Welcome to Shambhala

The Vancouver Shambhala Centre is a Buddhist meditation centre, offering a community grounded in a warm approach to the study and practice of meditation.

We provide instruction in mindfulness-awareness meditation for beginners and experienced practitioners, a diverse variety of evening and weekend programs as well as public group meditation sessions. We offer tools to help discover greater compassion, confidence, wisdom and joy in day-to-day life. The Shambhala teachings provide a way to extend personal transformation for the benefit of society as a whole.

Please join us at our Wednesday Open House where you can receive free first-time meditation instruction, meditate with our community, and learn about meditation, Buddhism and Shambhala.

Please see our weekly public meditation schedule and join us for free sitting meditation Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or online every day 5-6 pm. Please view our programs, classes and events page, and our monthly calendar.

 

The Vancouver Shambhala Centre is a 7 minute walk from the Broadway/City Hall Skytrain station, serviced both by the Canada Line Skytrain and the 99-B bus. Location details

 

Donations are appreciated to help provide a place for meditation, study and community for current and future generations of Vancouverites.  The Vancouver Shambhala Centre is a volunteer-run, volunteer-funded meditation centre.  We rely on donations from members and friends to keep our doors open.  more..

 


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The Vancouver Shambhala Centre strives to be a community that fosters inclusiveness and accessibility, free from harm of any type. We recognize that harm occurs in our world, that it isn’t always understood or acknowledged, and that harm has occurred in our own community. For more information, please see our Care and Conduct Policy page.

Upcoming Programs

Nyinthün (all day sitting meditation)

March 24th

Meditate with the community from 10 am - 12:30 pm, and from 2 - 4:30 pm. Sitting and walking meditation. Continue »

Book club: The Myth of Freedom

with Lidija Martinovic Rekert & Tyler Fox

April 3rd—May 1st

Join us as we explore the classic Myth of Freedom, by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, over 5 Wednesdays, before Open House. 5:30 - 6:45 pm Continue »

Birth of the Warrior: Shambhala Training Level II, online

April 6th—April 27th

Facing the habitual patterns that obscure our basic goodness and sanity: Shambhala Training Level II over four Saturday mornings, April 6,13, 20, 27, online via zoom. Continue »

Shambhala Film & Discussion Series: Inside Llewyn Davis

April 6th

Join us for the launch of our film series that examines the challenges and desires of modern life through a Buddhist lens. The Coen Brothers INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS is the story of a 1960s folk singer who is trying to survive the Greenwich Village scene. Continue »

The Wheel of Life, An Introduction to Hinayana

with Martin Evans

April 9th—May 7th

Join us for five Tuesdays for a class taught by Martin Evans & Geoff Bannoff intoducing key concepts of the Hinayana teachings of the Buddha. Continue »

Meditation Instructor training - Weekend One

April 13th—April 14th

Weekend One is part of a series of three weekend trainings that are designed as continuing education for already authorized Meditation Instructors, as well as meditation practitioners who are interested in developing as Meditation Instructors. Continue »

Introduction to Ikebana: the Contemplative Way of Flowers

with Brooke Pohl

May 4th

Join Sogetsu ikebana teacher Brooke Pohl in exploring Japanese flower arranging in the Sogetsu tradition of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Continue »

Ikebana: An Introduction to Freestyle

with Brooke Pohl

May 5th

Extend your Ikebana practice to the practice of creating "freestyle" arrangements. This can be done as a standalone day for experienced practitioners or combined with the Saturday introduction. Continue »

Warrior in the World: Shambhala Training Level III, Online

June 1st—June 22nd

Taking the gentleness, fearlessness and clarity of meditation practice into our daily lives. 4 Saturday mornings, online via Zoom Continue »


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