Throughout history,
men and women have aspired to create societies that
enable them to express the dignity of human existence
and to lead meaningful lives within a flourishing culture.
This is the vision of Shambhala.
At the heart of this wisdom
tradition is the view that a dignified life based on
meditative understanding is accessible to everyone and
can blossom into an enlightened society. Contemplative
practices bring into our ordinary lives a natural sense
of goodness, fearlessness, and humor.
The Shambhala and Buddhist
teachings can be studied and explored in the worldwide
association of meditation centers founded by Vidyadhara
the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and now
directed by his son and spiritual heir, Sakyong Mipham
Rinpoche.
Shambhala Meditation Centers
welcome anyone interested in the practice of meditation
and anyone who aspires to expand the experience of gentleness
and nonaggression into all areas of life.
The Shambhala community
draws on a wide variety of contemplative traditions.
The core practice is mindfulness-awareness meditation.
Instruction follows the tradition of oral transmission
from teacher to student-an unbroken lineage that goes
back twenty-five hundred years.
At each Shambhala Meditation
Center, senior members teach meditation and work with
their students in how to join the view and experience
of meditation with everyday life. Meditation instruction
is available free of charge at all Shambhala Meditation
Centers.
A comprehensive
path of Buddhist practice and study is offered through
the network of local centers.
The Buddhist tradition provides a well-defined, graduated
method of developing skillful action and wisdom through
meditation practice and study of the dharma.
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