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Saturday, March 25 & Saturday, April 8, 2023

11:00am – 7:15pm Eastern Time

About This Course:

Discover (or rediscover!) the Shambhala Path and come to Warriors Assembly in 2023! The Sacred Path is a series of workshops and teachings where you can deepen your meditation practice, connect with your heart and others, and learn how to meet the challenges of daily life with compassion and bravery.  

Shambhala Online is offering the entire Sacred Path series of retreats up to the “Golden Key” retreat in 2022 and 2023. Take each workshop for the first time or retake the Sacred Path and renew your connection to these timely teachings!

Required Text: ‘The Dignities of Shambhala Sourcebook’

Please be sure to purchase the required text at the link above prior to the beginning of the course.

Outrageous, March 25, 2023 and Inscrutable, April 8, 2023

These fruitional dignities refer to the extraordinary skill of a practiced warrior. No longer afraid of making mistakes, the unconventional and visionary perspective of the outrageous warrior combines with the skill of spontaneous inscrutability to create benefit for others on a large scale.

If you have taken the Sacred Path courses in the past, whether last year or decades ago, why not take the time to refresh your understanding by immersing yourself in these precious teachings that are core to who we are as a community and hear some of our most senior teachers speak to these teachings and our paths as peaceful warriors and meditators.

About the Sacred Path Series:

The Sacred Path is a series of teachings for those who’ve completed Shambhala Training Levels I-V. It introduces further practices to develop warriorship and extend the student’s training in meditation. These practices are based on a societal vision and aspiration to help the world. This training cultivates one’s dignity and natural gifts in order to widen one’s sphere of compassionate and practical influence. 

During a series of visionary experiences that took place between 1976 and 1980, Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche wrote down what became known as the Shambhala terma, a series of texts. The Sacred Path of the Warrior is based on these texts and on the extensive commentaries Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche gave on these teachings and on how to practice them in modern times.

What to expect: 

– Daily talks by the Senior Teacher
– Guided meditation sessions
– A lot of meditation practice
– Time to gather and converse
– Opportunity to meet with a meditation instructor
– Specially produced cinematography for each weekend
– Additional free talks by senior teachers between each intensive
– Additional opportunities to gather virtually as a community between each course

Regsitration & Pricing

**If registering as a Centre/Group, please register here

No one will be turned away due to financial considerations. That being said, the pricing below allows us to pay for the production of these programs, which is more robust than you might imagine. Shambhala forms in a unique virtual environment. With that in mind, we’ve tried to create a pricing structure that is not cost-prohibitive, but makes it possible for anyone to attend.

Individuals

1. If you are a member of a Shambhala Centre or Group:
Check with a centre or group leader in your local community to see if they are offering the online Sacred Path, and how you can register with them directly. 

2. If you are a solo practitioner or if your Centre or Group is not offering this Shambhala Online series: Not to worry. You are fully held within this unique meditation practice space. You can register as an individual and get the full experience. In fact, we are building these retreats especially for you. A space to practice, listen, share, and explore your world through the eyes of meditation.

Individual Pricing

$149 per Level – helping Shambhala thrive price
$216 per Level – scholarship sponsor price – this directly sponsors a meditator in need

$79 scholarship price per Level – we use sponsor money to fund these retreatants’ registration

Purchase Required Materials from Kalapa Media separately:  ‘The Dignities of Shambhala Sourcebook’

Further Scholarship – apply here for a further break on the program price.

Centre/Group Pricing and Affiliate Program

If registering as a Centre/Group, please register here

Centre – all 5 Retreats – $2000 
Centre – single Retreat- $499
Group – all 5 Retreats – $1500
Group – single Retreat – $350

**Centres or groups – we hope that this pricing represents a real value for you and your members. Centres and groups that need a break on this pricing, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Andy at Registrar@shambhalaonline.org to discuss your needs. We will find the pricing structure that works best for you, even if it means thinking outside the box. It is important that you and your members are able to participate fully and without worry in these times.

Affiliate Opportunities for Centres and Groups

If your Center/Group does not want to register with Shambhala Online, you can still capture revenue by becoming an Affiliate. This option is recommended for small Centers with a limited number of potential participants. Affiliates will receive 20% of the program price paid by each participant who registers via your Center’s registration links.

 

Contact Andy at [email protected] with any additional questions about being an affiliate.

The Sacred Path courses will be translated to a variety of languages. Please reach out to [email protected] if you need interpretation, so we can make arrangements.

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Live Sessions: Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8 & 15 from 7:00-9:00pm EST

This program offers an introductory investigation of race, whiteness, and systemic racism for meditation practitioners who identify as white, providing a foundation from which white 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 follows the path of the Four Dignities, a central element of the Shambhala teachings and framework for the meditator’s journey. Integrating Dharma teachings and embodied contemplative practices with material from the study of race, peacebuilding, and history, we will employ these teachings as a guide for how we can show up with fearlessness and gentleness to address racism in our community and society. We will invite curiosity and concerns about racism and create opportunities to increase our awareness of what we as white people often don’t see in ourselves and in our communities.

Meditation Experience: This course is for people who have an established meditation practice in any lineage of meditation and who identify as white.

Why a class for white people?

In creating a more awake society, we all have a responsibility to apply the dharma to addressing suffering in our world. This includes white-identified meditators investigating their own social conditioning as white people and how this impacts people of color in our communities and society at large. Many people of color throughout the Shambhala community and other meditation communities have urged white people to do this important work in a setting that does not burden people of color with being the educators. We offer this course in that spirit.

For more information on the reasons for conducting some racial justice and awareness work in an affinity group among people identified with the same race, check out the following resources below. 

Resources:

• In Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out, African American Buddhist teacher, author and educator Ruth King recommends exploring “the ignorance and innocence of our racial conditioning and racial character with those of our same race” in what she calls “racial affinity groups.”“ 
• On pp. 204-206 of her international bestseller Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (2017), Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum discusses the importance of creating spaces for white people to meet in white-only groups to educate themselves about issues of race and white identity. Dr. Tatum is president emerita of Spelman College, a historically black women’s liberal arts college. 
• The organization White Awake, whose multi-racial advisory council includes meditation teachers Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Tara Brach, offers lengthy discussions of the value of white people meeting together to investigate whiteness and racism. 

This article in The Arrow Journal by Shambhala Educator, Alex Vlasic is an excellent read on How White Caucuses Contribute to Racial Justice.

Still have questions or curiosity? Don’t hesitate to reach out.

About the Teachers

Gabe Dayley has designed and led dharma workshops to examine whiteness and racism, to investigate toxic masculinity, and to address our personal and collective ecological footprint. He currently works on climate action in local government, with a focus on ensuring that strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation are equitable, inclusive, and just. Gabe also founded and edits The Arrow Journal, which investigates applications of contemplative wisdom traditions to confronting pressing social and ecological challenges. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the DC Shambhala Center, and was raised in the Shambhala tradition by students of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Gabe received a master’s degree in international peace and conflict resolution from American University, where he focused on the application of conflict transformation to addressing environmental harm.

Alison Pepper, LCSW, has been studying and practicing meditation and Buddhism as a part of the NY Shambhala community since 2006. Her social justice work began in high school and anti-racist work deepened in grad school at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter in NYC. Today Alison mixes her passions for art, body work, social justice and meditation in her NY therapy office as a Buddhist psychotherapist. She continues to co-facilitate a monthly white group with fellow Racial Justice and Dharma warriors (check us out if your interested in knowing more https://www.rjdharma.org/home ). When Alison isn’t in the shrine room or therapy office you will find her outside, playing with friends or home with her sweet cat Pickles!

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Program Description: 

In this time of COVID-19, when death suddenly becomes so apparent, there is no better time to explore the meaning and practice of bravery where we often encounter fear, grief, anxiety and uncertainty.

Impermanence and change in general, and the idea of death in particular, are moments fraught with difficulty but also filled with deep potential. Buddhist teachings say that times of transition – intermediary times known as “bardo” – are moments when we can experience enormous freedom and possibility, but what we usually do is freeze and resist.

This recorded course provides instructions and practices to work with death and dying as they manifest throughout our lives. The talks and other course content will be available immediately after enrollment.

 

Course Topics

Talk 1: The All-Pervasive Groundlessness of Existence

Talk 2: Hold Your Seat

Talk 3: The Bardos

Talk 4: What Happens After We Die

Talk 5: Preparing for the Bardos

 

About Eric Spiegel

    

Eric Spiegel has been teaching the Shambhala Dharma since the mid 1970s.  During the AIDS epidemic, Eric Spiegel became a spiritual guide to many friends and students who were dying, working with people through the unknown months or years of gradual dissolution of their life, and the transition through death. 

Through this process–the contemplation of his own impermanence and the work with others as they went through the unpredictable dying process–his connection to these teachings has been intimate. 

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Please note: This “open enrollment” course may be completed on your own schedule. The course is open to all.

Shambhala Art Part I:  Coming To Your Senses

This program is available to you whether or not you consider yourself an artist or a meditator. The Shambhala Art teachings celebrate art that springs from the meditative mind. They remind us to appreciate the uniqueness of everyday sensory experience, the art of everyday life. Seeing the simplicity and brilliance of “things as they are” provides the ground for genuine creativity, which is the expression of non-aggression. 

In part one of the five-part Shambhala Art curriculum, we develop meditation as the ground for all creative endeavors. Through a sequence of experiential exercise, we glimpse our capacity for spontaneous creative expression that is independent of agenda or forced cleverness. These glimpses provide the initial confidence that we can rest with ourselves and our world. According to the Shambhala Art teachings, resting with ourselves and our world is the ground for the creative process.

We cover the following topics in Shambhala Art Part 1:

• Learning the value of slowing down and establishing a practice of shamatha meditation
• Understanding the concepts of “felt sense” and “thought sense,” and how allowing felt sense to proceed thought sense allows us to have deeper and more authentic experiences
• Learning to appreciate the vividness of experience and trusting our “first thought, best thought.”

About the Teachers

Steve Saitzyk is a student of the Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and the Kongma Sakyong II, Mipham Rinpoche; International Director of Shambhala Art; Adjunct Professor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (one of the leading art colleges in North America); painter with numerous showings and collections; and a world- renowned expert on artist’s materials. He attended many of the Vidyadhara’s early lectures on dharma art, attended the Vidyadhara’s Buddhist Seminaries, and has practiced and taught meditation for more than forty years. Steve has also consulted and lectured on meditation, Dharma Art, Shambhala Art, Vajrayana Buddhism and its iconography, Tibetan art, symbolism, as well as on the materials used to create both Asian painting and art of the western world. Following the passing of the Vidyadhara and with the Sakyong’s support and guidance, Steve helped to establish Shambhala Art.

 

Anne Saitzyk is an artist, serves as Director of Contemplative Arts at Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles and co-founded Contemplative Creativity Lab. She received her MFA in painting from Claremont Graduate University and her BFA in illustration from Art Center College of Design. She met the Shambhala Buddhist dharma through the Dharma Art program in 1997 and is Assistant Director of the international Shambhala Art program. She has been teaching painting and drawing at Art Center College of Design Extension (ACX) since 1994 and occasionally teaches in other parts of the world.

 

Stuart Rice is a Shambhala Art teacher and the Director of Communication for Shambhala Art. He works closely with both Anne and Steve to bring these rich teachings to the online space. In addition to his role with Shambhala Art, Stuart is a director for digital initiatives in Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

 

When does the class meet?

The course is asynchronous: you may view the recorded talks at your convenience. The recommended schedule is to view one talk each week and complete the associated readings and exercises in the module. There are 6 modules. The course facilitators will interact with the course on a weekly basis to support all learners, and we strongly encourage you to respond to and engage with your fellow course participants.

Registration Options 

• Individual rate: $149.
• Patrons: $199. The Patron rate supports our efforts to connect teachers and learners through online programs. In particular, it helps us offer the generosity policy to those in need.
• Centers: $399.
• Groups: $299.

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Generosity Policy

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Sunday Gatherings are live every week at 3:00 p.m. EST

Donations are welcome! 

Join Roland Cohen for a Milarepa Day themed Shambhala Sunday Gathering. Milarepa Day is on March 6 and is traditionally a day when practitioners gather together to practice, recognize the remarkable life of Milarepa, and read from The Rain of Wisdom which contains the stories and songs of realization of the great masters of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. During this gathering, Roland will guide practice, speak about the life of Milarepa (considered to be the greatest yogi/saint of Tibet) and share some reading from The Rain of Wisdom. Participants are welcome to bring excerpts from their favorite Milarepa songs to share during the discussion period. 

About the Teacher

Roland Cohen has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1973.  He is a former Resident Director of Shambhala Training in Boulder CO and former Resident Teacher for the Shambhala Centres in New Zealand. He lives, teaches, hikes and writes in Boulder CO. 

About Sunday Gatherings

Please join us every Sunday for an online gathering of the Shambhala community worldwide. This online space is a place where we can practice meditation together, hear dharma teachings from a featured guest teacher, learn more about the activities of incredible people in our sangha, engage in discussion – and connect with one another, our community, and our hearts.

Sunday Gatherings are produced by Shambhala Global Services and hosted by Shambhala Online. 

Sunday Gatherings are presented in English and are live every week at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

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Make A Donation
These events are offered free of charge to Shambhala members. Please consider making a donation to support the presenters and production staff that make Sunday Gatherings possible, please click here

Registration

Register for each upcoming talk. A Zoom link will be sent to you after registration and you may find it in My Courses and Programs after logging into Shambhala.org. 

Questions? Email [email protected] 

Translations

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A Self-Paced Retreat with Sabine Rolf

Discover or rediscover your connection to meditation – and to yourself. This self-paced retreat is a powerful way to reconnect with our minds and hearts, and to open up to ourselves and our experience in a way that is more connected, caring, and kind.

Life can be chaotic, with increasing demands on our time and attention. We are stressed by our own and other’s expectations, and struggle to accomplish everything we need to do. The Learn to Love Yourself course offers an antidote to our constant busyness and frustration. In this course we will connect with our soft hearts, into our inspiration and creativity and leave feeling more alive and refreshed.

If you have never meditated before, you will be given clear instructions on how to meditate, and be guided through how to develop a regular meditation practice. If you are a seasoned meditator, this self-paced retreat offers the opportunity to slow down and reconnect to the simplicity of meditation practice. There will also be exercises designed to open our minds and hearts to the beauty and power of being in the moment.

Talks themes throughout the course include:

• Making Friends With Yourself

• Working With Anxiety & Difficult Emotions

• Developing Confidence and Trust In Yourself

This course is ideal for first time meditators and for anyone wanting to develop a deeper relationship with themselves and the world around them.

 

Full Tuition: $199

Subsidized Scholarship Tuition: $149

Center Tuition: $299

If you require additional financial assistance, please contact: [email protected]  

 

Register now and discover a whole new relationship to yourself! 

 

About the Teacher:

Sabine Rolf is a senior teacher and has been practicing meditation and contemplation in the Kagyu and Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist lineages and in the Shambhala lineage for more than 20 years. She teaches internationally about Buddhism, Shambhala, Contemplative Psychology,  Maitri Space Awareness, and Mindful Communication. Sabine studied Philosophy and German Literature in Hamburg andworks in leadership teams in Adult Education and Preventive Environmental Protection. She lives in the countryside in Germany.  

 

 

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PLEASE NOTE: This course is offered as “pay-what-you-can”. Above are the suggested donation amounts. For more information, see Registration Options at the bottom of this page. 

Buddhism has a long history of engaging the topic of gender and sexuality in ways that were innovative and inclusive for their times and also androcentric (male centered) in nature. We can both learn from Buddhist teachings and recognize certain limitations with respect to gender configurations in sanghas, past and present. Topics include: the liberation stories of Buddhist women at different times and places across Asia, the deconstruction of gender binaries and striking representations of gender fluidity in Mahayana literature, the feminine principle and sexual ethics. In order to create a community that strives to foster safety for all its members, we could learn more about what Buddhism has to say on these topics and what contemporary conversations can contribute. This will allow us to have more informed discussions about gender dynamics and harm prevention in Shambhala and co-create the ground for positive change.

 

Components to this course:

● Talks on Gender & Sexuality in the Three Yanas of Buddhism – A series of 30 minute pre-recorded talks (three per yana) by Professor Holly Gayley will provide an overview of gender and sexuality in Buddhist history, sharing stories and exploring shifts in view and practice across the three yanas or “vehicles” of Buddhism.

● Video Library of Key Concepts in Gender & Intersectionality – Guest Presenters will give 5-10 minute presentations on key concepts to help forge a shared understanding and vocabulary for discussions about gender dynamics and its intersections with other forms of social identity.

 

Gender dynamics are the ever-shifting norms and practices around gender and sexuality. The term dynamics points to the ways that gender is cultural and relational, learned through socialization and enacted in everyday interactions—through performing or resisting gender roles and sexual norms. As a result, cultural ideas about these change over time and across each generation. Gender is also dynamic to the extent that it intersects with other forms of social identity, including race, class, and sexual orientation. These dynamics play out in institutional patterns and interpersonal relationships in ways that range from affirming and positive, on the one hand, to harmful and damaging on the other. In order to promote cultural change and harm prevention in Shambhala, our community could understand more about gender dynamics. Please join us for this three-month journey of dharma exploration and community conversations.

 

About the Teacher

Holly Gayley is a scholar and translator of Buddhist literature in contemporary Tibet and Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research areas include gender and sexuality in Buddhist tantra, ethical reform in contemporary Tibet, and theorizing translation, both literary and cultural, in the transmission of Buddhist teachings to North America. Her most recent book is Inseparable Across Lifetimes: The Lives and Love Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche and Khandro Tāre Lhamo, and her new edited volume, Voices from Larung Gar: Shaping Tibetan Buddhism for the Twenty-First Century, is coming out in April 2021. For two decades, she has regularly led meditation workshops and retreats and serves as a senior teacher in the Shambhala tradition.

Guest Presenters include:

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At the end of the year and in times of difficulty, Vajrakilaya practice connects us with wrathful compassion in order to overcome obstacles and döns. Join us for recorded talks by Eve Rosenthal and guided Vajrakilaya practice.

Topics will include:

• Setting the motivation for practice
• The lineage and origin story of Vajrakilaya
• Compassion and wrathful practice
• The four kilas
• The relationship between Vajrakilaya and Ashe
• How this practice works with obstacles
• Guided practice of Vajrakilaya – the short practice by Mipham Rinpoche (1846–1912) that is done along with the Mamo chants. No lung is required. The text will be available within the course.

Prerequisite: Shambhala Vajrayana student

 

About the Teacher

 

Eve Rosenthal has been a senior teacher in Shambhala for many years, leading programs for the public as well as advanced practitioners. Her inspiration for offering this course is her strong connection to the Vajrakilaya lineage and practice. Founder of Shambhala Online, Eve has worked in the technology sector on Wall Street and as a university professor. She will be joining us from her home in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

About Our Courses

The Shambhala Online Advanced Studies courses are designed to support Vajrayana practitioners as they develop their practice and deepen their understanding between major programs. 

How Much Time Does it Take?

This course features video recordings and guided practice sessions. The course is self-paced; you can view the recordings at any time, as often as you like. 

Registration Options

Individual:  $49.  Patron: $99. The Patron rate supports our efforts to extend generosity support to those in need.

Centers: $199. Groups: $149. (Please use your Center or Group account to register.)

Generosity Policy. We want to make the teachings available to all and will work with you to ensure your participation. Click on the Request a Discount link before you register, to receive a discount code to use at checkout. For a further discount, write to [email protected].

Click here for our Refund Policy.

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Please note: This “open enrollment” course may be completed on your own schedule. The discussion area is less active but is still open, and there is no facilitator. The price is reduced from $149 to $99. We recommend that you keep a journal about the class and meet with your Meditation Instructor to discuss the contemplation topics. Questions? Contact [email protected]. 

A 5-week Course

Contentment can be hard to find. Much of the time we search for contentment in things, achievements or relationships. With meditation and contemplation practice, we can relax with ourselves as we are and appreciate simple human experience. Difficult emotions and the challenges of life can be met with gentleness, mindfulness and inquisitiveness.

This course is open to all. No previous experience with meditation is required.

About the Teacher

Eve Rosenthal became a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Shambhala and Naropa University, in 1973. She served as Resident Director of Shambhala Training at the New York City Shambhala Center in the mid-eighties. During this period Eve began to teach the dharma. 

She travels widely to teach on meditation, Shambhala, and Buddhist principles, leading programs and retreats for the public as well as advanced practitioners. Founder of Shambhala Online, she has worked in technology on Wall Street and as a university professor. She is a long time practitioner and instructor of Tai Chi Chuan. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

About Our Courses

The Way of Shambhala online courses are designed for those who don’t live near a Shambhala Center, or who need a particular course in order to continue on the path. Each course in the series is led by a senior Shambhala teacher. Participants view recorded teachings, then contemplate and engage in exercises aimed at deepening their understanding.

The course is asynchronous. You may view the recorded talks at your convenience. The recommended schedule is to view one talk each week and complete the associated readings and exercises in the module. There are 5 talks.

How Much Time Does it Take?

Most participants spend 1 to 2 hours per week on the course. The talks average 45 minutes in length. Allow yourself time to do the readings, meditation practices and other assignments. It’s a good idea to schedule the time on your calendar as you would for a face-to-face class.

Registration Options

Regular Amount. The regular course rate is $99.

Patron. The Patron rate of $149 supports our efforts to connect teachers and learners through online programs. In particular, it helps us offer the generosity policy to those in need.

Generosity Policy. We want to make the teachings available to all and will work with you to ensure your participation. Click on the Request a Discount link below to receive a discount code to use at checkout. For a further discount or scholarship, write to [email protected].

Centers and Groups, please register here.

Meditation Instructors and Shambhala Guides, please see Shambhala Educator Resources to register for a Study/Review version of this course.

Click here for our Refund Policy

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Please note: This “open enrollment” course may be completed on your own schedule. The discussion area is less active but still open, and there is no facilitator. The price is reduced from $149 to $99. We recommend that you keep a journal about the class and meet with your Meditation Instructor to discuss the dialogue topics. Questions? Contact [email protected].

A 6-week Course

In this recorded course taught by John Rockwell, participants explore the ordinary magic of reality and learn about the progressive stages of discovering non-dual perception of the elements, and thus, the nature of mind. Students will be taking sense perceptions and the elements as their teachers. The course is experientially oriented to see, hear, touch, taste and smell reality afresh. We awaken to the innate capacity we all possess to explore and directly experience the essence of reality, the essence of basic goodness.

Prerequisite for this Course

Open to all. (Strongly recommended preparation: The Basic Goodness of Being Human, The Basic Goodness of Society, and at least Shambhala Training Level I).

About the Teacher

John Rockwell has been a student of Buddhism and the Shambhala teachings for 40 years. He was professor of Buddhist Studies at the Naropa Institute for 12 years, co-director of Karmê Chöling Meditation Center for 4 years, and Director of Shambhala International for 5 years. He is a member of the Nalanda Translation Committee, which translates Buddhist texts and liturgies into English. He served as an Acharya (senior teacher) for the Shambhala community from 1996 to 2019 and was in charge of the International Office of Practice and Education. After living at Karmê Chöling as the resident teacher, he now lives in Nova Scotia.

About Our Courses

The Way of Shambhala courses are designed for those who don’t live near a Shambhala Center, or who need a particular course in order to continue on the path. Each course in the series is led by a senior Shambhala teacher. Over 6 to 8 weeks, course participants view recorded teachings, then contemplate and engage in exercises aimed at deepening their understanding.

When Does the Class Meet?

The course is asynchronous. You may view the recorded talks at your convenience. The recommended schedule is to view one talk each week and complete the associated readings and exercises in the module. There are 6 talks.

How Much Time Does it Take?

Most participants spend 1 to 2 hours per week on the course. The talks average 45 minutes in length. Allow yourself time to do the readings, meditation practices and other assignments. It’s a good idea to schedule the time on your calendar as you would for a face-to-face class.

Registration Options

Regular Amount. The regular course rate is $108.

Patron. The Patron rate of $149 supports our efforts to connect teachers and learners through online programs. In particular, it helps us offer the generosity policy to those in need.

Generosity Policy. We want to make the teachings available to all and will work with you to ensure your participation. Click on the Request a Discount link below, to receive a discount code to use at checkout. For a further discount or scholarship, write to [email protected].

Centers and Groups, see registration link here.

Shambhala teachers, meditation instructors and guides, please see Shambhala Educator Resources.

Click here for our Refund Policy

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