White Tara Practice with Shastri Shelley Heinz Continue »
Explore systemic privilege, racism, and oppression through the lens of our training in meditation. Continue »
Lexington Shambhala Community Gathering: Opening the Circle Continue »
Parenting can be tough even at the best of times! But when life is stressful or volatile, it can be particularly difficult to model compassion and buoyancy for children the way we’d like. Resilient Parenting is a crash course in mindfulness-based techniqu Continue »
Join the Huntsville Group in this online study of Judith Lief's presentation of the mahayana path, Volume 2 of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. Continue »
This is the fifth and final course in a series exploring the profundity of the Hinayana teachings of the Buddha, a way forward, which we call ”The Path.” Continue »
This course presents the Third Noble Truth, The Truth of Cessation of suffering, beginning with an exploration of the third Foundation of Mindfulness, Mindfulness of Effort. How do we find relief? How do we realize the cessation of suffering now? Continue »
Qigong for Better Health and Enhanced Well-Being: Breathing, Movement and Meditation Continue »
Reflecting on the Three Jewels ,Taming Neurosis and Celebrating Virtue. We will study and discuss our basic hinayana teachings on the Three Jewels and the study of Shila or Discipline. Continue »
This online course will foster confidence for teachers or aspiring teachers in ways to support the local community with dharma instruction and hosting discussions. Continue »
Join us each evening between February 1 and 10 for this annual Buddhist practice meant to help restore balance in our minds and the world Continue »
Valerie Morvan will talk about Ekajati, a dharmapali described as a wrathful dakini, who is an especially important protectress of the Ati teachings. Continue »
Join us on Zoom on Thursdays during your lunch break for White Tara compassion practice with Jackie Muse (noon to 1pm Eastern time). Continue »
This is a practice to remind us of our basic goodness and the basic goodness of society and all beings. All members are invited. Join us via Zoom. Continue »
Southeast USA region presents Mamo Chants daily from 5:30 - 6:45 pm Eastern.
The mamo chant is recited in order to pacify the karmic cause of personal, social, and environmental chaos that accumulates at the year's end. It is an elaborate protector offer Continue »
Online adaptation of our annual Winter Retreat leading up to Shambhala Day (New Year) Continue »
Charnel ground has wisdom and craziness at the same time . . Grandmother's soup. .. the soup we usually brew on New Year's Eve . . sweet and sour, bones and fats and vegetables—everything put together.
Chögya Continue »
Welcome to Your Life Matters, a series of talks on anti-racism and Buddhist teachings by Dr. K. A. Shakoor.
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Playfulness, ordinary magic, and innate wisdom: enjoy this introduction to the vajrayana Buddhist teachings. Continue »
The second course in the Basic Goodness Series explores our relationships with others and specific aspects of social transformation. Continue »
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The Practice of Taking Refuge -Arousing the Motivation for True Freedom from Samasara Continue »
The five wisdoms or buddha families are five expressions that exist in our system, our state of being. These expressions are our innate nature in the present moment, the immediate moment. It is your personal situation, which takes place on the spot! Continue »
Dr. Ronald D. Siegel is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 35 years. He is a long time student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institut Continue »
The Practice of Taking Refuge -Arousing the Motivation for True Freedom from Samasara Continue »
In American culture, particularly for people of color, anger is delegitimized, even demonized. Lama Rod’s view is that we need to develop a relationship to the heartbreak of anger for transformational healing. Continue »
Having recognized the truth of suffering and the confusion that is pervasive in our life, we naturally have questions. How does this state of suffering arise? Where does confusion come from? In this in-depth exploration of the Five Skandhas, we will touc Continue »