Shambhala Sunday Gatherings are an online space where the Shambhala community can practice meditation together, hear dharma teachings from featured guest teachers, learn more about the activities of incredible people in our sangha, engage in discussion – and connect with one another, our community, and our hearts.
If you missed a Sunday Gathering, links to access previous recordings will be posted here once they are available. To view the recording, register for the gathering below and view it in the “My Programs” section of your Shambhala Online account.
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Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Touching the Earth Celebrates Midsummer's Day

Date: Sunday, June 19, 2022
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Celebrate Midsummer’s Day with Touching the Earth Collective! June 19th is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day of the year. Join us as we celebrate this life that is worth living!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Brokenness and Belonging in a Time of War

Date: Sunday, June 5, 2022
Teacher: Ellen Mains
What does it mean to practice peace in a time of polarization, war, and genocide? Taking an embodied approach, we’ll explore our longing to belong, our human tendency toward tribalism and the challenge & possibility of awakening our primordial heart.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Sun Camp

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022
Teacher: Michael Rich
Michael will discuss how Sun Camp was developed, and what camp is like now, both from a practical and spiritual perspective.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Grieving in Shambhala

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Teacher: Jonathan Kirkendall
Join Jonathan Kirkendall for part one of “Grieving in Shambhala”. As Shambhala practitioners have experienced profound loss in the community, we have to take the grieving process seriously, recognizing that grief itself is a part of the path.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Fear, Fearlessness, and Money

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Teacher: Joanne Martin Braun
Fear is such a common experience around money. Whether we are just starting out or in the prime of our working years or facing retirement money is an important resource. Yet so many individual and societal factors can trigger a sense of fear and insecurit
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Empowering the Community

Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
Teachers: Holly Gayley & Aarti Tejuja
This dialogue with Aarti Tejuja and Holly Gayley explores the meaning of “community,” our longing to be in connection, and the challenges that entails.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Touching the Earth Celebrates Earth Day

Date: Sunday, April 24, 2022
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join us outside as Touching the Earth Collective celebrates Earth Day! Show us where you are, sing to us from the outside, and dance on the stage called Earth. This is a family friendly event, including pets!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Protection: Accountability and Compassion

Date: Sunday, April 17, 2022
Teacher: Amanda Hester
Join Amanda Hester as she explores the notion of protection as an act and practice of interdependent strength and vulnerability.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Celebrating the Parinirvana of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Date: Sunday, April 3, 2022
Teacher: The Shambhala Sunday Gatherings Team
In Shambhala, the anniversary of the Parinirvana (death of a great teacher) of our founder, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is something we commemorate every year. We will share a slideshow of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s life and will then open the space up to h
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Albert Einstein on Egolessness and Compassion

Date: Sunday, March 27, 2022
Teacher: Moh Hardin
Explore how Shambhala vision is expressed in quotes by Albert Einstein: “We experience ourselves…as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to s
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Touching the Earth Celebrates Spring!

Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join us for an online Talent Show of YOU with offerings (both pre-recorded and live), of music, dance, painting, poetry, photography, jokes, calligraphy, bird calls - and who knows what else?! Children and family offerings welcome!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Appreciation: Precious Human Birth

Date: Sunday, March 6, 2022
Teacher: Thomas A Berthoff
The new year is a great time to reflect on the fortunate conditions that allow us to practice & study the dharma. In Buddhism, we can contemplate this principle of "precious human birth" and develop a deeper appreciation for our personal situation.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Disempowering the Döns

Date: Sunday, February 27, 2022
Teacher: Eve Rosenthal
At the end of the Tibetan year, the accumulated karma can be a time of negative forces (or “döns”) that manifest as accidents, sickness, environmental problems, and conflicts. We can disempower these obstacles through the power of mindfulness and awarenes
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Pacifying The Turmoil of the Mamos - An Exploration

Date: Sunday, February 20, 2022
Teacher: Lodro Dorje Holm
Join this discussion of year-end dharma protector practice and “Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos”. During the last 11 days of the Tibetan year, we do specific practices to lay the ground for a positive transition to the New Year. Come learn more!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - So, What’s It Like To Be Asian In The Shambhala Community?
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022
Teacher: Dr. Elaine Yuen
What are our cultural and political differences, and how does one “belong” to diverse social groups? Using a personal lens as a starting point, Elaine invites you to join her in exploring how Shambhala teachings might support this contemplation.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Restorative Processes for Healing in Shambhala - A Panel Discussion

Date: Sunday, January 30, 2022
Teacher: Tara Templin
This panel discussion will focus on Active Peace Circles (APC) as a modality for community healing and repairing harm in the Shambhala community, and will explore the lessons learned from the Boulder Shambhala community’s APC process in 2020-2021.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Dharma and Real Life Decisions

Date: Sunday, January 23, 2022
Teacher: Richard John
We may think that important decisions are subject to the "realities" of life, while dharma practice is only for our "spiritual" life. Come explore how dharma practice is not just for occasional insights, but can actually change our reality altogether.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - A New Year & New Approach to Racial Justice - Developing A Racial Justice Plan

Date: Sunday, January 16, 2022
Teacher: Damita Brown
Join Damita Brown as she speaks about contemplative practice in racial justice work, and why it's important to develop a strong commitment to ending anti-Black racism - and to develop a personal plan for how you want to work towards racial justice.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Looking at the Dharma Behind the Shambhala Code of Conduct: Part III

Date: Sunday, December 26, 2021
Teacher: Kristine McCutcheon
Shambhala has adopted a Code of Conduct. Part I & II looked at the dharma behind the Code and how we can bring it into our daily life. Part III will explore how we can be friendly to ourselves, kinder to others, and actually be of help.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - A Children's Day Celebration Hosted by Touching The Earth

Date: Sunday, December 19, 2021
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join us for a SUPER family friendly and fun-filled celebration of Children's Day and the Winter Solstice as a way to connect with the cycles of the seasons and the importance of family and children. Hosted by the Touching the Earth Collective.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Exploring Natural Hierarchy and the Right Use of Power

Date: Sunday, December 5, 2021
Teacher: Susan Skjei
Natural power dynamics exist in nature and in our experience of our world. This presentation explores how habitual patterns can distort our relationship with power and how we can reestablish a connection with natural hierarchy and use power wisely.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Working With Our Resistance to Reality (Italiano) Lavorare con la nostra resistenza alla realtà Con Daniele Bollini

Date: Sunday, November 28, 2021
Teacher: Daniele Bollini
Humanity is living in a democracy, economic, and environmental crisis. Yet we postpone solutions and pretend the problems are not there. This talk explores the Buddhist notion of avidya (basic ignorance), and why we resist a clear perception of reality.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - How Can We Measure Societal Well-Being? An Exploration: Part II

Date: Sunday, November 7, 2021
Teachers: Peter Nowak & Janet Bronstein
Janet Bronstein and Peter Nowak share about a new Shambhala initiative that seeks ways to measure the societal health and well-being of our community in an ongoing way. Why is this important? How can we even do this? Come learn more!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - How Can We Measure Societal Well-Being? An Exploration: Part I

Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021
Teachers: Peter Nowak & Janet Bronstein
Janet Bronstein and Peter Nowak share about a new Shambhala initiative that seeks ways to measure the societal health and well-being of our community in an ongoing way. Why is this important? How can we even do this? Come learn more!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Is NEW Still Relevant?

Date: Sunday, October 24, 2021
Teacher: Sabine Rolf
Can something be truly new?* How is unique different from new?* This Sunday session will offer an investigation of the chimera of ‘new’, the wild and unrealistic notion that we will feel better if we acquire something new.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Art of Making a True Move

Date: Sunday, October 17, 2021
Teacher: Arawana Hayashi
The presentation will explore how the dharma art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche are the foundation for the creation of Social Presencing Theater, an arts-based social change process.
"Second Sunday" Maitri Bhavana Practice with Judith Simmer-Brown

Date: Sunday, October 10, 2021
Teacher: Judith Simmer-Brown
Judith Simmer-Brown 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.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Grand Canyon: Resting In One’s Own Emptiness

Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021
Teacher: John Seex
John Seex will talk about how when we embrace and touch into our personal feelings of emptiness, we can tune into the deepest part of ourselves, and our inseparability from everyone and everything - and we can rest in emptiness.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Magic of Present-Moment Inquiry

Date: Sunday, September 26, 2021
Teacher: Janet Solyntjes
Come learn how to inquire into another person’s experience through open-ended questions. With so many viewpoints in the world, understanding how to ask questions that are in the space of nowness is a valuable skill that can bring harmony to relationships.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Join The Touching the Earth Collective for a Global Celebration of Harvest of Peace

Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join us on this special day for a lhasang and other vibrant offerings: some simple and some hugely elaborate, a family song, and a fabulous food feast - all gestures of the heart. We will gather as if for a “Homecoming”, welcoming all!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Physical Art of Meditation

Date: Sunday, September 12, 2021
Teacher: Erika Berland
Together with Erika, you will explore the physical “art” of meditation, with the emphasis on the creative aspect of working with the sitting posture, and will take a deep dive into embodiment and its relationship to meditation practice altogether.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Contemplative Practice and Racial Justice

Date: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Teacher: Damita Brown
Join Damita Brown as she speaks about contemplative practice in racial justice work, and why it's important to develop a strong commitment to ending anti-Black racism.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Casa Werma: Birthplace of the Werma Sadhana
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2021
Teacher: Paul Manasjan
Join Co-Executive Director of Casa Werma, Paul Manasjan, as he speaks about both the history of Casa Werma Retreat Centre in Mexico and how they are currently engaging with and supporting their local community.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Looking at the Dharma Behind the Shambhala Code of Conduct: Part II

Date: Sunday, August 22, 2021
Teacher: Kristine McCutcheon
Shambhala has adopted a Code of Conduct. Part I of this presentation looked at the dharmic teachings that support us in enabling this to be a societal view. Part II will focus on how we can help bring these principles into our daily interactions.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Embracing Space: Resting in the Brilliance

Date: Sunday, August 15, 2021
Teacher: Sophie Leger
Many of us have an ambivalent relationship with space. We either long for more space (overwhelm / claustrophobia) or are threatened by it, (boredom / loneliness). Can we find space even in the midst of chaos? Join this playful exploration!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Taming the Demons: Gesar Volume 4 - Meet the Authors Event with Jane Hawes and David Shapiro

Date: Sunday, August 8, 2021
Teachers: Dr. Jane Hawes & Dr. David Shapiro
Join a celebration of the historic publication of Taming of the Demons: The Epic of Gesar Volume 4, with renowned Gesar translators Jane Hawes and David Shapiro. Jane and David will lead a lively discussion of their work on this volume.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Looking at the Dharma Behind the Shambhala Code of Conduct

Date: Sunday, July 25, 2021
Teacher: Kristine McCutcheon
Shambhala has adopted a Code of Conduct. What are some of the dharmic teachings that support each of us in enabling this to be a societal view? Join Kristine for a Sunday Gathering that includes guided meditation practice, contemplation, and discussion.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Perils and Opportunities of Addiction in Shambhala

Date: Sunday, July 18, 2021
Teacher: Martha Hildreth
Martha Hildreth has been helping others work through addiction through Heart of Recovery groups for over forty years. Martha will speak about how addiction has unfolded for people in both hopeful and difficult ways. So many people have been helped!
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Loving Art and Practice of Shambhala Discipline in the Household
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2021
Teacher: Iris Ramos
We learn early in our Shambhala education that we begin the path of warriorship by cultivating containers of loving kindness in ourselves. When we create and inhabit those containers, the merit spills mercifully onto our families, children and loved ones.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Dharma & Art: Success and Failure as Path

Date: Sunday, July 4, 2021
Teacher: Dana Marshall
Dana will talk about how Dharma and Art have been ongoing practices in her life and how they nurture and support each other. Success and failure are the path she walks on as an artist. There will be guided meditation, dialogue and discussion.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Creating Ourselves, Creating our World: Discovering The Inconceivable

Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021
Teacher: Herbert Elsky
Join artist Herbert Elsky as he shares about how we can open, receive the gifts of our own insight, and dare to make our authentic gesture. Topics for exploration will be: Space - Meditation; Perception; Discipline; Discovery; Authentic Gesture.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Touching The Earth Collective Celebrates Midsummer's Day

Date: Sunday, June 20, 2021
Teachers: Touching The Earth Collective & Gabriela Cordova-Novion
The Touching the Earth Collective celebrates Midsummer’s Day with a lineup of special speakers and activities.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - La Magia común y corriente / Ordinary Magic

Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021
Teacher: Gabriela Cordova-Novion
This presentation is about the magic that is always present and that flows in constant movement around us. How can we detect it, connect to it, and let it permeate our lives? Delving into the last two Noble Truths can help us answer these questions."
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - In Praise of Not Knowing
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2021
Teacher: Stephen Gleich
Join Shastri Steve Gleich as he presents on the theme of not knowing, some interesting work in cognitive psychology, and the teachings in the Buddhadharma on uncertainty. This is a very good time to become acquainted with not knowing.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Playing Hide & Seek With The Elephant In The Room

Date: Sunday, May 30, 2021
Teacher: Bill Brauer
Wherever Shambhalians gather there are widely divergent views and aspirations about where we want to go and who we want to lead us. Join a conversation about how our culture and practices can provide common ground to explore our future together.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Basic Goodness in Prison

Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021
Teacher: Trime Persinger
Join Trime Persigner as she shares about her experiences as a prison chaplain and the insights about basic goodness that she has discovered over the past fourteen years in this role.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Social Media and Karma

Date: Sunday, May 16, 2021
Teacher: Gayle Van Gils
Whether you love using social media, hate it, or couldn’t care less, we are still entangled in its web. In this gathering, those relationships and the karmic repercussions they bring will be explored.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Practicing Enlightened Society in Conversation

Date: Sunday, May 9, 2021
Teachers: Janet Bronstein & Fred Meyer
We weave ourselves into relationships through conversation. We will practice a topic from the Shambhala Community Conversations initiative and explore its potential for creating genuine connection. Part 2 of a 2-Part Sunday Gathering.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Glimpsing Enlightened Society in Genuine Conversation

Date: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Teachers: Janet Bronstein & Fred Meyer
Shambhala Community Conversations Facilitators will discuss their experiences of enlightened society through offering conversation spaces that can hold divergent perspectives with gentleness and sanity. Part 1 of a 2-Part Sunday Gathering.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Touching the Earth Collective Celebrates Earth Day

Date: Sunday, April 25, 2021
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join a celebration of Earth Day with special guest Jacobed Solano, of the Gunadule People of Panama, who will share some of the 72 definitions of Earth. Also, find out how Shambhala’s seven land centers are uniting to protect the earth.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Listening to Basic Goodness: Navigating Diversity and Inclusion

Date: Sunday, April 18, 2021
Teacher: Dr. Elaine Yuen
We may often find our encounters are rife with diversity. How do we skillfully interact with people whose actions or words are disparate from our own? Come explore how we can open our hearts to others with cultural humility and support for difference.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Cutting Thoughts: It's Not What You Think

Date: Sunday, April 11, 2021
Teacher: Richard John
If thinking is what brings meaning to life, why would we want to “cut thoughts”? Why did Chögyam Trungpa teach that cutting thoughts is the key to wisdom? Come explore the subtleties of these classic instructions.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche with Lady Diana Mukpo

Date: Sunday, April 4, 2021
Teacher: The Druk Sakyong Wangmo, Lady Diana Mukpo
Join Lady Diana Mukpo for a special Shambhala Sunday Gathering that marks the Parinirvana Day of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Lady Diana will share reflections, stories, and insights about the remarkable life of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Touching the Earth Collective Celebrates the Spring Equinox

Date: Sunday, March 21, 2021
Teacher: Touching The Earth Collective
Join Acharya Arawana Hayashi, Barbara Bash, and other special guests for the spring equinox Welcome in spring with dance, music, poetry, and brilliant colors! This family-friendly Sunday Gathering will be hosted by the Touching the Earth Collective.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Deepening Through Dialogue II: The Practice of Dialogue

Date: Sunday, March 14, 2021
Teacher: Judith Simmer-Brown
One of the passions of Chögyam Trungpa was his love of interreligious dialogue. This two-part presentation will explore the principles of dialogue, and the remarkable fruits of meeting a spiritual other on the ground of mutual exploration.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Deepening Through Dialogue I: The Vidyadhara and Interreligious Dialogue

Date: Sunday, March 7, 2021
Teacher: Judith Simmer-Brown
One of the passions of Chögyam Trungpa was his love of interreligious dialogue. This two-part presentation will explore the principles of dialogue, and the remarkable fruits of meeting a spiritual other on the ground of mutual exploration.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - The Face of Wakefulness

Date: Sunday, February 28, 2021
Teacher: Artist to the Court Greg Smith
Imagery plays an important part in Tibetan Buddhism, with its pantheon of deities, buddhas, and methodology of visualization. We will examine the purpose, meaning and varieties, of imagery in the paintings of Tibetan tradition known as thangka painting.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - An Introduction to Christie Cashman's Children's Book: Max & Phoebe Go To Kalapa

Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021
Teacher: Christie Cashman
Please join us for an introduction to Max & Phoebe Go to Kalapa, a book Christie Cashman has written for Shambhala children and adults who appreciate the magical world of dralas, pure perception, and the warrior’s journey.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - A Valentine’s Gift of Love

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2021
Teacher: Moh Hardin
Join us for a special Valentine’s Day-themed Sunday Gathering about the key ingredient for a good, healthy, and long-lasting relationship - learning how to give each other the gift of space.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Dön Season Practice: Transforming Personal and Social Obstacles

Date: Sunday, February 7, 2021
Teacher: Fleet Maull
Acharya Maull will explore the Dön season practice tradition in Shambhala, including the nature of personal and social döns and practices for transforming accumulated negative energies and habitual patterns into opportunities for awakening.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Loss & Liberation: Inspiration from Early Buddhist Nuns

Date: Sunday, January 31, 2021
Teacher: Holly Gayley
The songs of early Buddhist nuns tell their stories of accomplishment, give us insight into how to use life’s challenges as fuel along the path of liberation, and inspire us to reimagine our approach to the spiritual journey.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Mixing Meditation with Life

Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021
Teacher: Paula Bickford
Join Paula Bickford for a conversation about how meditation practice infuses our life with possibilities to open our senses and experience the richness of our world. There will also be guided meditation, contemplation and group discussion.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Working with Others and the Path of the Warrior

Date: Sunday, January 17, 2021
Teacher: Mark Blumenfeld
Shastri Mark Blumenfeld presents on how we can apply the Shambhala Dharma to work with difficult dyamics in relationships as one of the most accessible methods to build enlightened society in our lifetime.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Racial Injustice: How Might We Envision Good Human Society?

Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021
Teacher: Charlene Leung
Join contemplation and discussion on how racial injustice relates to the Shambhala vision for creating good human society and how our personal journeys of awakening relate to societal awakening.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Enlightened Society: Looking at the Yijing As A Map of Social Integration and Good Human Society

Date: Sunday, January 3, 2021
Teacher: Dan Hessey
While usually thought of as a divination manual, the Yijing (I Ching) can also be read as a description of the development of a good human society which joins Heaven and Earth and is highly resonant with Shambhala teachings.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - Celebrating the New Year While Holding the Pain of 2020 in Our Hearts

Date: Sunday, December 27, 2020
Teacher: Marilyn Moore
Join Shastri Marilyn Moore for group practice and a discussion of how we might stay open to the turmoil, pain and sadness of the past months while still finding ways to acknowledge and even celebrate the arrival of a new year.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - A Children's Day Celebration with the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective and the Shambhala Office of Families and Children
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2020
Teacher: Irene Woodard
Join us for a fun-filled celebration of Children's Day and the Winter Solstice as a way to connect with the cycles of the seasons and the importance of family and children.
Shambhala Sunday Gathering - An Exploration of Contemplative Ecology

Date: Sunday, December 13, 2020
Teacher: Donna Williams
This gathering explores how our senses offer a portal to connection: using taste, touch, smell, sight and sound to connect to what is happening right now.
Sunday Gathering - Meditation, Theatre, Education: A Delightful Ménage à Trois

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2020
Teacher: Alex Paterson
Join Shastri Alex Paterson for a conversation about how meditation, theatre, and education intersect and complement each other, creating a path of continual playfulness and discovery.
Sunday Gathering - Keeping It Simple!

Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020
Teacher: Veit Weber
You are invited to connect with Mindfulness Meditation and the profound question “Who am I?” When we do this, we are relaxing the body and mind in order to feel who we are and be on the spot.
Sunday Gathering - Recovery: The Love for Truth

Date: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Teacher: Shelly Webb
The connection between recovery programs and Buddhism is strong, rich and surprising. Join Shelly Webb for this discussion which will be of benefit to all as we cover the 8-fold path, addiction and liberation.
Sunday Gathering - Hearing and Being Heard -- Shifting Our Culture Through Conversation

Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020
Teachers: Janet Bronstein & Fred Meyer
We live in a time in which divisiveness is seductive and pervasive. Practicing genuine conversation is the first step towards overcoming the pull towards divisiveness so that we can consider how to move forward together, globally and within Shambhala.
Sunday Gathering - Expanding White Awareness: Unifying Shambhala and Buddhist practice with Anti-racism in the Dark Age

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Teacher: Alexandra Vlasic
How does the concept of race and the harm of racism relate to Buddhist teaching? How can we use our meditation practices to shed light on racism within ourselves and society? Come and explore these and more questions.
Sunday Gathering - How Compatible is Critical Social Justice with Shambhala?

Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Teacher: Mark Duggan
While recognising that social justice is an integral part of liberalism, it is worth examining if the emerging critical social justice movement is at odds with the core principles of the Shambhala and Buddhist teachings.
Sunday Gathering - Nous sommes liés aux êtres du futur / In League with the Beings of the Future (in French with English interpretation)

Date: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Teacher: Catherine Eveillard
“Our generation’s crime against the future beings on earth will be too terrible to be believed, unless it is already acknowledged by us.” - Joanna Macy. An exploration of this haunting quote.
Sunday Gathering - Pazienza e gentilezza: Strumenti per il nostro tempo / Patience and Gentleness: Tools for our Time (In Italian)

Date: Sunday, October 18, 2020
Teacher: Daniele Bollini
L’imperatore romano e stoico filosofo Marcus Aurelius definiva la gentilezza come la più
grande delizia, mentre la pazienza secondo la tradizione buddista ci aiuta a sciogliere
l’aggressività nello spazio aperto.
Sunday Gathering - Change is the Goddess

Date: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Teacher: Noel McLellan
An exploration of how contemplating impermanence is a foundational practice in the dharma. It is not only a way of "facing facts," integrating change opens our minds and hearts to the flow of nowness and the beauty of life.
Sunday Gathering - Fear and Generosity

Date: Sunday, October 4, 2020
Teacher: Mathias Pongracz
In times of uncertainty fear easily comes up. We look for protection, especially in this time of pandemic and societal upheaval. What is the best protection? An exploration...
Sunday Gathering - Mindful Harvest Feasting: A Harvest of Peace Celebration

Date: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Teacher: Marcella Friel
Recorded on September 27, 2020: A Harvest of Peace Celebration featuring a cooking demonstration using typical foods of harvest bounty, along with a conversation about the importance of meal prayers and blessings.
Sunday Gathering - The Path of Kasungship

Date: Sunday, September 20, 2020
Teacher: Will Ryken
Recorded on September 20: Shastri Will Ryken led a guided practice and an exploration of and discussion about the Path of Protection, or Kasungship.
Sunday Gathering - Right Use of Power: An Exploration Of the Ethical Use of Power

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2020
Teacher: Susan Skjei
Recorded on Sept. 13, 2020: Acharya Susan Skjei hosts a conversation about the right use of power. As is the case in the wider world, Shambhala is waking up to the many ways in which power can either help or harm.
Sunday Gathering - Speaking From The Heart (In Spanish with English interpretation)

Date: Sunday, September 6, 2020
Teacher: Alfonso Taboada Vázquez
As human beings we need and long to connect with others from birth. Sharing our heart and feeling deeply heard is essential for our growth and sanity and we will practice how to speak from the heart.
Sunday Gathering - Using Shambhala Principles with Money

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2020
Teacher: Joanne Martin Braun
Join us as we talk with Joanne about how practicing mindfulness, wakeful management, generosity, and a big view with money can be quite helpful, both pragmatically and emotionally.
Sunday Gathering - Cultivating the Compassion Instinct: Overcoming Burnout and Overwhelm

Date: Sunday, August 23, 2020
Teacher: Judith Simmer-Brown
This talk introduces how the findings of the new science of compassion beautifully complement the Shambhala and Buddhist teachings on cultivating compassion.
Sunday Gathering - The Theatre Work of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2020
Teacher: David Stone
Recorded on August 16, 2020: Shastri Stone spoke about his experience of Mudra Space Awareness practice, the Mudra Theater Group, and the plays that Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche wrote.
Sunday Gathering - Rousing Bodhichitta

Date: Sunday, August 9, 2020
Teacher: John Rockwell
Rousing our awakened heart is a leap to where we already are. The path is to not hold back. The fruition is not known. This talk and discussion will focus on the awakened heart (bodhichitta) of the bodhisattva and the challenges of facing fear.
Sunday Gathering - Crisis and Community

Date: Sunday, August 2, 2020
Teacher: Jil Amadio
In this period of disruption we have experienced and witnessed crisis. It seems there is little we can do to avoid the pain and challenge it presents. It also seems that crisis has a way of bringing us into intimate contact with reality and compassion.
Sunday Gathering - Sheltering in Place like the Buddha

Date: Sunday, July 26, 2020
Teacher: Betsy Pond
Access the recording from July 26: The ancient wisdom of meditation retreat in the face of great threat is the practice of embodying ourselves and the present moment. The resulting deepening of connection and compassion releases wisdom that illuminates a
Sunday Gathering - The Intangible World of Drala and Enriching Presence

Date: Sunday, July 19, 2020
Teacher: Sangyum Agness Au
Can we open and relax more - enough to make a move or gesture towards welcoming the intangible presence surrounding us? Join this conversation about the importance of establishing a relationship with intangible presence.
Sunday Gathering - Working with Uncertainty

Date: Sunday, July 12, 2020
Teacher: John Seex
Access the recording from July 12, 2020: Shastri John Seex led meditation practice and a discussion about working with uncertainty.
Sunday Gathering - Enlightened Society and the I Ching

Date: Sunday, July 5, 2020
Teacher: Dan Hessey
How can humanity tame and structure society so it is socially and ecologically harmonious? The Yijing addressed these questions millennia ago. A conversation with Acharya Dan Hessey.
Sunday Gathering - Warriorship In A Time of Crisis

Date: Sunday, June 28, 2020
Teacher: Gaylon Ferguson
Access the recording from June 28, 2020: In Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior Trungpa Rinpoche wrote “The current state of world affairs is a source of concern to all of us.”
Sunday Gathering - Touching the Earth

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2020
Teacher: Irene Woodard
Access the recording from June 21, 2020: Recording of the community Touching the Earth Midsummer's Day celebration.
Sunday Gathering - Beauty: Is it Real or Imagined? An Exploration of Dharma Art

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020
Teachers: Steve Saitzyk & Anne Saitzyk
Access the recording from June 14, 2020: Beauty: Is it real, or imagined? Are the characteristics we attribute to beauty objectively present in an object of beauty? Or, are they solely in the eye of the holder? Is beauty conditional or unconditional?
Sunday Gathering - Understanding Trauma In Tibetan Buddhism

Date: Sunday, June 7, 2020
Teacher: Sara Lewis
Access the recording from June 7, 2020: Understanding Trauma In Tibetan Buddhism: Join Dr. Sara Lewis in a discussion of her book, Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism.
Sunday Gathering - The Truth of Impermanence

Date: Sunday, May 31, 2020
Teacher: Suzann Duquette
Access the recording from May 31, 2020: Acharya Suzann Duquette talked about impermanence and led discussion and reflection on how we can tune into this potent truth even more deeply during this cataclysmic time.
Sunday Gathering - The Shambhala Connection to Theory U

Date: Sunday, May 24, 2020
Teacher: Arawana Hayashi
Access the recording from May 24, 2020: Acharya Arawana Hayashi offered practice and a talk about the long-standing connection between Shambhala and the principles of Theory U.
Sunday Gathering - Community Gathering with Ani Pema Chödrön

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2020
Teacher: Pema Chödron
Access the recording from May 17, 2020: Ani Pema held a live, open Q&A about working with the chaos, impermanence and uncertainty of living within a global pandemic.
Sunday Gathering - Resilience Summit

Date: Sunday, May 10, 2020
Teacher: Fleet Maull
Access the recording from May 10, 2020: Acharya Fleet Maull talked about his upcoming online Resilience Summit and speaks about the importance of being resilient in a challenging and constantly changing world.