Northern California Shambhala

09/04/2024

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Learn to Meditate, Harvest of Peace, Forgiveness, Richard John’s November teachings, and more   NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   September 2024 Featured Programs   Exploring the Kagyu Lineage Chant with Basha H

07/05/2024

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Join us July 14 for our regional sangha picnic!   NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   July 2024 Featured Programs   Midsummer’s Day Regional Sangha Picnic Sunday, July 14 • 11:30 am – 2:30 pm at McNears Beach Park

06/01/2024

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Sun 6/2 Nyoze Kwong-roshi, Summer Retreat, Vows and more!   NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   June 2024 Featured Programs   Our 2024 Summer Retreat & Vows Programs with Gaylon Ferguson and much more!   Tomorrow:

05/17/2024

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 am (PT) Join us! Register to receive the Zoom link, or join us in-person at the Berkeley, Davis or Sonoma Shambhala Centers!

Shambhala is a spiritual path of study and meditation that helps us work with our minds, as well as a path of serving others and engaging with our world.

04/12/2024

Check out our April newsletter which programs and events for April, May & June (and beyond).
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Programs for April, May and beyond!   NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   April 2024 Featured Programs   Transforming Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment with Sogan Rinpoche Sunday, April 7 • 9:30 AM – 4:30

01/04/2024

Check out our latest newsletter with all the upcoming January events including end-of-year practices.

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01/03/2024

This Saturday! The Face of Enlightenment: Bringing Thangkas onto Your Path
with Artist Greg Smith

Saturday, January 6th: 10 AM - 12 PM
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What is the face of enlightenment? No face at all? Maybe. But if we pose the question to a Tibetan Buddhist the answer may be surprising. The face of enlightenment seems to have every imaginable expression — peaceful, passionate, wrathful. It seems any expression can hold some aspect of this message.

We will examine the place of art and imagination for those who have an interest in Buddhist practice and iconography. We’ll start with the inspiration to enter the path, and the expansion into a greater intention with bodhicitta, up to the profound inclusive quick path of Vajrayana. We will also try some guided meditation using visualized imagery.

Please join us for this public two-hour, online Saturday program with thangka artist, Greg Smith. The program is open to all and will consist of a presentation and teachings followed by time for questions and discussion.

A recording of the call will be made available for those who are unable to attend live.

Learn more and register here… https://norcal.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=682828

08/25/2023

Berkeley Shambhala presents this online talk Sat, Sept 7 (10 am to 1pm) with Dr. Dean Nelson.
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In our brief time together we will do short, easy to do, easy to remember, hacks or interruptions into our innate happiness. These hacks or brief experiences of heartfelt wakefulness start to rewire and retrain the mind to relax more deeply into our own natural joy. All are welcome to join us!

08/03/2023

Join us for our annual summer meditation retreat!
Open to everyone • all are welcome
https://norcal.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=638410
Online via Zoom & in-person practice available at Berkeley, Sonoma & Davis Shambhala centers)
In our retreat, newer and more experienced meditators will practice and join in conversation together. Talks and group discussions will have a different theme each day, building upon themselves and ensuring a rich contemplation and conversation! Exploring Shambhala and Buddhist teachings and practice, we will discover how to connect with confidence in relation to ourselves, others, circumstances and space, as well as recognize and overcome barriers to confidence.
Partial attendance is fine, but please plan to attend full days, if possible.

07/28/2023

Meditation Sessions and Study Groups
Did you know that in Northern California Shambhala there are many opportunities to practice meditation and receive instruction every week?

Check out this link for a list of ongoing sessions.
https://norcal.shambhala.org/meditation-and-study/

07/25/2023

Summer Retreat: Cultivating Confidence in a World of Doubt
with Eve Rosenthal
August 18th—August 22nd

ONLINE VIA ZOOM PLUS IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES AT Berkeley, Sonoma & Davis SHAMBHALA CENTERS • Presented by Northern California Shambhala

Join us for our annual summer meditation retreat!

Talks and group discussions will have a different theme each day, building upon themselves and ensuring a rich contemplation and conversation! Exploring Shambhala and Buddhist teachings and practice, we will discover how to connect with confidence in relation to ourselves, others, circumstances and space, as well as recognize and overcome barriers to confidence.

This retreat is open to students of all levels. (Pre-retreat meditation instruction will be available for new students.) In our retreat, newer and more experienced meditators will practice and join in conversation together. Each day, there will also be an opportunity for new and legacy Warrior Assembly graduates to refresh and strengthen those practices.

Partial attendance is fine, but please plan to attend full days, if possible.

Learn more… https://norcal.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=638410

03/05/2022

The March newsletter is out. Find out what programs our regional centers are offering this month. All programs are accessible online through Zoom.

Programs include:
• The Importance of Breath with Jakusho Kwong-Roshi
• No Laughing Matter: Comedians of Color Tell It Like It Is
• Yeshe Tsogyal with Judith Simmer-Brown
• Belief and Doubt in Buddhism with David Hope
• Five Wisdoms Ta***ic Yoga with Irini Rockwell

As well as a wealth of online practice opportunities.

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And, sign up to receive our monthly newsletter here… https://norcal.shambhala.org/