’s graduate department of contemplative
psychotherapy; Founding
Director of the Ryuko Kyudojo; Assistant Director of Education
for Nalanda Foundation; as well as a member of the Shambhala
Board of Directors under Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He has been
a member of the Shambhala Trust since its inception until 2002 and served as its chairman.
For ten years from 1992 to 2001 Norbu served as Director of Asian activities of the
prestigious New York based Asia Society, which educates Americans
about Asian cultures and contemporary affairs. While at Asia Society
he opened
regional offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila, Melbourne, San
Francisco and Seattle. He also led tours to Mongolia, Burma, Bhutan,
India, China,
and Central Asia. Most recently Norbu became a senior program advisor
to the Garrison Institute, a new ecumenical retreat and conference
center on
the Hudson River north of New York City.
Norbu has taught at many Seminary programs, from 1975 to the 2002 Vajrayana
Seminary as well as the full range of Shambhala programs, including
the first Warriors Assembly in Europe in the early 1990’s as well
as the 2003 Warrior’s Assembly at Shambhala Mountain Center. Norbu served as resident teacher at Shambhala
Mountain
Center from 2003 into 2005. He has always
been inspired by “the unique combination of wisdom streams that makes
the teachings and practices of the Shambhala mandala particularly effective
in this contemporary
world with all its challenges.” Another distinguishing characteristic
of the Shambhala mandala according to Norbu: "We practice a lot."
With former wife Berkley Johnson McKeever, who currently resides in New York City, he has three sons, Jonathan, 32, Edward, 25,and Montford, 22. Montford is on the curatorial staff at the Rubin Museum of Tibetan art in New York City and Edward recently completed his degree in fine arts at Bard College. A forth son Noah Davis, 32, is a member of the Kailua Hawaii Shambhala Center. Jonathan and his wife Pascale Roger McKeever are resident in Halifax along with Norbu's first grandchild, Mathilde.
Teaching Schedule
| 2008 |
| Jun 9 - 13 |
Karme Choling |
Acharya Retreat |
Books
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