September 30, 2021: Maine Shambhala Sangha News
September 29, 2021 by Joan_Carney
While the physical center is closed, our community continues to be at the core of all that we do. In order to care for each other, we are offering a variety of ways to stay connected. With the power of virtual options such as Zoom, we are able to keep us connected for practice, study, and gathering.
If you are looking for ways to connect with the community, please check the website, as well as your emails, for updates on events. Let us use this time to come together and to keep our connections strong and meaningful.
If you would be more comfortable connecting with a person directly rather than visiting our website for information, please contact us at [email protected]. We will be in touch shortly after receiving your inquiry.
Please join us online!
REGISTRATION IS OPEN:
PRE-REGISTRATION for either
morning or afternoon sessions
is suggested!
SAVE THE DATES (Registration is Open):
October 16, 2021, with Shastri Christopher St. John
October 26th—November 16th with Richard Knox
THIS WEEK :
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Sunday, October 10, 2021
WEEKLY CLASSES and Gatherings:
October 16, 2021, with Shastri Christopher St. John
with Richard Knox
October 26th—November 16th
OPEN COMMUNITY WEEKLY SITTING PRACTICE:
Thursday night ‘OPEN MEDITATION’- Online: Zoom- video conferencing
6:30- 7:30 PM October 7, 14, 21, 28 November 4, 11, 18, 25
Sunday Open Meditation – Online: Zoom- video conferencing
9:00 – 10:30 AM October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 November 7, 14, 21, 28
Karme Choling Programs:
October 9 – 10 with Dr. Craig Warren Smith and Suzann Duquette
October 30 – 31 with Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown and Marian English
October 9 – 11 with Eric Spiegel
In Collaboration with the Los Angeles Shambhala Center: This program is based on the Shambhala text “The Letter of the Golden Key” which addresses our relationship to our sense perceptions and the material world around us.
October 30 – 31 with Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown and Marian English
This retreat has two parallel tracks, one focusing on the White Tara Sadhana composed by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and another with A Very Condensed Daily Practice of White Tara composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, as given by the Vidyadhara.
January 7 – 15, 2022 with Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Shastri Donna Williams and Pablo Coddou
This program is available both On-Land and ONLINE. This weekthun is based on the lore of dakini stories, and will have a Mahamudra track for tantrikas, and a non-tantrika track for mindfulness-awareness practice.
Shambhala Online Courses:
Shambhala Online is delighted to offer The Heart of Warriorship (Levels 1-5) online over the next year. Each level will be taught live by an Acharya (senior teacher), giving us the opportunity to gather as a global community and practice with these amazing teachers.
Welcome to the Heart of Warriorship
“When you don’t punish or condemn yourself, when you relax more and appreciate your body and mind, you begin to contact the fundamental notion of basic goodness in yourself. So it is extremely important to be willing to open yourself to yourself.”
– from Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
Shambhala Online is delighted to offer The Heart of Warriorship (Levels 1-5) online over the next year. Each level will be taught live by an Acharya (senior teacher), giving us the opportunity to gather as a global community and practice with these amazing teachers.
DATES / TIMES / SCHEDULE
Please save the date for these live retreats.
(Click here for the levels’ daily schedule.)
Date: Friday, November 26, 2021
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Mathias Pongracz
Heart of Warriorship Series
With trust in basic goodness and daring to experience the sharp edge of reality, we move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is. We can extend ourselves to others fully and with kindness.
November 5-7, 2021
With trust in basic goodness and daring to experience the sharp edge of reality, we move forward with gentleness, increased awareness, and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is. We can extend ourselves to others fully and with kindness.
January 14-16, 2022
Communicating with the world gently and fearlessly, our awareness is sharpened and we find the open clear sky of mind—a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy. We trust our nature enough to let go into the present moment.
Shambhala Online Weekly Sunday Offerings:
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021
Teacher: John Seex
John Seex will talk about how when we embrace and touch into our personal feelings of emptiness, we can tune into the deepest part of ourselves, and our inseparability from everyone and everything – and we can rest in emptiness.
Date: Sunday, October 10, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown
Judith Simmer-Brown leads this month’s “Second Sunday” Maitri Bhavana, so we can practice for the wellbeing of others. Maitri Bhavana is a practice that is done for the benefit of the seriously ill, or for major global turmoil and disasters.
Date: Sunday, October 17, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Arawana Hayashi
The presentation will explore how the dharma art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche are the foundation for the creation of Social Presencing Theater, an arts-based social change process.
Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021
Teacher: Cynthia Moku
Addressing current issues on the climate changing, with knowledge being offered to the world from both ancestral traditions of Polynesian ocean culture and current science & innovation technologies. How these topics interface with and can inform us
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2021
Teacher: Sabine Rolf
Can something be truly new?* How is unique different from new?* This Sunday session will offer an investigation of the chimera of ‘new’, the wild and unrealistic notion that we will feel better if we acquire something new.
Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021
Teacher: Jeffrey Scott
What are you going to dress up as for Halloween? Maybe there are more options than being a sexy pirate, or a vampire again. If we could become anything, let’s be something good, no? In this Sunday Gathering we will explore some basics of Vajrayana practice.
Date: Sunday, November 7, 2021
Teachers: Shastri Janet Bronstein & Dr. Peter Nowak
Janet Bronstein and Peter Nowak share about a new Shambhala initiative that seeks ways to measure the societal health and well-being of our community in an ongoing way. Why is this important? How can we even do this? Come learn more!
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Fleet Maull
Fleet Maull leads this month’s “Second Sunday” Maitri Bhavana, so we can practice for the wellbeing of others. Maitri Bhavana is a practice that is done for the benefit of the seriously ill, or for major global turmoil and disasters.
Date: Sunday, November 21, 2021
Teacher: Thomas Berthoff
Join this exploration of what deeply understanding impermanence implies, how impermanence determines the path the Buddha taught, and how impermanence interacts with egolessness and suffering to provide the framework for all of the Buddha’s teachings.
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Daniele Bollini
Humanity is living in a democracy, economic, and environmental crisis. Yet we postpone solutions and pretend the problems are not there. This talk explores the Buddhist notion of avidya (basic ignorance), and why we resist a clear perception of reality.
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2021
Teacher: Susan Skjei
Join Susan Skjei for a Sunday Gathering with community practice, a dharma talk, and group discussion and sharing.
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2021
Teacher: Acharya Mathias Pongracz
Mathias Pongracz leads this month’s “Second Sunday” Maitri Bhavana, so we can practice for the wellbeing of others. Maitri Bhavana is a practice that is done for the benefit of the seriously ill, or for major global turmoil and disasters.
Date: Sunday, December 19, 2021
Teachers: Acharya Mathias Pongracz & Touching The Earth Collective
Join us for a SUPER family friendly and fun-filled celebration of Children’s Day and the Winter Solstice as a way to connect with the cycles of the seasons and the importance of family and children. Hosted by the Touching the Earth Collective.
Date: Sunday, December 26, 2021
Teachers: Touching The Earth Collective & Kristine McCutcheon
Shambhala has adopted a Code of Conduct. Part I & II looked at the dharma behind the Code and how we can bring it into our daily life. Part III will explore how we can be friendly to ourselves, kinder to others, and actually be of help.
