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
Social Presencing Theater: Curiosity, Compassion, Courage
with Elaine Yuen & Nicole Taylor
June 1st—December 15th
Registration for What the Buddha Taught Part II
July 20th—December 14th
Speaking your truth despite the obstacles: a poetry and prose workshop (online)
with Jeffrey Lee
September 14th—November 9th
Thursday Sitting Meditation (In person)
September 26th—February 27th (2025)
Sunday Sitting Meditation (In person)
September 29th—March 16th (2025)
First Sunday Extended Sitting Meditation (In person)
October 6th—February 2nd (2025)
Welcome to the Shambhala Center: Open House (in person)
with Marilia Marien
October 13th
Learn to Meditate (In person)
October 16th
Mindfulness for Challenging Times: Managing Election-related Stress (online)
with Marilia Marien
October 16th—October 30th
Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds
with Ethan Nichtern
October 17th
What the Buddha Taught Class 10: Absolute and Relative Bodhichitta: Mahayana Moment by Moment
with Alexander DeVaron & Jude Robison
October 19th
Making a Fresh Start at the Philadelphia Shambhala Center Part Two (online)
October 29th
The Art of Being Human: Shambhala Training Level I
with Jude Robison
November 9th
What the Buddha Taught Class 11 -- Lojong: Training the mind and awakening the heart
with Marilia Marien & Mark Jacobson
November 16th
Learn to Meditate (In person)
November 23rd
