The Shambhala Meditation Center of Denver is part of an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Our center offers public meditation, a core curriculum of Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, as well as training in advanced contemplative practices.
We invite you to explore our diverse programs designed to help people of all traditions discover their inherent sanity, gentleness and humor. Everyone is invited to practice shamatha, or "peaceful abiding" meditation at the Shambhala Meditation Center Of Denver.
On Sundays, we practice from 9 a.m. until noon, and on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 until 7:30. You are invited to participate in all or part of these sessions. You can learn to meditate at our center. Instruction by authorized staff is always free of charge.
Meditation Practice
" Extending love and compassion toward others in contemplative practice is a rehearsal for stepping beyond stinginess and self-centeredness in daily life.
Eventually our training will give us the power to flip the mind instantly by letting go of the "me plan" and considering the happiness of somebody else, whatever we’re experiencing, wherever we are."
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Please join our Open House, with center Meditation Instructors, every Sunday morning at 10 am. Google Map | |
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V2A Report and Follow Up Opportunities.
The Shambhala Meditation Center of Denver Vision to Action (V2A) Report provides an overview of the V2A community gatherings, a list of recommendations from the working groups, and a proposed plan of action based on the recommendations arising from that community process. Please take a moment to read this account of our community’s efforts to envision our center’s future. To make that vision a reality, you are warmly invited to participate in the next steps:
Fulfilling Our Aspirations Community Gatherings will be on Thursdays, May 24th and June 7th.
Click on the dates for more information and please hold those dates and watch for additional registration information to come.
Vision to Action Report Link
Upcoming Programs:
Enlightened Society -- Walking the Talk
May 17th All are welcome to gather and share experiences of carrying our practice of enlightened society off the cushion to our interactions with the world! Note: Due to the 2012 summer schedule, we will not have these gatherings in June or July. more info
Work on Aging
May 20th Open to all who are 50+ years "young," please join for the second gathering of SMCD's
Work on Aging group. Sit, share lunch, and join us in a discussion about conscious
aging. more info
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