Welcome to the Shambhala Online self-paced video library! You may take any of the courses below at your own pace, and they are ready for you to enroll and start learning at any time.
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Featured Courses
Advanced Study
Vivid Awareness With the Late Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
These teachings, with Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, offer powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through the Buddhist meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Prerequisites apply
Learn to Meditate
We live in difficult times. Many of us long to be present, caring, and feel more alive in a world that can be overwhelming and full of disruption. Creating a mindful awareness practice can help.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part I: The Four Limitless Ones
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part one of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Earth, Water, Fire and All the Elements: Reading the Sadhana of Mahamudra as if for the First Time
This pre-recorded course explores the Sadhana of Mahamudra "as if for the first time."
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Meditation: The Way of the Buddha
Learn or refresh your connection to the practice of meditation as taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on archival talks in the summer of 1974 to an audience of new students.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
The Development of Peace: An Introduction to the Basic Teachings of the Buddha
This Course Introduces the Buddha's core teaching of The Four Noble Truths.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Learn to Love Yourself
Discover or rediscover your connection to meditation—and to yourself. This course is a powerful way to reconnect with our minds and hearts, and to open up to ourselves and our experience in a way that is more connected, caring, and kind.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
White Tara: A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times
This five-week course introduces the short daily practice of White Tara, one of the most famous bodhisattvas of compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. The reading transmission (lung) is included in the course
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Eco-Dharma Talk Series: Exploring Where a Mindful Life and Ecology Meet (OE) in Shambhala Online
These recorded Eco-Dharma talks include topics such as the importance of local food, finding our way in climate and other crises, ”inner dimensions of sustainability," and our connection to the sacred earth.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha
This is a five-course-series that provides a thorough exploration of the Hinayana path drawing on teachings from prominent teachers and classic sources.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend One OE
This series of three weekends is for meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs). The instructions and practices support MIs in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Two OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Three OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
Prerequisites apply
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
The Way of Flowers: Exploring Ikebana as a Mindfulness Practice (OE)
In this recorded course we explore ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, as a contemplative dharma art exploration to enrich your meditation practice and experience mindfulness in everyday life.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Being Buddhist: Exploring the Refuge Vow (OE)
This recorded, 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 inspi
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Mindfulness and Embodiment: Keys to a Joyful and Awake Life (OE)
The Mindfulness & Embodiment Course is a recording of powerful sessions joining somatic practices of embodiment with the view and practice of meditation to support meditation practitioners from all levels of experience.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Already Awake: Seeing Our Buddha Nature (OE)
In this recorded program, we explore the Buddha’s teachings on buddha nature and the fundamental truth that we are “already awake.”
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Child of Illusion: Contemplative Art, Yogachara Mahayana Buddhism, and Liberation (OE)
This intensive, recorded course leads participants into deep engagement with contemplative arts and the view and meditation practices of the Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
The Life of Milarepa (OE)
This short and accessible, recorded course explores the legendary life and story of Milarepa—Tibet’s most famous yogi and Meditation Master.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Path
Explore the core teachings of the Shambhala path: learn to meditate, deepen your understanding of the spiritual journey, and discover your inherent goodness. These courses can be taken individually or in series.
In Everyday Life Series
Gain a clear understanding of the path of meditation, and the Shambhala teachings.
Shambhala Path
Meditation in Everyday Life
This course provides introductory tools and teachings for working with meditation in everyday life.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Path
Contentment in Everyday Life
Contentment can be hard to find. With meditation and contemplation practice, we can relax with ourselves as we are and appreciate simple human experience.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Path
Joy in Everyday Life
As meditation practice expands and we develop trust in basic goodness, we can begin to discover the confidence and personal energy to go forward on the journey, which leads to a sense of joy.
No Prerequisites
Shambhala Path
Fearlessness in Everyday Life
Learning to work with our anxiety, we are not blocked by fear. Through an exploration of the Buddhist teachings of mind and the nature of reality, we learn to see clearly.
Prerequisites apply JIEL (attendance)
Shambhala Path
Wisdom in Everyday Life
Meditation sharpens our intelligence and uncovers our wisdom. When we touch the world directly, we discover ordinary magic.
Prerequisites apply FIEL (attendance)
Shambhala Path
World of Gesar
In 1992 and 1999, Dr. Robin Kornman held intensive retreats at Karmê Chöling which explored the Shambhala practices and teachings related to the Epic of Gesar. This course is drawn from six of the talks in those retreats.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Discover the foundations of the Buddhist teachings: the Hinayana path of personal liberation, and the Mahayana path of wisdom and compassion.
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend One OE
This series of three weekends is for meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs). The instructions and practices support MIs in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part I: The Four Limitless Ones
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part one of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part II: The Joyful Snow Lion and The Paramitas
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part two of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part III: Fearless Garuda - Emptiness and Absolute Bodhicitta
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part three of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part IV: Lojong and Compassionate Engagement
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part four of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Already Awake: Seeing Our Buddha Nature (OE)
In this recorded program, we explore the Buddha’s teachings on buddha nature and the fundamental truth that we are “already awake.”
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Being Buddhist: Exploring the Refuge Vow (OE)
This recorded, 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 inspi
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Child of Illusion: Contemplative Art, Yogachara Mahayana Buddhism, and Liberation (OE)
This intensive, recorded course leads participants into deep engagement with contemplative arts and the view and meditation practices of the Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: The Tibetan Buddhist Path - Part I
Profound, potent, and intimate, this course includes videos of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche teaching that provide a rare glimpse of the early days of Buddhism in the West. The Tibetan Buddhist Path was the first seminar given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: The Tibetan Buddhist Path - Part II (OE)
Profound, potent, and intimate, this course includes videos of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche teaching that provide a rare glimpse of the early days of Buddhism in the West. The Tibetan Buddhist Path was the first seminar given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Earth, Water, Fire and All the Elements: Reading the Sadhana of Mahamudra as if for the First Time
This pre-recorded course explores the Sadhana of Mahamudra "as if for the first time."
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha
This is a five-course-series that provides a thorough exploration of the Hinayana path drawing on teachings from prominent teachers and classic sources.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course I - The First Noble Truth: Meeting Suffering with Maitri
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course II - The Second Noble Truth: The Origin of Suffering, Part I - The Five Skandas
Having recognized the truth of suffering and the confusion that is pervasive in our life, we naturally have questions. In this in-depth exploration of the Five Skandhas, we will touch these layers or constellations of experience one by one.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course III - The Second Noble Truth: The Origin of Suffering, Part II - The Wheel of Life, Karma, and the Twelve Nidanas
The foundational teachings of the Buddha indicate that the suffering we experience in our lives can come to cessation if we recognize, deeply and profoundly, how that suffering has arisen. This requires gentle bravery and deep contemplation.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course IV - The Third Noble Truth: Freedom From Suffering
Contemplating the cessation of suffering, we first see the accessibility of the third noble truth as the gap. We are basically good. Realizing this to be true is that simple, and we are glimpsing this all the time.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course V - The Fourth Noble Truth: The Path of Shila, Samadhi, and Prajna
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Groundless Courage: Teaching on Death, Dying and the Bardo
This recorded course provides instructions and practices to work with death and dying as they manifest throughout our lives.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Meditation: The Way of the Buddha
Learn or refresh your connection to the practice of meditation as taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on archival talks in the summer of 1974 to an audience of new students.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Melting the Ice and Getting Unstuck: Talks On The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
Five recorded sessions based on this text, which provides clear insight and points to the skillful means to work with difficult circumstances while being of benefit to others.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Sadhana of Mahamudra: A Practice For This Dark Age
Over the course of five recorded classes of study and practice, Suzann Duquette leads a deep exploration of the Sadhana of Mahamudra.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
The Development of Peace: An Introduction to the Basic Teachings of the Buddha
This Course Introduces the Buddha's core teaching of The Four Noble Truths.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
The Life of Milarepa (OE)
This short and accessible, recorded course explores the legendary life and story of Milarepa—Tibet’s most famous yogi and Meditation Master.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun
A self-study course based on a weekend retreat with John Rockwell. The view of this course is to understand how all three yanas of the Buddhist journey can join together.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
Vivid Awareness With the Late Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
These teachings, with Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, offer powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through the Buddhist meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Prerequisites apply
Buddhism
Waking Up in Free-Fall: Bringing the Buddhist Practices of a Bodhisattva to the Bardos of Everyday Life
In this course we will explore how the Buddhist teachings on the bardo can be a guide to keeping our hearts open when life seems to fall apart.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
White Tara: A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times
This five-week course introduces the short daily practice of White Tara, one of the most famous bodhisattvas of compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. The reading transmission (lung) is included in the course
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Yeshe Tsogyal and the Feminine Principle (OE)
This course explores Yeshe Tsogyal as a female exemplar, enlightened teacher, and fierce protector for all dharma practitioners.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Delve into the meeting points of spirituality with everyday life, well-being, and the contemplative arts.
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Gender Dynamics: Conversations on Gender & Sexuality in the Three Yanas of Buddhism
We can both learn from Buddhist teachings and recognize certain limitations with respect to gender configurations in sanghas, past and present.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Right Use of Power
This program is based on the book, Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics—A Guide and Resource for Professional Relationships, and training program in engaged ethics that teaches four aspects of the ethical use of power.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Two OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Child of Illusion: Contemplative Art, Yogachara Mahayana Buddhism, and Liberation (OE)
This intensive, recorded course leads participants into deep engagement with contemplative arts and the view and meditation practices of the Yogachara school of Mahayana Buddhism.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Chögyam’s Odyssey: Exploring the Open Secrets of Trungpa Rinpoche’s Poetry
In this session of reading and sharing, two experts in Trungpa’s poetry will provide context and commentary to illuminate his unique creative process and unlock some of the hidden meanings of this rare treasury.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
The Way of Flowers: Exploring Ikebana as a Mindfulness Practice (OE)
In this recorded course we explore ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, as a contemplative dharma art exploration to enrich your meditation practice and experience mindfulness in everyday life.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Three OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
Prerequisites apply
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Buddhism, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, and the Spiritual Path
This course considers how, if at all, psychedelics are compatible with Buddhist practice.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Eco-Dharma Talk Series: Exploring Where a Mindful Life and Ecology Meet (OE) in Shambhala Online
These recorded Eco-Dharma talks include topics such as the importance of local food, finding our way in climate and other crises, ”inner dimensions of sustainability," and our connection to the sacred earth.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Gender Dynamics: Conversations on Gender & Sexuality in the Three Yanas of Buddhism
We can both learn from Buddhist teachings and recognize certain limitations with respect to gender configurations in sanghas, past and present.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Groundless Courage: Teaching on Death, Dying and the Bardo
This recorded course provides instructions and practices to work with death and dying as they manifest throughout our lives.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Learn to Love Yourself
Discover or rediscover your connection to meditation—and to yourself. This course is a powerful way to reconnect with our minds and hearts, and to open up to ourselves and our experience in a way that is more connected, caring, and kind.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Living with Resilience: How to Become Gentle and Tough
In this course, we will explore strategies for increasing our reservoirs of resilience.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Mindful Eating - Joining Heaven and Earth at the Meal Table
If you think of mindful eating as chewing on a single raisin for hours on end, think again. Food can be an expression of human dignity and enlightened society.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Mindfulness and Embodiment: Keys to a Joyful and Awake Life (OE)
The Mindfulness & Embodiment Course is a recording of powerful sessions joining somatic practices of embodiment with the view and practice of meditation to support meditation practitioners from all levels of experience.
No Prerequisites
Wellness, Life, and the Arts
Right Use of Power
This program is based on the book, Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics—A Guide and Resource for Professional Relationships, and training program in engaged ethics that teaches four aspects of the ethical use of power.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Waking Up in Free-Fall: Bringing the Buddhist Practices of a Bodhisattva to the Bardos of Everyday Life
In this course we will explore how the Buddhist teachings on the bardo can be a guide to keeping our hearts open when life seems to fall apart.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
Explore advanced elements of Shambhala’s dharma heritage. Please note that many of these courses have firm prerequisites.
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend One OE
This series of three weekends is for meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs). The instructions and practices support MIs in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Three OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
Prerequisites apply
Advanced Study
2024 Continuing Education for Meditation Instructors: Weekend Two OE
This series of three weekends is designed to help meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors (MIs) and support them in cultivating skills to assist others.
No Prerequisites
Advanced Study
Cycle of the Black Ashe
Cycle of the Black Ashe is a series of talks by Robin Kornman on the Terma cycle by the Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This course is built around seven talks that are open to Warrior Assembly grads. One talk is restricted to SS practitioners.
Prerequisites apply Warrior Assembly (attendance)
Advanced Study
Meditation Instruction Training
A course on embodied and trauma informed meditation instruction, belonging, and related topics. For Shambhala Guides and Meditation Instructors for both initial training and continuing education.
Prerequisites apply
Advanced Study
Vajra Politics: The Political Consciousness of the Warrior
Join Dr. Julia Sagebien exploring Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings on Vajra Politics.
Prerequisites apply
Advanced Study
Vivid Awareness With the Late Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
These teachings, with Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, offer powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through the Buddhist meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Prerequisites apply
Chöd Practice: Severing Attachment to Obstacles
This course is comprised of asynchronous, recorded talks you may view at your convenience. It also includes the lung for the practice and an online discussion forum. The text can be ordered once you have received the lung.
Prerequisites apply
Buddhism
Earth, Water, Fire and All the Elements: Reading the Sadhana of Mahamudra as if for the First Time
This pre-recorded course explores the Sadhana of Mahamudra "as if for the first time."
No Prerequisites
Primordial Purity
This course features nearly 5 hours of video footage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's teachings in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1987.
Prerequisites apply
Buddhism
Sadhana of Mahamudra: A Practice For This Dark Age
Over the course of five recorded classes of study and practice, Suzann Duquette leads a deep exploration of the Sadhana of Mahamudra.
No Prerequisites
Vajrakilaya Practice: Overcoming Obstacles with Wrathful Compassion
At the end of the year and in times of difficulty, Vajrakilaya practice connects us with wrathful compassion in order to overcome obstacles and döns. Join us for recorded talks by Eve Rosenthal and guided Vajrakilaya practice.
Prerequisites apply
Advanced Study
Vivid Awareness With the Late Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
These teachings, with Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, offer powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through the Buddhist meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Prerequisites apply
Meditation Masters
Connect with legendary teachers from our Buddhist heritage.
Advanced Study
Vivid Awareness With the Late Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
These teachings, with Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, offer powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through the Buddhist meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Prerequisites apply
Buddhism
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: The Tibetan Buddhist Path - Part I
Profound, potent, and intimate, this course includes videos of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche teaching that provide a rare glimpse of the early days of Buddhism in the West. The Tibetan Buddhist Path was the first seminar given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
No Prerequisites
Primordial Purity
This course features nearly 5 hours of video footage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's teachings in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1987.
Prerequisites apply
Buddhism
Meditation: The Way of the Buddha
Learn or refresh your connection to the practice of meditation as taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on archival talks in the summer of 1974 to an audience of new students.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: The Tibetan Buddhist Path - Part II (OE)
Profound, potent, and intimate, this course includes videos of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche teaching that provide a rare glimpse of the early days of Buddhism in the West. The Tibetan Buddhist Path was the first seminar given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
No Prerequisites
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