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, and now in Carpinteria. 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.

Featured Program
WAY OF SHAMBHALA I:
Contentment in Everyday Life
with Cynthia MacKay and Guy Blume
Tuesdays, Jan. 31-Feb. 28, 7:30pm

The experience of contentment is often under-rated in our struggle to avoid pain or find peaks of enjoyment. This course is an introduction to the Shambhala Buddhist teachings on the discovery of contentment within the chaos of our everyday experience.
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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.

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in Los Angeles

On April 17, 2011 the Los Angeles Shambhala Center was honored to host Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, lineage holder of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, for a very special gathering. In his talk to the community, the Sakyong emphasized both the importance of embodying Basic Goodness and of gathering as a community to work together in establishing enlightened society here and now. We are honored and grateful to share his talk with you in this video.

Upcoming Programs:

Shambhala Training HEART OF WARRIORSHIP Level II: Birth of the Warrior
January 27th - January 29th
In The Birth of the Warrior, we examine our habitual tendencies, fears, and defense mechanisms, building on the foundation of the meditation practice introduced in Level I.
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Leadership Salon: A Conversation about what it means to be a leader in Shambhala
January 29th
Westside Shambhala is honored to welcome Jane Arthur, Director of Karme Choling, who will introduce and facilitate a conversation on the view and practice of leadership in Shambhala.
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Introduction to Dharma: Are We There Yet/Being in the Moment
February 2nd
Looking forward, looking back, staying on one’s toes to keep on keeping on - are we there yet? Life seems to propel us forward at an unimaginable pace, and yet, we find ourselves looking back and wondering how we got here.
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