All Programs
- Masks are optional but highly encouraged out of consideration for the well-being of everyone.
- Vaccination is not required, but we encourage everyone to be up-to-date on COVID and flu vaccines.
- If you are not feeling well for any reason, please stay home and take care of yourself. We look forward to seeing you when you are feeling better.
We are pleased to offer opportunities for practice, study, and community. Your generous support will help us provide programming that will sustain our community. Please give what you can through our donation page.
Registration
To reserve a space, please register via the link on the program’s page. You can pay via credit card or PayPal. You can also register at the Center when the program begins and pay with a check or cash. Please arrive 10 minutes early. If you are unable to attend a program for which you have registered, a refund is available. Please contact us as soon as possible prior to the program.
Generosity Policy
“Generosity is the virtue that produces peace.”
―from the Sutra of the Recollection of the Three Jewels
The Philadelphia Shambhala Center is a non-profit organization run by volunteers and supported by the generosity of its members and program participants. We are committed to making both meditation practice and the programs we offer accessible to all. Financial constraints should not be an obstacle to taking part. At the same time, the costs associated with running the Center are accurately reflected in our program pricing.
Our Generosity Policy makes our registration process a contemplative practice of generosity where, if the program price is not presently workable for you, we invite you to contemplate how much you are able to offer. Paying what you can is a gesture of support for our Center and its mission.
Our policy also encourages generosity for those who can offer more than the regular program price through “Patron Pricing,” as a way to pay-it-forward. This option enables us to cover costs for those who are not able to pay the full program price.
We thank you for your generosity.
All Programs
January 20th—December 14th
Each month the Shambhala Center will offer a full day of study and practice, focusing on teachings that have remained central to the Buddhist view, drawn from a wide range of sources.
Continue »January 21st—May 19th
Join us for an ongoing exploration of what Buddhist wisdom can bring to our current state of social inequality and environmental crisis.
Continue »March 31st—May 12th
This seven session course features teaching videos of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche from Naropa University in the summer of 1974.
Continue »April 14th—July 28th
What better way to make a first return to the Center, than by returning to our 'center': the grounding and clarifying experience of being together in meditation.
Continue »April 17th—May 1st
How can the two practices of meditation and improvisation enrich each other?
Continue »April 28th
On Sunday, April 28, 5:00-7:00 we’re inviting anyone who’s interested in participating in, supporting, or discussing programming for families and children at the Center to gather for a discussion of what the families in our community might find beneficial
Continue »May 4th
In these challenging times, the practical wisdom of meditation can help us show up for our daily lives with more kindness, confidence and curiosity.
Continue »with Erika Berland
May 4th—May 5th
Weekend Two will focus on embodiment—both generally and in meditation practice.
Continue »with Elaine Yuen & Barry Buchy
May 18th
In this class, we will deepen this understanding of mindfulness through an examination of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Continue »with Jeffrey Lee
May 18th—July 13th
This creative writing workshop’s intent is to enable participants to overcome the many ways that one can avoid saying what really matters and what is the most meaningful to oneself.
Continue »with Parlan McGaw
June 5th
In these challenging times, the practical wisdom of meditation can help us show up for our daily lives with more kindness, confidence and curiosity.
Continue »with Jude Robison & Ellen Knapp
June 22nd
with Janet Solyntjes & Elaine Yuen
June 22nd—June 23rd
Weekend Three includes a Saturday overview of mental health, meditation, and the role of the Meditation Instructor tailored for people who are not mental health experts.
Continue »with Barry Buchy
July 13th
In these challenging times, the practical wisdom of meditation can help us show up for our daily lives with more kindness, confidence and curiosity.
Continue »with Jude Robison & Marilia Marien
July 20th
with Jean Plough & Marilia Marien
August 17th
with Elaine Yuen
September 21st
with Jude Robison
October 12th
with Marilia Marien & Mark Jacobson
November 16th
with Alexander DeVaron
December 14th