Welcome to Shambhala Online!
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Shambhala Online offers live and recorded courses with teachers from across the Shambhala community, and with other Buddhist teachers and health and well-being experts from around the world.
Our online courses feature high-quality, recorded presentations by some of the best teachers of meditation and Buddhism in the world, as well as an online community of meditators, and facilitation by experienced course leaders.
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Featured Upcoming Courses
Our course participation guidelines
Vajra Politics: The Political Consciousness of the Warrior
Join Dr. Julia Sagebien for a half-day, mini-practice and study retreat exploring Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings on Vajra Politics.
Prerequisites apply Warrior Assembly (attendance)
Making Friends with Death and Dying: Bereavement Support Group
Support group sessions will include a short talk, meditation practice, and an open forum to discuss personal experiences with old age, sickness, death, grief and bereavement. All are welcome. We respect your privacy. These sessions will not be recorded.
No Prerequisites
Before I Die: Death and Pre-Planning Basics for Buddhists
Death is a universal and spiritual process. This mini-retreat will give participants an opportunity to experience heartfelt, wise and practical advice from two experts in the field of death care.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Haiku Celebration: Introduction to the Way of Haiku
An introduction to Classic Contemplative Haiku, a short literary form that brings both the writer and the reader to a “now moment” that encompasses the entire universe.
No Prerequisites
First Tuesday: Learn to Meditate
Learn to Meditate! This is a space where beginners or people newer to meditation can receive meditation instruction, learn how a meditation practice can inform their daily lives, and connect to other meditators in a warm, inclusive environment.
No Prerequisites
Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners: Book Group
Explore the profundity and power of The Tibetan Book of Dead in this guided, book-group experience that makes these timeless teachings accessible to all.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Mindful Homes: Exploring Feng Shui as a Mindfulness Practice
Create a healing and restful home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Path
Warrior in the World: Shambhala Level III
Deepen your meditation practice, and continue along the path of the Shambhala teachings on warriorship, in this weekend retreat.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Victory Over War: A Fresh Look at the Root Dharmas of the Dorje Kasung Path
Join your fellow Kasung to listen to Chögyam Trungpa’s original Dorje Kasung teachings, and consider afresh, the wisdom and benefit they powerfully set forth.
No Prerequisites
Making Friends with Death and Dying: Monthly Support Group
Support group sessions will include a short talk, meditation practice, and an open forum to discuss personal experiences with old age, sickness, death, grief and bereavement. All are welcome. We respect your privacy. These sessions will not be recorded.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Child of Illusion: Contemplative Art, Yogachara Mahayana Buddhism, and Liberation
This intensive course leads participants into deep engagement with contemplative arts and the view and meditation practices of the Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism.
No Prerequisites
Making Friends with Death and Dying: Monthly Support Group
Support group sessions will include a short talk, meditation practice, and an open forum to discuss personal experiences with old age, sickness, death, grief and bereavement. All are welcome. We respect your privacy. These sessions will not be recorded.
No Prerequisites
Mindfulness and Embodiment: Keys to a Joyful and Awake Life
The Mindfulness & Embodiment Course is a series of live sessions joining somatic practices of embodiment with the view and practice of meditation to support meditation practitioners of all levels of experience.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
Awakened Heart: Shambhala Level IV
Deepen your meditation practice, and continue along the path of the Shambhala teachings on warriorship, in this weekend retreat.
No Prerequisites
Journey Without Goal: Featuring Talks by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
This course will introduce the key principles of tantra and provide a direct and experiential picture of the tantric world, including the importance of self-existing energy, the mandala principle, and the difference between Buddhist and Hindu tantra.
No Prerequisites
First Tuesday: Learn to Meditate
Learn to Meditate! This is a space where beginners or people newer to meditation can receive meditation instruction, learn how a meditation practice can inform their daily lives, and connect to other meditators in a warm, inclusive environment.
No Prerequisites
Being Buddhist: Exploring the Refuge Vow
This three session course explores the moment when a person decides to “be Buddhist”—formally, through the practice of taking a vow. It is open to all who are interested in the Refuge Vow, or anyone looking to reconnect with their original inspiration.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Online Course Series
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