CORRECTION (from our most recent e-newsletter): Steve Seely will deliver the Monday Evening Dharma Talk this coming Monday, April 19, 6-7pm MDT.

~ In Solidarity ~

The Boulder Shambhala Center grieves with the City of Boulder for the senseless tragedy and loss of life yesterday, March 22. We stand in solidarity with the community for peace and mourning in this time of distress. Our love and prayers for those in grief.

Boulder Shambhala Center Community Support 

We’re committed to supporting our members during these difficult times. Please click one of the links below if you need support or are able to offer support to others.

From the Process Team:

Dear Shambhala community members, past and present,

We warmly invite you to join us in Shambhala Community Conversations: open, community-wide discussions on important topics, designed to foster connection, reflection, insight, and action across Shambhala.

All are welcome in these conversations. In them, we share our diverse views and experiences in a gentle and caring group space. We connect and listen deeply, and share what themes emerge with Shambhala’s community and leadership, so that our voices enrich the ongoing conversation. (You can learn more about how Community Conversations are summarized and shared at https://shambhala-process-team.org/shambhala-community-conversations/#sharing.)

Please register for any upcoming Community Conversation here: https://shambhalaonline.org/community-engagement-initiative/ Registrations are first-come, first-served; each conversation is capped at around 20 participants.

Program Highlights: 

Parinirvana Day                                     

Sunday, April 4, events offered between 1-7pm MDT

This year, while we’re still online, we have decided to join the mahasangha for Parinirvana Day on Shambhala Online and Ocean. Please join us in gathering with the larger community to celebrate the life and times of our beloved guru and founder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Learn more and register HERE!

Social Presencing Theater with Acharya Arawana Hayashi                       

Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18, 9am-3pm MDT each day

Acharya Arawana Hayashi brings her teaching for a weekend of exploring mind, body, group relationships, and meditation. Social Presencing Theater (SPT) is a series of practices inspired and informed by the teachings of Shambhala Art and Mudra Theater, which brings mindfulness, awareness, creative process, art, and body-based learning into organizational and social change efforts. It gives a person, team or organization information about patterns and relationships that are “stuck” in a system, and offers methods for creating open, sane systems. Learn more and register HERE!

Foundational Teachings of Buddha Dharma with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Saturday, May 1 & Sunday, May 2, 9am-5pm MDT each day

We are delighted and honored that Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche has graciously agreed to teach our sangha again this year. Rinpoche speaks of the Four Noble Truths as a “self-empowerment,” and to this day, these teachings remain the Buddha’s most important, providing a framework for the entire Dharma—all the way up to the highest teachings of Vajrayana. Learn more and register HERE!

NOTICE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boulder Shambhala Center is currently closed to the public. We continue to offer many great online classes and practice sessions. Please join us in the virtual shrine room.

BSC staff is working remotely. We will be in touch with you!