Shambhala Sunday Gathering Podcast

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Each week we invite guest presenter from the Shambhala community to share what is meaningful to them or to share a brief Dharma talk. These explorations range from the reality of Impermanence, Death, and the unknown to how we express and work with Joy, Co

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 133 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Shambhala Sunday Gathering Podcast

    Do the Shambhala Teachings Offer a Complete Path? with Agness Au & Daniel Naistadt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 77:57


    Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh lead by Joe Parent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 68:34


    Shambhala Buddhism and the 12 Steps with Elisabeth Hazell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 61:32


    Compassion for Ukraine: A Daily Online Practice and Study Group With Chris Randol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 63:25


    The Last Teachings of Buddha with Alley Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 56:19


    Can You Be a Buddhist and a Stoic with Chris Montone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 67:34


    Do-overs: Transforming Regret into Skillful Means with Eric Haag

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 53:57


    Loving All, Hating No One with Agness Au

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 60:05


    Say NO to Nihilism with Julia Sagebien

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 66:00


    A conversation between Albert Camus and Siddhartha Gautama

    The Sound of Basic Goodness with Bryan Wade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 55:19


    Cultivating a Relationship with the Land We Live On with Jan Enthoven

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 59:09


    Mindfulness and Your Money with Joannen Martin-Braun

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 61:08


    Mindful Eating for Stressful Holidays with Marcella Friel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 48:59


    Holly Gayley Cultivating Courage and Compassion in a Polarized World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 59:38


    Herb Elsky Discovering the Inconceivable; Part two Receiving and Radiating

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 71:58


    Bill Boyer The Buddhas Body of Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 60:54


    Paul Griffen Bringing Retreat Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 52:29


    Social Media and Your Karma with Gayle Van Gils

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 57:20


    Ellen Mains: Healing Ourselves and the Lineages We Carry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 58:51


    A discussion and contemplation based on Ellens most recent book; Buried RiversA Spiritual Journey into the Holocaust

    Anjie Cho Book Talk and Mindful Living

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 57:10


    Donna Williams Still Perceiving Ordinary Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 54:53


    Meeting the Great Queen Bliss with Joanne Rotte

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 67:22


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    Janet Solyntjes Cultivating our Lifeforce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 55:48


    An Ikebana Arrangement to Celebrate Nowness - Anjie Cho

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 51:04


    Dynamic Compassion: The Life and Times of a Death Doula and Funeral Clergy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 61:42


     Meli-Tashi Happy and Alley Smith  May 19, 2024

    Heart of Recovery Panel Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 72:48


    Earth Day with the Touching the Earth Collective

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 67:08


    3-31-24 Herb Elsky - Discovering the Inconceivable

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 83:26


    This talk includes some presentation of art including Audio and Video.  To see the visual pieces please visit shambhala online in sunday gatherings online and look for this talk.

    Candia Ludy: What is Merit and Why do We Need it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 76:49


    2/25/24 Erika Berland; Embodiment and the Meditative Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 45:11


    3-2-24 Susan Chapman Spiritual Friendship; Guardrails on the path of Bodhicitta

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 42:25


    01/21/2024 Jerry Webster: Nurturing the World in Opening One's Own Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 55:37


    2/4/24 End of Year Practice with Dorje Lodro

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 67:32


    Protector Practice Talk with Q/A and full Protector Chants with Mamos

    1-28-24 Susan Skjei

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 41:31


    12-21-23 Irene Woodard and Touching the Earth Collective Presents Children's' Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 53:53


    Solstice presentation and Celebration with music and other offerings 

    12-3-23 Eduardo Duran, PhD & Melissa Moore Compassion and Intergenerational Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 59:06


    Intergenerational Trauma is gaining validation in clinical settings where culturally appropriate care for indigenous and oppressed peoples is being critically explored and is changing. Eduardo Duran, Healing the Soul Wound's author, defines a post-colonial approach to healing for Indigenous people

    11-19-2023 Stephen Gleich: Everything Changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 51:31


    Reality is characterised by impermanence. It is a mark of the Buddhist view that everything changes.  We habitually grasp or push or ignore. These attitudes can be seen as strategies to hold on - to something, anything - and to protect the comforting fiction of our solid and unchanging selves. This mark of impermanence can guide us in our path and our practice. Is our meditation supposed to put us into a desirable, unchanging state of mind? Or is it an opportunity to let go into the unruly flow of life from moment to moment? To join in the impermanence of everything, especially ourselves. This short talk with guided meditation is offered to help us to see the opportunity to relax with impermanence in our practice. And for those who do not yet see that everything changes, I suggest that there is no better way to "road test" this teaching than in one's own meditative experience. 

    11-5-2023 Jonathan Kirkendall The Dharma of Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 58:35


    In this talk, Jonathan will explore how we learn to trust ourselves, how we can extend that trust out to others, and how the path of meditation helps us listen to the experience of those whose voices are silenced by institutional oppression. 

    10-29-23 Janet Ryvlin Social Justice Work in Shambhala: Is it Dharma?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 64:19


    In this Sunday gathering, we will explore the challenges and opportunities when working with the social justice issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion within Shambhala. Do we take the dharma of creating enlightened society seriously? If so, what might that look like and what might we want and need to generate to move our community closer to this aspiration? What gets in our way? How do we guard against it becoming aggressive, dismissive, or shaming? With curiosity and openness my hope is that we investigate how this work is dharma, and how we can bring our spiritual practice into our life beyond the cushion.

    10/15/23 Alexander deVaron: Singing the Buddhist Teachings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 53:27


    During our hour together we'll sing three songs, contemplate their meaning, consider alternate translations, and practice meditation.

    10-1-23 Gabe Dayley Shambhala Courses and Serving Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 55:00


    With the motivation to serve others, we can use rest to generate the creativity and exertion to address the monumental social and ecological challenges of our time. Through settling our minds and bodies, we rouse energy for meditation in action. 

    09/17/23 Candia Ludy: Loading the Dice – Causes for a rebirth in Sukavati

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 52:45


    This talk will cover the causes and conditions necessary for a rebirth in Sukavati (Dewachen). I will talk about creating reminders and the importance of habit patterns in case we forget after we die.

    09/03/23 Alice Toohey Deathcare Teams: Dying in Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 52:51


    A discussion about ways and means to come together around death & dying within our communitiesAlice (along with being tech & admin support for Shambhala) is a community death doula. She will lead a conversation about community deathcare teams, support of one another through the dying process, and creating "home" funerals, at home or at our Shambhala Centers. There will be room to share our own wisdom about caring for death & dying in our communities.

    07/23/23 Andy Karr Modernity, Materialism, and Mahanyana

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 60:05


    These are the best of times—science offers us incredible power and comfort. These are the worst of times—materialism obscures the wisdom that's the source of genuine happiness and freedom. The Mahayana can free us from this contradiction.

    8/20/23 George Gomez - Cultivating an Enlightened Society through Affinity Groups

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 55:59


    Coordinator and Leader of multiple interest-based groups, SGS board member George Gomez leads a discussion on how form, promote, and sustain Affinity Groups to grow a sense of community and warmth both locally and at a larger scale.

    7-2-23 Navigating social space: Contemplating diversity and inclusion with Elaine Yuen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 59:39


    How do our contemplative practices support us as we are challenged and welcomed in different social contexts (which include our vast internet “space” online)? How might our different social identities change as navigate through situations of family, work, community? In this presentation, Elaine will explore how contemplative practice helps us perceive and inhabit personal and interpersonal dynamics.

    5-28-23 Anjie Cho Mindful Homes: An Exploration of Our Spaces as a Mindfulness Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 74:41


    Be present and connected in your home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques. Meditation is seeing and sensing your interconnection between your inner and outer environments. Join us to learn more about the mindfulness of spaces, an invitation to connect and become friendly with your home, and in turn your innermost self.

    5-21-23 David Schneider Trungpa Rinpoche Visits the San Fransisco Zen Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 59:15


    From 1970, and for the next few years, Trungpa Rinpoche visited the San Francisco Zen Center quite a number of times.Here are stories from two of those visits.

    5-21-23 David Schneider Trungpa Visits The San Fransisco Zen Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 59:15


    From 1970, and for the next few years, Trungpa Rinpoche visited the San Francisco Zen Center quite a number of times.Here are stories from two of those visits.

    4-17-23 Richard John Dharma and Life Decisions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 52:53


    "It is not enough to always abide by the rules."  -- Chögyam TrungpaEvery choice we make, from the seemingly insignificant to life-changing decisions, affects the course of our life and path. We usually make choices according to habits and norms, and as practitioners we also rely on our teachers and institutions. But what truly matters for each of us is our state of mind.The process of hearing, contemplating and meditating is indispensable for gradually taking us from always depending on the advice and instructions of others to having confidence in our innate nonconceptual wisdom.

    2-26-23 Mark Blumenfeld Working with Others in Difficult Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 52:30


    For many of us the greatest challenges and opportunities in our spiritual development come from working with others. The Shambhala teachings are rich in helpful advice, but how do we apply them?Personal interactions can be challenging as well as inspiring. Drawing on my own experiences I will discuss ways I have found to apply the Shambhala teachings in the everyday interactions of working with those we share our life with. I will discuss how the qualities of the Shambhala warrior can guide us in our interactions with others, and also help us to develop resilience and strength.

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