Spark your heart and mind through the practice of meditation.

Learn to meditate and naturally grow your confidence, mindful awareness, and compassion. Free guided instruction and dharma talks available to the public at our Eagle Rock center and Westside group. We also offer a wide variety of classes and programs in meditation, Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, and many other disciplines. Drop in on any of our weekly programs for newcomers.

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Online Broadcast from Shambhala Mountain Center
July 18 & July 19 | 9am to 1pm
This retreat provides a rare opportunity for the Shambhala community to gather locally, practice and connect with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Acharya Pema Chödrön.
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Purification and Healing Ceremony
with His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche
Friday, July 24 | 7:30pm to 9:30pm
His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche, the head of the Rigon Thupten Mindrolling monasteries in India, Tibet, and Nepal, is renowned as a terton, or treasure-finder, and master of divination. He is the father in law of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
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The Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles offers practice and study in the lineage of Shambhala Buddhism, unique in the world of Western Buddhism. This lineage combines the teachings of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism with the Shambhala view of living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world.

Public Sitting is available Wednesdays and Sundays. Families are invited to attend Family Sunday (first Sunday of each month). SMCLA's Open House is the last Sunday of the month. Please visit the schedule page for details.

The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche and the Sakyong Wangmo, Khandro Tseyang Palmo

The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche &
the Sakyong Wangmo, Khandro Tseyang Palmo

We are part of Shambhala, an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Read more about our lineage.

Please send us an email or call us at 323-255-5472 if you have any questions about the Shambhala Center.

Featured Programs:

Kyudo: The Way of the Bow practice
Jul 6 / 7:30 PM - Jul 6 / 9:30 PM
Kyudo, an ancient form of Zen Archery, is moving meditation. Working with the precision of the form, a natural process gradually unfolds through which the practitioner has the opportunity to see the mind more clearly.
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Introductory Dharma Talk: It's Too Much / It's Not Enough; Accomplishing Without Speed
Jul 9 / 7:30 PM - Jul 9 / 9:30 PM
What is the critical difference between being a highly productive person - which sounds really good - and being overly busy, which is exhausting and depressing? Why is there something vaguely (or definitely) frightening about having nothing to do?
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Pema Chödrön Video Teachings: A Practice and Study Evening
Jul 16 / 7:30 PM - Jul 16 / 9:30 PM
Good nourishment! This is what Acharya Pema Chödrön calls the practice and study of meditation. We are delighted to invite you to a monthly feast of practice and study with the teachings of Pema Chödrön.
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