West Seattle Meditation Group Opening
The seventh Seattle Shambhala neighborhood satellite meditation group, in West Seattle, is opening with a regular session on Tuesday, September 2. The Grand Opening Celebration is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23. The West Seattle Shambhala Meditation group offers weekly meditation sessions on Tuesday evenings at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle, across the … Continue
Ziji Welcome Picnic Social, Aug. 2
Written by Annica Crouse — “Ziji” is the Tibetan word for the innate, brilliant confidence possessed by all beings. Would you like to be a part of inspiring social change? The Ziji Collective has begun in Seattle!! If you’re interested in being a part of this emerging movement, join us on Saturday, August 2nd at … Continue
Miksang “Good Eye” Photos
Written by Dan Peterson — During the third class of Wisdom in Everyday Life we entered into a rather feisty discussion of how preconceptions and habits veil our capacity to directly experience the richness of our environment. If we do catch a glimpse of this vivid world it is soon subsumed by our conceptual efforts … Continue
Downtown Satellite Opening
Written by Matthew Bryan — We are pleased to announce that the Seattle Shambhala Center is opening a new satellite location in downtown Seattle! It will meet Tuesdays at 6:30 pm at Salt Room Yoga: 214 1st Avenue South, Suite G-7, Seattle. We will offer basic meditation instruction, and a sitting session, followed by discussion. … Continue
Manifesting More Space
The Seattle Shambhala Center is bursting at the seams. Community members who attended the March 9 meeting talked about how we can accommodate the growing interest in our programs and teachings. Three teams were formed and they are now working to coordinate community involvement, fundraising, and a search for the right location (real estate). Here are … Continue
ALIA Leadership Intensive: Register Quickly
For the first time the ALIA Leadership Intensive is coming to the Pacific Northwest, June 8-13, at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. The ALIA (Authentic Leadership in Action) web site offers details about this program for courageous leaders of transformative change at www.aliainstitute.org. Registration deadlines for best rates are approaching. Shambhala members receive a 10% … Continue
Where’s the Beef?
It was a cold day at the Shambhala Mountain Center, just up the hill from DENVER, when some staffers and visiting center directors got together to watch the Super Bowl. Just to heat things up a little, Seattle Director Tom Gaylord and Denver Director Nathan Railla made a bet on the game. The prize: a … Continue
Director’s Notes: Visioning Additional Space
Everyone in Shambhala Seattle is invited to a community meeting at the center, 2:00 pm, Sunday, March 9, to consider the possibility of opening an additional meditation space. The Seattle Shambhala Center is bursting at the seams. Our shrine rooms are crowded. Multiple events compete for space on the same day. Our practice and community are … Continue
What Is A Shastri?
by Shastri Ben Hines When you come to the Seattle Shambhala Center, you soon encounter a term never heard in the West until recently: shastri. It reflects a role and responsibilities conferred by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, spiritual leader of Shambhala, on certain senior teachers in many Shambhala communities around the world. Speaking personally, I think of … Continue
The Meditating Practitioner
About two years ago after returning from travels as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s attendant, I hung out my own shingle as a solo attorney with equal parts excitement and trepidation. I decided to take advantage of a service provided through the WA state bar association for starting a law practice. As I was told some of … Continue
