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SDB EVENTS based on cat = filter a specific category (use ID of category) in examples below limited to 3 events per category

1 = Introductory

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 - 12 May
Teachers: Rhea Colmar & Matilda Perks & Larry Mermelstein & Judith Simmer-Brown & Gaylon Ferguson & Dale Asrael

This course will introduce the key principles of tantra and provide a direct and experiential picture of the tantric world, including the importance of self-existing energy, the mandala principle, and the difference between Buddhist and Hindu tantra.

 

Date: Monday, April 1, 2024
Teacher: Alley Smith

Support group sessions will include a short talk, meditation practice, and an open forum to discuss personal experiences with old age, sickness, death, grief and bereavement. All are welcome. We respect your privacy. These sessions will not be recorded.

 

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Teacher: Candia Ludy

Learn to Meditate! This is a space where beginners or people newer to meditation can receive meditation instruction, learn how a meditation practice can inform their daily lives, and connect to other meditators in a warm, inclusive environment.

 

 


2 = Way of Shambhala
3 = Buddhist
5 = Shambhala Training

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 - 12 May
Teachers: Rhea Colmar & Matilda Perks & Larry Mermelstein & Judith Simmer-Brown & Gaylon Ferguson & Dale Asrael

This course will introduce the key principles of tantra and provide a direct and experiential picture of the tantric world, including the importance of self-existing energy, the mandala principle, and the difference between Buddhist and Hindu tantra.

 

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 20 April
Teacher: Gaylon Ferguson

This three session course explores the moment when a person decides to “be Buddhist”—formally, through the practice of taking a vow. It is open to all who are interested in the Refuge Vow, or anyone looking to reconnect with their original inspiration.

 

Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 19 May
Teacher: John Rockwell

In this weekend retreat, we will explore the Buddha’s teachings on buddha nature and the fundamental truth that we are “already awake.”

 

 


6 = Contemplative Arts & Disciplines (includes Nalanda, Maitri, Mudra)
7 = Community Program or Event

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 7 May
Teacher: Alley Smith

Explore the profundity and wisdom of Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chödrön in this guided book-group. Exploring Buddhist teachings, we will learn how to harness the energy of our experience to practice true peace.

 

Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 10 December
Teacher: Alley Smith

In this book group we will explore Andrew Holeck’s book, “Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.”

 

 


8 = Kagyu/Nyingma Advanced
9 = Yoga, Body, Health 10 = Children/Families
11 = Way of Shambhala 1
13 = Primordial Rigden Ngondro and Werma
14 = Scorpion Seal
15 = Practice Events – something is wrong with this category, skipped here

OLD categories – DISABLED in the SDB at the moment
16 = Live Teaching Program (SHAMBHALA ONLINE ONLY)
17 = Multi-Week Courses (SHAMBHALA ONLINE ONLY)
18 = Art, Family, Living, Leading (SHAMBHALA ONLINE ONLY)
19 = Centers and Groups (SHAMBHALA ONLINE ONLY)
20 = Popular Recordings (SHAMBHALA ONLINE ONLY)

 


21 = Professional Training (Dechen Chöling ONLY)
22 = External Program
23 = Online Program

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024 - 12 May
Teachers: Rhea Colmar & Matilda Perks & Larry Mermelstein & Judith Simmer-Brown & Gaylon Ferguson & Dale Asrael

This course will introduce the key principles of tantra and provide a direct and experiential picture of the tantric world, including the importance of self-existing energy, the mandala principle, and the difference between Buddhist and Hindu tantra.

 

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Teacher: Herbert Elsky

When our struggle to maintain our ego dissolves and our mind relaxes, much to our surprise, new worlds of perceptions that we never could have imagined are revealed to us. This is the ground of creativity which is always available to us.

 

Date: Monday, April 1, 2024
Teacher: Alley Smith

Support group sessions will include a short talk, meditation practice, and an open forum to discuss personal experiences with old age, sickness, death, grief and bereavement. All are welcome. We respect your privacy. These sessions will not be recorded.

 

 


24 = Virtual Cushion

SDB EVENTS based on codes examples (a full list here: https://shambhala.ws/list-of-codes/)
SA2 : Shambhala Art Level 2 – somethng is wrong here, should display one event

 

OEO : Other Events & Classes Others

Date: Monday, December 31, 2029
Teacher: Marcella Friel

If you think of mindful eating as chewing on a single raisin for hours on end, think again. Food can be an expression of human dignity and enlightened society.

 

Teacher: Arawana Hayashi

This Course Introduces the Buddha's core teaching of The Four Noble Truths.

 

 

SOG : Global Online Sunday Gatherings

Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Teacher: Herbert Elsky

When our struggle to maintain our ego dissolves and our mind relaxes, much to our surprise, new worlds of perceptions that we never could have imagined are revealed to us. This is the ground of creativity which is always available to us.

 

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024
Teacher: Laurence Corman

The Heart of Recovery is a Shambhala recovery group for people from all faith traditions and programs, as well as first-time meditators through experienced dharma practitioners.

 

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Teacher: Alley Smith

Chaplain Alley Smith leads this month’s “Second Sunday” Maitri Bhavana, so we can practice for the wellbeing of others. Maitri Bhavana is a practice that is done for the benefit of the seriously ill, or for major global turmoil and disasters.

 

 

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