What is the Shambhala community?

The Shambhala community represents a group of people who are working with the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings to lead dignified and kind lives. Our community is not trying to manifest some kind of utopian ideal - rather we work genuinely with who and what we are. This means we try to work with our practice, and also genuinely acknowledge our confusion and our neurosis. It is not a "love and light " community - we experience each others' sharp edges regularly.

Commitment to meditation

Working with who and what we are in our community expresses itself in the students' commitment to an ongoing practice of meditation, working with other contemplative disciplines, sharing our experiences of bringing warriorship into our lives, and supporting each other.

We meet regularly to sit together in meditation, at evening events in the centes, on weekends for Weekend Programmes, and in longer retreats. Sometimes we help to organize the programmes together; at other times we just participate together. We practice our contemplative disciplines and try to work with our daily lives and help others. More about community activites...

Membership

Those who are interested may become members. Membership is an expression of commitment to our meditation practice, and also to supporting the community. Membership also involves a financial commitment to the centre or group to help support the activities. Membership is entirely voluntary. More about membership...