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Overview of Shambhala Training
Upcoming Shambhala Training Programs
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Shambhala Training
 Shambhala Training is a series of weekend contemplative workshops, suited for both beginning and experienced meditators. The simple and profound technique of mindfulness and awareness is the basis of a secular path of meditation, which can benefit people of any spiritual tradition and way of life.
The sequential program includes the study and practice of Shambhala warriorship- a path of nonaggression born from the bravery and gentleness of meeting our world without bias or judgment. This path shows how to take the challenges of daily life in our modern society as opportunities for both contemplative practice and social action.
The Shambhala Training weekends consist of thorough instruction in meditation, the practice of sitting and walking meditation in a group setting, one-on-one interviews to clarify questions, discussion groups and talks by a senior teacher.
Shambhala Training is particularly suitable for those who practice in other spiritual traditions, but are looking to explore the transformative benefits of meditation. Level I is the beginning of the Shambhala Training path, which has two parts, The Heart of Warriorship (Levels I - V), and The Sacred Path (Levels Great Eastern Sun through Golden Key). For a more detailed description of the Shambhala Training program, please visit Overview of Shambhala Training.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS  Weekend Introductory Course
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic
with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
January 16 - 18, 2009
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic marks the beginning of the Shambhala Training path which teaches students of any tradition effective tools for meditation. This first level focuses on the basic technique of mindfulness meditation.
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 Sacred Path: Great Eastern Sun
with Jeff Rubin
January 10 - 11, 2009
The Sacred Path program introduces advanced warriorship practices that extend the basic mindfulness-awareness meditation training introduced in Levels I-V. These practices are based on a societal vision and aspiration to help the world. This
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 The Path of Windhorse
with Acharya Adam Lobel
January 16 - 17, 2009
Lungta, or windhorse, is a Tibetan term for the natural life force energy present in everyone. This uplifting weekend program introduces techniques to help us contact the vast wellspring of energy, openness and radiance that is our birthrigh
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 Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior
with Natalie Baker
February 13 - 15, 2009
In Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior, we examine our habitual tendencies, fears, and defense mechanisms; building on the foundation of the meditation practice introduced in Shambhala Training Level I.
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 Sacred Path: Windhorse
with Sangyum Agness Au
February 20 - 22, 2009
The Sacred Path program introduces advanced warriorship practices that extend the basic mindfulness-awareness meditation training introduced in Levels I-V. These practices are based on a societal vision and aspiration to help the world. This
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 Shambhala Training Level III: Warrior in the World
with Jeff Rubin
March 13 - 15, 2009
As Warriors in the World we are able to develop bravery in order to step outside the self-created cocoons of our habitual patterns and fear.
“Shambhala vision teaches that, in the face of the world's greatest problems, we can be heroic and
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 Sacred Path: Drala
TBD
March 20 - 22, 2009
Open to graduates of Sacred Path: Windhorse.The Sacred Path program introduces advanced warriorship practices that extend the basic mindfulness-awareness meditation training introduced in Levels I-V. These practices are based on a soc
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Weekend Introductory Course
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic
with John Sennhauser
March 27 - 29, 2009
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic marks the beginning of the Shambhala Training path which teaches students of any tradition effective tools for meditation. This first level focuses on the basic technique of mindfulness meditation. By sett
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 Shambhala Training IV: Awakened Heart
with John Baker
April 10 - 12, 2009
In Shambhala Training Level IV, we learn how to awaken and open our hearts so that we can communicate fully with the world.
“Basic goodness is very closely connected to the idea of bodhicitta in the Buddhist tradition. Bodhi. means ‘awake
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Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior
TBD
April 24 - 26, 2009
In Shambhala Training Level II: Birth of the Warrior, we examine our habitual tendencies, fears, and defense mechanisms; building on the foundation of the meditation practice introduced in Shambhala Training Level I.
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 Sacred Path: Meek
with John Ankele
May 1 - 3, 2009
The Sacred Path program introduces advanced warriorship practices that extend the basic mindfulness-awareness meditation training introduced in Levels I-V. These practices are based on a societal vision and aspiration to help the world. This level
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 Shambhala Training Level V: Open Sky
with Acharya Eric Spiegel
May 15 - 17, 2009
In Open Sky – Shambhala Training Level V one begins to sharpen one’s awareness. One also finds the open clear sky of mind, which is a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy. By learning to trust our nature enough to let go into the present
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 Sacred Path: Perky
TBD
May 29 - 31, 2009
The Sacred Path program introduces advanced warriorship practices that extend the basic mindfulness-awareness meditation training introduced in Levels I-V. These practices are based on a societal vision and aspiration to help the world. This
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Weekend Introductory Course
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic
with John Ankele
June 5 - 7, 2009
Shambhala Training Level I: Ordinary Magic marks the beginning of the Shambhala Training path which teaches students of any tradition effective tools for meditation. This first level focuses on the basic technique of mindfulness meditation. By sett
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 Shambhala Training Level III: Warrior in the World
TBD
June 26 - 28, 2009
As Warriors in the World we are able to develop bravery in order to step outside the self-created cocoons of our habitual patterns and fear.
“Shambhala vision teaches that, in the face of the world's greatest problems, we can be heroic and
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DISCOVERING MAGIC
Whether you care to communicate with it or not, the magical strength and wisdom of reality are always there....By relaxing the mind, you can reconnect with that primordial, original ground, which is completely pure and simple. Out of that, through the medium of your perceptions, you can discover magic, (which in the Shambhala tradition is called ) drala. You actually can connect your own intrinsic wisdom with a sense of greater wisdom or vision beyond you.
You might think that something extraordinary will happen to you
when you discover magic. Something extra-ordinary does happen. You simply find yourself in the realm of utter reality, complete and thorough reality.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
From SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF THE WARRIOR, page 106.
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