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
with Elaine Yuen & Nicole Taylor
June 1st—December 15th
The Philadelphia Shambhala Center is pleased to host a series of workshops cultivating embodied presence.
Continue »July 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 »with Jeffrey Lee
September 14th—November 9th
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 »September 26th—February 27th (2025)
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 »September 29th—March 16th (2025)
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 »October 6th—February 2nd (2025)
Please come join us from 9:30 - 12:00 on the first Sunday of the month for an extended period of sitting and walking meditation.
Continue »with Marilia Marien
October 13th
Please join us for the Shambhala Center’s Open House on Sunday, October 13th. We welcome your curiosity and questions as we explore the heritage of Shambhala.
Continue »October 16th
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 Marilia Marien
October 16th—October 30th
We all experience stress, and this election cycle in particular has been a source of ongoing stress for many. Join us as we learn mindfulness-based strategies grounded in Buddhist principles to help you understand and manage your own experience.
Continue »with Ethan Nichtern
October 17th
In today’s culture of polarization and constant change, how do we find the confidence to navigate challenges? Is now really the time for meditation, for looking inward?
Continue »with Alexander DeVaron & Jude Robison
October 19th
This day-long retreat will explore how the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism play out, moment by moment, in our lives.
Continue »October 29th
How can we create a meditation center that fully reflects who we are as a community now, not five, ten or fifteen years ago?
Continue »with Jude Robison
November 9th
When we truly create the time and space to dive fully into meditation practice, we can experience the openness and relaxation that is always available in the present moment.
Continue »with Marilia Marien & Mark Jacobson
November 16th
This course offers an engaging and practical approach to understanding and applying the wisdom of the profound and pithy slogans known as Lojong, or “mind training”.
Continue »November 23rd
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 Alexander DeVaron
December 14th