Programs for Southeast States USA Region
Shambhala Center of Lexington
White Tara Practice with Shastri Shelley Heinz (in Zoom)
March 20th—January 29th
White Tara Practice with Shastri Shelley Heinz Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Great Radical Race Read: My Grandmother's Hands
August 10th—March 8th
Explore systemic privilege, racism, and oppression through the lens of our training in meditation. Continue »
Shambhala Center of Lexington
Community Gathering: Opening the Circle
August 28th—January 29th
Lexington Shambhala Community Gathering: Opening the Circle Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Resilient Parenting
with Phyllis Mark
November 14th—March 27th
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 »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
with Judy Lief
December 13th—March 21st
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 »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Foundations for Freedom: The Hinayana Course V: The Fourth Noble Truth - The Path of Shila, Samadhi, and Prajna
with Acharya Marianne Bots & Acharya Eric Spiegel
January 10th—February 21st
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 »
Shambhala Center of Lexington
The Hinayana - The Third Noble Truth: Freedom from Suffering
January 12th—February 9th
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 »
Shambhala Center of Lexington
Qigong with Jim Concotelli in Zoom
January 13th—February 17th
Qigong for Better Health and Enhanced Well-Being: Breathing, Movement and Meditation Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Reflecting on the Three Jewels ,Taming Neurosis and Celebrating Virtue Online event
with Shastri Gayle Van Gils & Shastri Will Ryken
January 13th—March 17th
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 »
Durham Shambhala Center
Teacher Development
with Noel McLellan
January 13th—January 31st
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 »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Mamo Chants
January 27th—February 10th
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 »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Ekajati: Queen of All Protectors
with Valerie Morvan
January 27th
Valerie Morvan will talk about Ekajati, a dharmapali described as a wrathful dakini, who is an especially important protectress of the Ati teachings. Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
White Tara Practice
with Shastri Jackie Muse
January 28th—March 25th
Join us on Zoom on Thursdays during your lunch break for White Tara compassion practice with Jackie Muse (noon to 1pm Eastern time). Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Full Moon Shambhala Sadhana
January 28th—September 20th
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 »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Mamo Chants (ONLINE)
February 1st—February 10th
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 »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Winter Retreat Online
February 1st—February 10th
Online adaptation of our annual Winter Retreat leading up to Shambhala Day (New Year) Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Grandmother's Soup: The Charnel Ground of Birth, Life, and Death
with John Rockwell
February 3rd
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 »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Your Life Matters with Dr. K.A. Shakoor (Online & In person)
February 6th—March 6th
Welcome to Your Life Matters, a series of talks on anti-racism and Buddhist teachings by Dr. K. A. Shakoor.
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Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Wisdom in Everyday Life (ONLINE)
with Dr. Jan Snyder
February 8th—March 8th
Playfulness, ordinary magic, and innate wisdom: enjoy this introduction to the vajrayana Buddhist teachings. Continue »
Durham Shambhala Center
Basic Goodness 2: How Can I Help? The Basic Goodness of Society
with Shastri Tom Brothers & Dee Lutz
February 9th—March 16th
The second course in the Basic Goodness Series explores our relationships with others and specific aspects of social transformation. Continue »
Birmingham Shambhala Center
Shambhala Day: Year of the Iron Ox
February 12th
Stay tuned for developing plans Continue »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Refuge Practice
with Eric Rainbeau
February 12th
The Practice of Taking Refuge -Arousing the Motivation for True Freedom from Samasara Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Miracles of Sight, Sound, and Mind: The Mandala of Five Wisdoms
with John Rockwell
February 17th—March 20th
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 »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Saturday Night Live: Dharma ONLINE
February 20th
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 »
St. Petersburg/Tampa Shambhala Meditation Center
Refuge Practice
with Eric Rainbeau
March 12th
The Practice of Taking Refuge -Arousing the Motivation for True Freedom from Samasara Continue »
Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta
Liberation Through Love and Rage - a Full-Day, Online Retreat with Lama Rod Owens
April 4th
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 »
Gainesville Shambhala Meditation Group
Foundations for Freedom - the Hinayana - Course II: The 2nd Noble Truth, the Origins of Suffering (ONLINE)
April 15th—July 8th
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 »
