Shambhala Meditation Center of San Francisco

Meditation in Everyday Life: A Five-Week Course Five Tuesday Evenings January 12thFebruary 9th From 6:30 to 8:30 PM With simple instructions and support, mindfulness meditation practice can become part of your life, bringing greater stability, strength, and clarity.... While meditation has many benefits, establishing a consistent personal practice can be extremely challenging for both new and experienced meditators alike. This five-week Mindfulness Meditation program is designed to help new meditators develop a regular practice and bring the benefits of mindfulness meditation to their daily lives. As we begin to practice on a regular basis, we learn to relax and simply be with whatever is going on in our lives. Over time, this meditation helps us to cultivate courage, humor, and stability in the face of daily complexities of jobs, relationships, and all aspects of daily life. LINK IN BIO.

Meditation in Everyday Life: A Five-Week Course starts in January! Register now. Five Tuesday Evenings January 12thFebruary 9th From 6:30 to 8:30 PM... With simple instructions and support, mindfulness meditation practice can become part of your life, bringing greater stability, strength, and clarity. While meditation has many benefits, establishing a consistent personal practice can be extremely challenging for both new and experienced meditators alike. This five-week Mindfulness Meditation program is designed to help new meditators develop a regular practice and bring the benefits of mindfulness meditation to their daily lives. As we begin to practice on a regular basis, we learn to relax and simply be with whatever is going on in our lives. Over time, this meditation helps us to cultivate courage, humor, and stability in the face of daily complexities of jobs, relationships, and all aspects of daily life. Learn more and register here https://sf.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=464437

Dear Friends, The San Francisco Shambhala Center is now closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. There will be no gatherings, meditation sessions, or in-person classes. In the mean time, along with other centers in the region we have developed a series of online classes and meditation sessions. ... For a full listing, visit this link: https://norcal.shambhala.org/online-programs/ Please stay well!

AN UPDATE ON REV. THICH NHAT HANH'S HEALTH "Dear Friends, Earlier I posted a note from two Brothers on their way to be with Thay in Vietnam asking for our praye...rs...I later received these updates one with information from Thay's niece and another from another senior monk, who thinks Thay might live longer than we will! I hope that is true. It seems that Thay has been taking some food and drinking....Whatever his condition, we hold Thay in our prayers always and will keep sending them along with our love. "There were some posts and emails circulating earlier today around Thay's condition, with some implications that may not have been exactly correct. I want to let you know the best information that is available to me on our dear respected Teacher. Mitchell Ratner talked this morning, October 5th, with Anh Huong Nguyen, Thay’s niece, who regularly talks with people who are with Thay at Tu Hieu Temple in Vietnam. She confirmed that Thay had stopped eating, and also noted that Thay had more recently had begun eating again. Over the past years there have been many times when Thay has stopped eating for several days, then begun again. Thay’s niece also affirmed that Chân Pháp Hu, Abbot of Plum Village - France, and Chân Pháp n, Abbot of the European Institute of Applied Buddhism, have traveled to Vietnam. However, the trip had been planned for a while and the purpose is to confer with other senior monastics about ceremonies and other issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. " and from Thay Phap Dang "Calm and smile. His will to live is so strong and powerful. I think he will be okay. He didn’t eat but he drinks. He may live longer than us." May it be so!

Cheerful Harvest of Peace to our Shambhala community near and far!

Sunday, September 20th from 10 AM to 12 noon Pacific Meet via Zoom. Link in bio. Gather with our San Francisco Shambhala sangha to celebrate the richness of our community. This celebration will replace our usual Sunday Morning Sit. All are invited to attend!... Harvest of Peace, held around the time of the autumn equinox, reminds us of the importance of building community through food, conversation, and meditation. We look forward to gathering with our Shambhala family to socializing and practicing together. #meditation #meditationpractice #sadhana #equinox #celebration #buddhistmeditation #buddhism

This Saturday! Online program Pacific Time. Open to all. Register here: https://sf.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=460100 We often talk about the importance of being in the moment both in meditation and in post-meditation, or in our daily life. But when doing so, what do we really mean by being in the moment, or being, or even, the moment?... Further, why would that be helpful or important? Why would it be helpful to spend some daily time on cultivating momentariness in meditation, considering that there are seemingly so many other important things to do and to take care of? In his talk, Lodrö Sangpo will discuss why, in general, momentariness is one of the fundamental principles of Buddhist meditation and philosophy and outlook on life. He will do this by specifically focusing on Trungpa Rinpoche's original meditation instruction on shamatha-vipashyana (or mindfulness-awareness) which forms a solid basis for all the so-called later practices. More here: https://sf.shambhala.org/program-details/?id=460100

Sunday Morning Sit tomorrow at 10 Pacific time. Come meditate in community. Online. Visit our website link in bio for Zoom info. #meditation #mindfulness #buddism #buddhistmeditation

If you've visited Karmê Chöling for a program, and appreciated the container where teachings unfold, consider a longer stay, where you can lean into practice and live in a kind, supportive community.

Sunday, July 19th at 7 PM Pacific. Link in bio.(look under programs in menu for zoom link). #chogyamtrungpa #meditation #chanting #chogyamtrungparinpoche #buddhism #padmasambhava

Shambhala Sadhana tonight at 6:30 Pacific. Link in bio. #meditation #chanting #chantingmantras #buddhistpractice #buddhism

White Fragility Book Study Class | 8 Thursday evenings July 9th through August 27th from 7 to 8:30 PM Pacific time. A book study class on Robin DiAngelo's book White Fragility. This book provides a direct and clear examination of the system of white supremacy, how it operates and how it hurts us, individually and collectively. It describes how we participate unknowingly in perpetuating it. With directness and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice ...not restricted to ‘bad people'. Within the view of basic goodness, we will share our vulnerability and open up to what makes it difficult to talk about racism. This book will explore the path for white people who truly endeavor to be a part of the solution. This 8-week class will be held online on the Zoom platform. Class will be limited to 15 participants, so please pre-register well in advance to reserve your space. We ask for a commitment for all eight weeks. #whitefragility #racialjustice #socialactivism #sanfrancisco #meditation #buddhistactivist #activism #showingup

Tonight! Every new moon at 7 PM via Zoom. Sunday, June 21st & Sunday, July 19. Link in bio. #meditation #mindfulness #buddhism #buddhist #chanting #spiritualawakening

Self-deception seems always to depend upon the dream world, because you would like to see what you have not yet seen, rather than what you are now seeing. Self-deception manifests in trying to create or recreate a dream world, the nostalgia of the dream experience. The opposite of self-deception is just working with the facts of life. ~Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche #meditation #meditationpractice #chogyamtrungparinpoche #chogyamtrungpa #mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #dreamworld

For the bodhisattva, the practitioner who puts others before him or herself, working with others is a natural process, an absolutely spontaneous process. You are working along with situations as things happen. You don’t force things because you want to achieve something. It is like the natural growth of plants, If there’s enough rain and sunshine, the plants will grow; if there isn’t, the plants won’t grow. It’s as natural a process as that. ~Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche #chogyamtrungparinpoche #chogyamtrungpa #buddhaquotes #bodhisattva #meditation #mindfulness #buddhismquotes #sanfrancisco