Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta

https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/qd-is-meeting-sunday-the-25th-and-not-this-sunday-the-18th Just a reminder to all interested in Joining Q***r Dharma that we are NOT meeting this Sunday and ARE rescheduling for next Sunday, August 25! I hope to see you there!

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! July 21 -

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! July 21

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! June 16th -

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! June 16th

"Our Buddha nature is never separate from our minds for even a single instant. Though we are not apart from it we do not know it, and thus we wander in samsaric existence. " - Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

"...all vajra friends will go towards enlightenment as one group, as a single mandala. Therefore keep harmony within the sangha; Be kind to each other and observe the precepts with purity." - Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Q***r Dharma meets this Sunday 05/19/2024 at 1:30 pm -

Join Q***r Dharma Gathering This Sunday 5/19/24 The Q***r Dharma Community meets this Sunday, May 19, 2024 to practice together.  We officially start at 1:30 pm.  However, we offer meditation instruction at 1:00 pm for people new to meditation or those who want a short refresh of instructions. We will sit together as a community from 1:30 - 2:...

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! April 21 - https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/queer-dharma-meets-this-sunday-february-920894

Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday! Q***r Dharma meets to sit together in community every 3rd Sunday at 1:30.
Meditation Instruction is offered this Sunday, March the 17th from 1:00 - 1:30. and then we will sit together from 1:30-2:30 and have a short discussion until 3 and then, you guessed it, there will be COOKIES! Come for any part of all of it. Bring a friend. Everyone is welcome! https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/queer-dharma-meets-this-sunday-january-21st-920869

This Sunday March 10!

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Q***r Dharma Meets This Sunday, January 21 at 1:30 pm! Come for Meditation Instruction at 1:00 pm or drop in and sit with us for all or any part of our gathering until 3pm!

Q***r Dharma meets to sit together in community every 3rd Sunday at 1:30. Meditation Instruction is offered this Sunday at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm We will sit together from 1:30=2:30 and have a short discussion until 3 and then, you guessed it, there will be COOKIES! Come for any part of all of it. We hope to see you there! https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/queer-dharma-meets-this-sunday-dec-17

Join us for music, arts and crafts, a children’s blessing, a candlelight procession, and an altogether magical time. Bring a dish to share and an unwrapped child’s gift. All ages welcome. Please register by December 4th!

In meditation we must start by accepting ourselves as we are. As we learn to see ourselves with greater clarity and gentleness, we naturally begin to tap into our innate compassion. Open to all, including those with no previous experience of meditation!

https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/this-sunday-november-19-queer-dharma Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday, November 19 at 1:00 for meditation instruction and at 1:30 for an hour of sitting.

https://mailchi.mp/atlantashambhalacenter/queer-dharma-meets-this-sunday-october-15-at-130pm Q***r Dharma Meets this Sunday at 1:30 pm!

“The Art of Being Human” A weekend retreat with John Rockwell, a close student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Meditation practice helps us to examine our states of mind without trying to change them. This practice encourages openness to oneself and what’s around us. Our old habits and patterns become more transparent, leaving room for a more direct appreciation of situations. This transforms the way we see our life and our world.
All are welcome. Come as you are. You have everything you need to wake up in this rich world of confusion and wonder. Give yourself the “gift of time” and focus on taking care of yourself so you can be of benefit to others.
Registration: https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?action=form&id=660991&utm_source=
Hope to see you there
Sat October 7th: 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Sun October 8th: 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Price:
• $149 Program Price
• $199 Patron Price
• Or what you can! No One will be turned away

REGISTER: https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?action=form&id=660991&utm_source=

Social conditioning and ancestral trauma keep all of us from seeing our own inner wisdom clearly. The resulting habitual patterns block our liberation, personal and collective, and can lead us to cause harm to ourselves and others without even realizing we are doing it. In Buddhism, we call this confusion. How do we transform confusion into wisdom?

Our true nature is a gem buried in all that messiness. It’s the lotus that grows out of the mud, the buddha within. Through meditation, relational attunement, movement, play, dialogue, story and ritual, we can explore the shadow–our unacknowledged pain and emotional blind spots–to release habits and patterns that no longer serve us. We can uncover our wisdom and transform our personal trauma; we can heal ourselves and our collective traumas to heal the world.

Calling All Change Agents!

This retreat is for YOU…in whatever ways you see yourself as a change agent.

Join us to explore different types of emotional energy and their corresponding insights, which can manifest in each of us individually and also in our communities. According to the Mahayana teachings on the five buddha families, the very same energy can manifest in expansive or contracted ways as wisdom or confusion.

We are each made up of five elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Space. Together we will work with each element to help reveal the contracted aspects of ourselves and learn how to release them into wisdom. We will engage with embodied tools, art, and play to look deeply into our own ancestral lineages to mine for the riches and reveal the recurring themes. Each of us will contribute our own insights to the collective group and help us to build a mindful and caring space.

Schedule:
Fri 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Sun 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Limited scholarships available for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Email [email protected] for details.
REGISTER NOW https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?

Water

In the 5 Buddha Family teaching in Tibetan Buddhism, Water cleanses our basic ground. The purity of Water allows us to see from within a space of complete clarity, a place of profound inner wisdom.

Join us for a full weekend at the Atlanta Shambhala Center beginning Sept 15 as we as ask Water to help us to see the clearest picture of the wisdom that is needed in the now.

Social conditioning and ancestral trauma keep all of us from seeing our own inner wisdom clearly. The resulting habitual patterns block our liberation, personal and collective, and can lead us to cause harm to ourselves and others without even realizing we are doing it. In Buddhism, we call this confusion. How do we transform confusion into wisdom?

Our true nature is a gem buried in all that messiness. It’s the lotus that grows out of the mud, the buddha within. Through meditation, relational attunement, movement, play, dialogue, story and ritual, we can explore the shadow–our unacknowledged pain and emotional blind spots–to release habits and patterns that no longer serve us. We can uncover our wisdom and transform our personal trauma; we can heal ourselves and our collective traumas to heal the world.

Calling All Change Agents!

This retreat is for YOU…in whatever ways you see yourself as a change agent.

Join us to explore different types of emotional energy and their corresponding insights, which can manifest in each of us individually and also in our communities. According to the Mahayana teachings on the five buddha families, the very same energy can manifest in expansive or contracted ways as wisdom or confusion.

We are each made up of five elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Space. Together we will work with each element to help reveal the contracted aspects of ourselves and learn how to release them into wisdom. We will engage with embodied tools, art, and play to look deeply into our own ancestral lineages to mine for the riches and reveal the recurring themes. Each of us will contribute our own insights to the collective group and help us to build a mindful and caring space.

Schedule:
Fri 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Sun 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Limited scholarships available for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Email [email protected] for details.
REGISTER NOW https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?

Fire

In the 5 Buddha Family teaching in Tibetan Buddhism, Fire is the heat of compassion arising from our heart center and permeating through our whole being.

Join us for a full weekend at the Atlanta Shambhala Center beginning Sept 15th as we experience our own Fire and make inquiries about how we can harness our collective Fire energy.

Social conditioning and ancestral trauma keep all of us from seeing our own inner wisdom clearly. The resulting habitual patterns block our liberation, personal and collective, and can lead us to cause harm to ourselves and others without even realizing we are doing it. In Buddhism, we call this confusion. How do we transform confusion into wisdom?

Our true nature is a gem buried in all that messiness. It’s the lotus that grows out of the mud, the buddha within. Through meditation, relational attunement, movement, play, dialogue, story and ritual, we can explore the shadow–our unacknowledged pain and emotional blind spots–to release habits and patterns that no longer serve us. We can uncover our wisdom and transform our personal trauma; we can heal ourselves and our collective traumas to heal the world.

Calling All Change Agents!

This retreat is for YOU…in whatever ways you see yourself as a change agent.

Join us to explore different types of emotional energy and their corresponding insights, which can manifest in each of us individually and also in our communities. According to the Mahayana teachings on the five buddha families, the very same energy can manifest in expansive or contracted ways as wisdom or confusion.

We are each made up of five elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Space. Together we will work with each element to help reveal the contracted aspects of ourselves and learn how to release them into wisdom. We will engage with embodied tools, art, and play to look deeply into our own ancestral lineages to mine for the riches and reveal the recurring themes. Each of us will contribute our own insights to the collective group and help us to build a mindful and caring space.

Schedule:
Fri 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Sun 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Limited scholarships available for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Email [email protected] for details.
REGISTER NOW https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?

Earth

In the 5 Buddha Family teaching in Tibetan Buddhism, Earth is the basic ground. Earth holds us, keeps us from floating away, and is the ground we can rest upon. Join us for a full weekend at the Atlanta Shambhala Center beginning Sept 15th as we evoke Earth, so that we can better understand Her deep nurturing essence.

Social conditioning and ancestral trauma keep all of us from seeing our own inner wisdom clearly. The resulting habitual patterns block our liberation, personal and collective, and can lead us to cause harm to ourselves and others without even realizing we are doing it. In Buddhism, we call this confusion. How do we transform confusion into wisdom?

Our true nature is a gem buried in all that messiness. It’s the lotus that grows out of the mud, the buddha within. Through meditation, relational attunement, movement, play, dialogue, story and ritual, we can explore the shadow–our unacknowledged pain and emotional blind spots–to release habits and patterns that no longer serve us. We can uncover our wisdom and transform our personal trauma; we can heal ourselves and our collective traumas to heal the world.

Calling All Change Agents!

This retreat is for YOU…in whatever ways you see yourself as a change agent.

Join us to explore different types of emotional energy and their corresponding insights, which can manifest in each of us individually and also in our communities. According to the Mahayana teachings on the five buddha families, the very same energy can manifest in expansive or contracted ways as wisdom or confusion.

We are each made up of five elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Space. Together we will work with each element to help reveal the contracted aspects of ourselves and learn how to release them into wisdom. We will engage with embodied tools, art, and play to look deeply into our own ancestral lineages to mine for the riches and reveal the recurring themes. Each of us will contribute our own insights to the collective group and help us to build a mindful and caring space.

Schedule:
Fri 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Sun 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Limited scholarships available for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Email [email protected] for details.
REGISTER NOW https://atlanta.shambhala.org/registration/?