Spark your heart and mind through the practice of meditation
Shambhala Vision tells us that we can experience a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world, which is the innate wakefulness of human beings. Located in the Heart of Marin County in Northern California, Tamalpais Shambhala is part of an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. In addition to free meditation instruction, offered at each of our public sitting practices, our center offers public meditation, a core curriculum of Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, as well as training in advanced contemplative practices.
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New to Shambhala?
Shambhala is an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Learn about our vision, lineage & community.
Ongoing Offerings
Our center offers a rich array of ongoing offerings free to the public including weekly public sitting meditation hours and Dharma talks. No prior meditation experience required to attend. All are welcome.
First Tuesday Dharma Talks
Please join us for our First-Tuesday Open House Dharma Talk each month. On the first Tuesday of each month our regular open house will feature a special guest Shambhala teacher.
Classes and Retreats
Tamalpais Shambhala has many programs including day long retreats, weekend retreats and classes.
Weekly Quote
UNCONDITIONAL CLARITY
Through meditation practice, we discover a sense of clarity, unconditional clarity. Such clarity is ostentatious and has immense brilliance. It is very joyful, and it has potentialities of everything. It is a real experience. Once we have experienced this brilliance, this far-seeing, ostentatious, colorful, opulent quality of clarity, then there is no problem. It is indestructible. Because of its opulence and its richness, it radiates constantly, and immense unconditional appreciation takes place.
–Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche from Journey Without Goal
