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Welcome 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. 
The San Francisco Shambhala Center 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.
Our center has recently relocated to 1231 Stevenson Street at Gough Street in the heart of San Francisco on January 31, 2010.
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Upcoming Programs:
Mamo Chants
February 3rd - February 12th The mamo chant is an elaborate protector offering practiced on the eleven days before Shambhala Day. The chants are done to dispel the karmic accumulation of personal, social, and environmental chaos at the year's end. more info
Shambhala Day
February 14th Shambhala Day marks the beginning of the new year, and represents one of the most important traditions of Shambhala Buddhism. This year Shambhala Day is also our second day of celebration for our move to our new Stevenson Street location. more info
Our Future: Building Strength During the Sakyong's Retreat
February 19th In late 2009 Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the head of the Shambhala lineage, entered approximately one year of retreat. During this deep retreat period the Sakyong has asked us to join him in deepening our practice and strengthening the foundations for buildi more info
Padmasambhava Feast
February 21st The Padmasambhava Feast is one of several different feasts regularly celebrated by the San Francisco Shambhala Center's vajrayana practitioners. more info
Shambhala Training Level I: The Art of Being Human
February 26th - February 28th The Heart of Warriorship provides a strong foundation in mindfulness-awareness meditation practice, emphasizing the development of genuine confidence, humor, and personal dignity within the complexity of daily life. more info
The Fourteen Root Vows
March 12th - March 14th Ngak'chang Rinpoche will discuss the Fourteen Root Vows as useful benchmarks for living a magnanimous and fulfilled human life, whether or not one is a Vajrayana practitioner, and whether or not one considers oneself to be a Buddhist. more info
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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 |
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Newsletter: January/February
New San Francisco Shambhala Center
West Coast Dzong
Shambhala Vision
Relocation Timeline
Relocation
The San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center recently relocated to 1231 Stevenson Street at Gough Street. [ more ]
Donations
Help support the
San Francisco Shambhala Meditation Center.
Mandala News
Shambhala News Service
Periodic messages from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche,
the President and other leaders of the Shambhala Mandala.
2010 Scorpion Seal Assemblies
Shambhala Congress Recommendations to be Implemented
Shambhala Day, Sunday 14 February
The Melody that Accomplishes Deathlessness: A Longevity Supplication
Transcript of Sakyong on Shambhala Households
Retreat Year
of the Sakyong
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Resources
Chronicle
Project
A library and a celebration of the life of Chögyam
Trungpa Rinpoche. Recollections, insight, and
observations
Chronicles
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Speigel: Great Eastern Sun and Cocoon [mp3]
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