Shambhala
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$100
![Shambhala Household Training]()
Sep 6 - 11, 2019 (6 days)We are delighted to offer the Shambhala Household Training residential retreat with the Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo at Dorje Denma Ling. Lady Diana will draw upon her experience creating court with the Druk Sakyong to guide participants in the practice of manifesting Court in their daily lives. Shambhala Household practice provides a guide for bringing Shambhala principles into our… -
Shambhala Organizations
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Akron Canton Shambhala Meditation Center is part of Shambhala, a global social movement to bring kindness, insight, meditation, and sacredness into…
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Shambhala Vision is rooted in the principle that every human being has a fundamental nature of basic goodness. This nature can be developed in daily…
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For over 40 years, the Shambhala Meditation Center of Denver has offered Coloradans the opportunity to work with their minds and hearts through…
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$100
![Shambhala Meditation Weekthun 2019]()
Aug 24 - Sep 1, 2019 (9 days)“Shambhala meditation is synchronizing with our own genuineness; it is the act of being. Through this process we discover reality with three gestures – feeling, being, and touching… the mind progressively develops strength and trust in basic goodness, finally reaching full saturation with its own understanding and experience. When we have a strong mind, no matter what thoughts occur,… -
$480
![Awakened Heart & Open Sky: Shambhala Training Levels IV & V]()
Jul 18 - 21, 2019 (4 days)Prerequisites: Shambhala Training Levels I, II, & III. Shambhala Training Levels IV and V are the concluding levels of the Heart of Warriorship program. These two levels provide a strong foundation in mindfulness-awareness meditation practice, emphasizing the development of genuine confidence, humor, and personal dignity within the complexity of daily life. Level IV: Awakened Heart When we… -
Shambhala Teachers
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Jane Arthur is the Minister of the Government Pillar for Shambhala, and sits on the Kalapa Council – the highest governing body of our…
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Ashe Acharya John Rockwell first met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1975 and entered the Buddhist and the Shambhala path. Over the many years of his…
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Pamela first encountered the Dharma at Tail of the Tiger (Karme Chöling Buddhist Contemplative Center) in Vermont in 1973. She has served as…
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$55
![Warrior Assembly 2019]()
Aug 7 - 18, 2019 (12 days)The Shambhala Office of Practice and Education and Dorje Denma Ling are pleased to offer Warrior Assembly for 2019. Building on Enlightened Society Assembly and the Sacred Path programs, Warrior Assembly introduces powerful practices and teachings on the Ashe principle. This Assembly focuses on how to develop fearlessness in engaging as a warrior in the world. The preparation required for Warrior… -
$100
![Nine-Day Mahamudra Retreat]()
Jun 21 - 30, 2019 (10 days)Restricted to Shambhala tantrikas, who have attended Vajrayana Seminary or Sacred World Assembly. Scorpion Seal practitioners will have the opportunity to do the SSA morning practices. Mahamudra, the “great seal,” is among the most profound streams of teaching and practice of Vajrayana Buddhism. Revered as a powerful support for all other tantric practices, it is also extremely simple and… -
$25
![Initial Educator Training]()
Jun 26 - Jul 1, 2019 (6 days)Space is limited to 30 people Sky Lake and Dr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls are pleased to offer this pilot training program for students who have a strong personal meditation practice and feel inspired and ready to help others on their meditative journeys. By completing this training, you prepare yourself to begin a practice of listening to, encouraging, and supporting new meditators on their practice… -
![Children’s Time at The Shambhala Centre]()
Ongoing“You are a flower. Every child is born in the garden of humanity as a flower. Each flower differs from every other flower” ~Thich Nhat Hanh – Each session we will use playful meditation techniques and work with themes through storytelling, conversation & art activity. Beginning in October, each month we will explore a new theme. Age 5 –… -
$55
![Scorpion Seal Assembly Year 4]()
Jul 5 - 16, 2019 (12 days)Prerequisites: To register for this retreat you must have attended and completed all practice requirements for Scorpion Seal Assembly Years 1, 2 and 3. It is not necessary to apply to the Shambhala Office of Practice and Education in order to attend Scorpion Seal Assembly Year 4. Tuition: $1,575.00 Tuition includes all meals but not accommodations. All prices are in Canadian currency.… -
$400
![Family Camp 2019]()
Jul 21 - 28, 2019 (8 days)Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with friends old and new at Dorje Denma Ling. In the mornings there will be engaging programs, arts and crafts for children, while parents and other family members have time for meditation practice, socializing, study, relaxation, contemplative walks, and more. In the afternoons and evenings, families can enjoy the beach,… -
$195
![Shambhala Mountain Center Meditation Retreat]()
Aug 30 - Sep 1, 2019 (3 days)From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind: Journeying Into Your Natural State of Mind through Meditation We are pleased to announce that Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will be returning to Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado in August/September 2019. Join renowned meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche for this special meditation retreat designed to take us through a progression of the… -
$3307
![Summer Kālachakra Study & Practice Intensive]()
Jul 7 - 12, 2019 (6 days)Robert Thurman brilliantly elucidates and vividly brings to life the many dimensions of the Kālachakra Tantra in this special series of study and practice Intensives. The 2019 Kālachakra Summer Intensive focuses on a special Kālachakra Mind Mandala sadhana practice which Dr. Thurman himself uses and deeply explores with all participants. This retreat is intended and reserved for those who have… -
![Dön Season Extra Sittings]()
OngoingThe Tibetan New Year, which we call Shambhala Day, is on Tuesday Feb 5. This time of year, towards the end of winter and before spring has arrived, is regarded as a time when it is good to face and do some housecleaning of obstacles and blockages that have accumulated during the old year. It is a time when obstacles tend to become more obvious and perhaps even come to a head. Looking at the world… -
$55
![Atlantic Regional Conference 2019]()
Oct 4 - 6, 2019 (3 days)Join us in a weekend celebration of the Shambhala sangha in the Atlantic provinces! Everyone is invited to this year’s Atlantic Regional Conference (ARC) at Dorje Denma Ling. Shambhala leaders, educators, kasung, members and friends will come together around this year’s theme: Shambhala in Atlantic Canada More a gathering of meditation practitioners with a connection to the Shambhala… -
$55
![The Golden Key]()
Aug 2 - 5, 2019 (4 days)Through exploring the depth of perception, one engages the elemental and magical strength inherent in the world around us. This extended weekend retreat presents the teachings from the Shambhala root text The Letter of the Golden Key. These teachings explore our relationship to the “material world” through our sense perceptions. We will learn the practice of enriching presence—the ability… -
$1308
![Shamans & Siddhas: Meeting at the Crossroads of Shamanism & Tantra]()
Oct 3 - 6, 2019 (4 days)This retreat focuses on the traditions of the “psychonauts,” explorers of the subtle realms of dream, death, and all “between” states. Such people are known as “shamans” in indigenous traditions and as “siddhas” or “adepts” in Buddhist and Hindu Tantric traditions. Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. joins Robert A.F. Thurman in exploring the deep and vast dimensions of these traditions,… -
$55
![Celebrating the Vajrayana]()
Sep 13 - 19, 2019 (7 days)The vajrayana teachings are renowned for providing the strongest medicine in times of the greatest confusion. But it’s also during these times that practices such as invoking the deity, resting in the nature of mind, or engaging in sacred perception can feel very remote. Throughout this five-day retreat, we will explore how wrathful, peaceful, and effortless vajrayana methods “touch the… -
$168
![Chöd Training & Practice: Severing Attachments to Obstacles]()
Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2019 (5 days)Chöd is a powerful Vajrayana practice founded by Machik Lapdron in 11th century Tibet that couples Buddhist philosophy with indigenous Tibetan shamanic traditions. Chöd literally means “cutting” — cutting through our obscurations, cutting ego-grasping and fixation and then offering our entire being to pacify the suffering of all beings. It is also valued as a special… -
$100
![Traditional Yoga: The Full View Relative to Us]()
Sep 27 - 30, 2019 (4 days)The typical public perception of Yoga has shifted significantly in recent years, such that we can say there is a great difference between the approach of “traditional yoga” as compared to “modern yoga.” The starting point of most classes, books, articles, websites and blogs on Yoga are so different from traditional Yoga of the ancient sages. To the ancients, Yoga is a… -
$400
![Private Personal Solo Retreat]()
OngoingPlease come enjoy the sacred garden oasis in Casa Werma where the basic goodness of human activity and society meets the tranquility of a garden-based retreat. Private, personal retreat gives you the opportunity to settle into meditation practice and contemplation free from the distractions of daily life, and in doing so, deepen your experience of progress on the path. The schedule you follow on… -
$100
![Kyudo: The Way of the Bow]()
Sep 13 - 15, 2019 (3 days)Through Kyudo one can learn to live beyond hope and fear… how to be. – Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche This retreat will be taught by Sam West, ‘Somo’ of Kozan Kyudojo. Kyudo integrates technical skill with the development of a completely focused and disciplined mind. Influenced by Shintoism and Zen, it is a path of self-development and meditation… -
$2900
![Mahamudra Retreat: Cultivating Stillness and Insight]()
Oct 16 - Nov 17, 2019 (33 days)“Mahamudra is a situation in which a person’s state of mind can be completely transformed by two factors: devotion and practice.” – Chögyam Trungpa; Mahàmudrà: Volume Three. The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, p 159. “If you want your mind to rest, you must hold your body in the meditation posture.” – Düsum Khyenpa; The Ocean of Definitive… -
$295
![Scorpion Seal 10 Gathering of the Clan]()
Sep 19 - 24, 2019 (6 days)All SSA10 graduates are invited to join us at Dorje Denma Ling for five full days of Scorpion Seal 10 practice, study and discussion. This will be a self-staffed program with a relaxed schedule so that there is plenty of time to reflect, enjoy the elements, good company, and of course… delicious food. Evenings can be planned according to your inspiration. Schedule Thursday, September… -
![Educator Gathering]()
Jul 8, 2019 (1 day)Sky Lake is pleased to host a gathering with Acharya Arawana Hayashi and local Shambhala educators. Those who have been through Initial Educator Training, Guide Training or SPMI training are warmly invited to be community with other local educators. Acharya Hayashi will lead us in an evening exploring what our roles are as educators and what interest there is to create offerings at Sky Lake.… -
$200
![Four Dharmic Paths of Investigating Whiteness and Racism]()
Oct 11 - 13, 2019 (3 days)This weekend will offer an introductory investigation of race, whiteness, and systemic racism for meditation practitioners who identify as white, providing a foundation from which white-identified meditators can begin the path of exploring their own social conditioning and cultivating tools to support them in confronting systemic racism and oppression in our society. The workshop incorporates the… -
$100
![Enriching Fire Offering Weekend]()
Nov 22 - 24, 2019 (3 days)Join us at Dorje Denma Ling for a truly enriching experience. The best way to finish our 2019 Program Season! Open to Vajrayogini sadhakas who have completed an Amending Fire Offering, this is a rare opportunity to engage in fire-offering practice for a weekend. Twelve years ago, Sakyong MiphamRinpoche gave us his blessing and permission to do this practice as a “rite-of-aid”… -
$731
![Rigden Ngöndro Instructor Training Registration]()
Oct 11 - 14, 2019 (4 days)The Rigden Ngöndro Instructor Training is designed to help Meditation Instructors who provide support for students doing the Primordial Rigden Ngöndro. We will work particularly with the view as it has been taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche to students beginning with the 1999 Seminary and the practice of the Primordial Rigden Ngöndro as begun at the 2004 Vajrayana Seminary. The program… -
![Kado: The Way of Flowers]()
OngoingAn introduction to flower arranging with Gala Sly For further information and to arrange for a small group session between September 8 and October 20, contact Gala directly at galasly@fastmail.net or text 250-354-3421. -
$903
![Limitless Ayatanas: Scorpion Seal and Werma Practice Intensive]()
Mar 17 - 24, 2020 (8 days)Discovering the Sacredness of Sense Perceptions through the Werma Sadhana In some religious traditions, sense perceptions are regarded as problematic, because they arouse worldly desires. However, in the Shambhala tradition, which is a secular tradition rather than a religious one, sense perceptions are regarded as sacred. They are regarded as basically good. They are a natural gift, a… -
$903
![Women’s Wisdom Weekthun]()
Jan 25 - Feb 1, 2020 (8 days)We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same. * * * Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. ~~Ani Pema Chodron This retreat is for women to come together in a beautiful setting surrounded by lush gardens to experience deep meditation practice, sacred community and creative expression. We will have the opportunity… -
$903
![Yeshe Tsogyal: The Inseparable Union of Feminine and Masculine Principles]()
Feb 29 - Mar 7, 2020 (8 days)Yeshe Tsogyal is said to embody Great Equality; the capacity to open to both Samsara and Nirvana equally. This non-biased manifestation is of the essence of the feminine principle which cannot be explored separately from the masculine principle. These two divine principles are alive in all of us. Yeshe Tsogyal provides us an ancestral example of wisdom realization and protection for all who…
