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The San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center is part of an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded in 1973 by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, artist, author, and poet.

Meditators

Our center, located in San Francisco's Sunset district, is one of twelve affiliated Shambhala Meditation Centers and Groups organized as Northern California Shambhala. We offer free public meditation, a core curriculum of Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, as well as training in advanced contemplative practices. You are invited to explore our diverse programs designed to help San Franciscans of all traditions discover their inherent sanity, gentleness and humor. [ more ]

Featured Programs:

Sadhana of Mahamudra
Jul 7 / 7:00 PM - Jul 7 / 8:00 PM
The Sadhana of Mahamudra is an important text composed by the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a turning point in his presentation of the Buddhadharma in the West.
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Ngondro Group Practice Weekend
Jul 11 / 9:00 AM - Jul 11 / 6:00 PM
When the Sakyong introduced the Primordial Rigden ngondro in 2004, he began to emphasize the importance and power of group vajrayana practice. With all of our practices, the point is not only how we do our individual practice, but how we connect to each
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Werma Feast
Jul 12 / 5:00 PM - Jul 12 / 9:00 PM
Restricted to Kalapa Assembly/Vajrayana Seminary graduates. Please join your fellow warriors in a Werma feast celebration!
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Upaya Council
Jul 13 / 7:30 PM - Jul 13 / 9:00 PM
The Upaya Council is responsible for the operation of the San Francisco Shambhala Center. The meeting is open to all members.
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Vajrayogini Feast
Jul 18 / 12:00 PM - Jul 18 / 9:00 PM
Vajrayogini Feast practice is deep and rich, both accommodating and challenging. It is open to those who have received the transmission and teaching of Vajrayogini.
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Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
Jul 24 / 7:30 PM - Jul 24 / 9:30 PM
Discovering basic goodness in the world and ourselves.
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Kado: The Way of Flowers
Aug 21 / 7:30 PM - Aug 21 / 9:30 PM
Japanese flower arranging, also called Kado or Ikebana, can be practiced as a contemplative art. In this workshop we will learn how the ancient principles of heaven, earth, and humanity are expressed in nature and in our daily lives.
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Kado: The Way of Flowers
Aug 22 / 9:30 AM - Aug 22 / 6:30 PM
Japanese flower arranging, also called Kado or Ikebana, can be practiced as a contemplative art. In this workshop we will learn how the ancient principles of heaven, earth, and humanity are expressed in nature and in our daily lives.
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Kado: The Way of Flowers
Aug 23 / 9:30 AM - Aug 23 / 6:30 PM
Japanese flower arranging, also called Kado or Ikebana, can be practiced as a contemplative art. In this workshop we will learn how the ancient principles of heaven, earth, and humanity are expressed in nature and in our daily lives.
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Getting Started

Sit Ubu Sit
Learn to Meditate

At the San Francisco Shambhala Center, we practice and teach mindfulness- awareness meditation, as it has been passed from teacher to student for 2500 years. We also offer meditation instruction free of charge.

Meditation instruction is offered at the beginning of Open House on Sunday mornings, and on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

To take this posture is itself to have the right state of mind. There is no need to obtain some special state of mind. —Suzuki Roshi

    

Center News

Newsletter: May/June

Shambhala Vision by the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

The Way of Shambhala

Meditation in Everyday Life


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Recollections, insight, and observations

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San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center
1630 Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA 94116
Tel. 415-731-4426    Email: sf@shambhala.org

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