Shambhala Boston

05/24/2026

How does one develop confidence in all aspects of our daily lives?

Shambhala Training Weekend Retreat
June 6-7 In Person - Brookline, MA

Details and register through link in bio

Bringing the mindfulness and awareness of meditation practice into everyday life, alive to our sense perceptions, we can venture into the world with a vulnerability that is fearless, gentle, and awake.

We need as many people as possible cultivating basic sanity this year - able to respond to challenges with genuineness, confidence, humor and dignity.

Offered at by donation, but registration is still required so we can prepare for the program. We hope you will join us! Link in bio

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

The Art of Being Human - Shambhala Training Weekend Retreat
In Person - Brookline, MA

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Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings.

04/28/2026

"Applying the Dharma Moment-by-Moment"
Saturday, May 2

Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo will offer a one-day teaching on practical techniques for applying Buddhist wisdom when you need it most — not just on the cushion, but inside the actual texture of your life.

Register at http://boston.shambhala.org/programs

04/19/2026

The path begins May 16-17
The Art of Being Human - Shambhala Training Weekend Retreat
In Person - Brookline, MA

Details and register through link in bio

Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings.

04/08/2026

Tibetan Buddhist Master Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo will offer a one-day teaching on practical techniques for applying Buddhist wisdom when you need it most — not just on the cushion, but inside the actual texture of your life.

Saturday May 2. Register at http://boston.shambhala.org/programs

With a rare combination of clarity, humor, and intensity, Rinpoche doesn't deliver a fixed lecture — he brings the dharma to life as a direct response to what's alive in the room.

02/27/2026

Sunday, March 1
Meditation and reading excerpts from the Rain of Wisdom, which is a remarkable collection of vajra dohas - realization songs. A day-long holiday celebrating our rich heritage the Kagyu lineage of meditators - all are welcome!

The program will go from 9:00am - 5:00pm.

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sitting meditation and readings
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (Vegetarian Potluck)
1:30- 3:00 PM Sitting and readings
3-3:30 PM Silent tea break
3:30-5:00 PM Sitting, readings, closing chants

02/26/2026

Losar Tashi Delek!
Celebrate Shambhala Day, the Tibetan New Year, Saturday.
Registration is helpful but not required.
Saturday, February 28
4:00 Welcome
4:30 Lhasang, smoke offering & chant practice
I Ching Reading
New Member Welcome
Practice Books Distributed
Directors Address
5:30 Celebration
7:30 End

02/18/2026

Happy Shambhala Day and Cheerful Year of the Fire Horse!

Ikebana by

01/17/2026

Starts Saturday, Jan 24 // Vipashyana, or nonconceptual “clear seeing”, opens the mind to its true nature of luminous clarity.

January 24-25
In person - Brookline, MA
Details and registration through link in bio.

Join Judith Simmer-Brown to discover The Dynamic Dharmic Path of Inquiry for yourself.