We are a friendly and welcoming community, offering a variety of online classes, community events, and free-of-charge public meditation sessions. While Shambhala is rooted in Buddhism, our public offerings are open and accessible to all, regardless of religious tradition.
Our core teaching is that everyone has a nature of fundamental “basic goodness.” Awakening to the basic goodness in ourselves, others, and in society itself brings a sense of genuine confidence, ethical discipline, and skillfulness to effect positive change in our world. Individual instruction in meditation by trained and authorized meditation instructors. Contemplative weekend/evening classes and meditation retreats. Shambhala has been an anchor of meditation-based training in the DC area since the 1970’s. Caf Shambhala every Saturday, 10 AM Noon. While we look forward to the day when we can safely rent space and gather again in person, we invite you to check out our calendar and join us online! Of Washington, DC Training DC to meditate for over 40 years.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic and being unable to safely hold in-person gatherings for so long, in March 2021 the Shambhala Center community decided to vacate the space it had been leasing in Cleveland Park and go virtual.
