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Events During February

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Thursday Meditation Group

Every week at 7pm

Film Screening: PONYO

Friday Feb. 10th at 7pm

Sunday Morning Meditation

Feb. 12th 9am-noon

5-week class begins: Joy in Everyday Life

Wednesday Feb. 22nd at 7pm (registration required)

Shambhala Day Celebration

Saturday February 25th

Noon-4pm

Shambhala Sadana Retreat - March 17th

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The weekend of March 17-18 will be a mandala-wide event to intoriduce the new Shambhala Sadhana practice that Sakyong has written. This Part Two of Shambhala Lineage Festival will include a live-streaming talk at 1pm EST.

Shambhala Meditation Group will gather for this. Further details will follow.

Learn to Meditate - New Class Begins in February

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Joy in Everyday Life

Five Wednesday Evenings...

February 22 & 29

March 7, 14, 21

7-9pm

408 Franklin Street

$50

Debbie McCubbin, a teacher from Shambhala Meditation Group of Mississauga, will present the third class of the Way of Shambhala but it may also be taken independently. It is a wonderful introductory class.

Joy in Everyday Life explores the Shambhala teachings on cheerfulness and health. Through study and practice of these teachings on discipline and the traditional Buddhist teachings of the Mahayana, we step out of the trap of our habitual patterns, free ourselves from confusion, and cultivate the noble heart of compassion. This class is a strong introduction to the Buddhist concept of bodhicitta.

Please register in advance (space is limited)

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If you have questions or con)cerns,

contact Steve Clookey

(716-882-1194, steve.clookey@gmail.com).

Generosity Policy: The tuition amount reflects our costs to offer the program. Our generosity policy allows individuals with financial hardship to register with a reduced tuition. Please contemplate how much you are able to offer and contact Steve.

February 25th - Year of the Water Dragon

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Celebrate with us...

Shambhala Day Gathering

Saturday February 25th

Noon - 4:00pm

Please bring something to share (food, drink, poetry, song)

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Meditation

1-1:30

Listen to Sakyong Mipham's Shambhala Day Address

1:30-4:00

Watch film about Visual Dharma,

share food, drink, poetry, song

What is Shambhala Day?
Shambhala Day is a time for us to express the wealth and richness of our spiritual and cultural heritage through feasting, conviviality, elegance and pomp.

As is customary, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche will address the worldwide Shambhala community on Shambhala Day through an online hook-up, which includes centres and groups from six continents and over thirty countries around the world.

This is also the time when members of the Shambhala community are encouraged to make a financial donation to Shambhala in order to help support the activities of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and our worldwide mandala.

In the Tibetan calendar it will be the year 2139 and the Year of the Water Dragon.

True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art

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Leading up to the Shambhala Arts Festival in March, the Thursday evening meditation group with begin exploring with Chogyam Trungpa's writings on the subject. We have a few copies available for anyone who wishes to purchase True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art.

Shambhala Arts Festival March & April 2012

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The Shambhala Community celebrates Shambhala Arts Day at the Spring Equinox. Buffalo will enjoy two months of Shambhala Arts Festival.

Shambhala Art celebrates the uniqueness of everyday sensory experience and awakens an appreciation for the richness of our colorful challenging world. Find out more about this path at...
Shambhala Art

Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo will host several events.

March 2nd, 6-9pm

408 Franklin Street

Opening Reception at 408 Franklin Street

First Thought Best Thought: Shambhala Art

This exhibition has been organized in conjunction with the CG Jung Center Gallery

and features work created by members of the Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo.

March 11th, 2-4pm

Contemplative Poetry Reading with Ed Taylor, Teresa Peipins, Trudy Stern and others

March 9th, 7pm Film Screening: Himalaya

An epic adventure of survical directed by Eric Valli. The first Nepalese film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the 72nd Academy Awards. The film is a narrative on both the traditions and the impermanent nature of human struggle to retain and express power in the face of the gods. The extreme environment of the Himalayas is magnificently contrasted to the delicacy of humanity and the beauty of Tibetan culture.

April 13th, 6-9pm

Reception and panel discussion with exhibition artists. Artists' talk begins at 7pm.

April 14th-15th, 9am-5pm each day

Miksang Contemplative Photography - Level I Workshop

Presented by John McQuade

$95

(For those who have taken the one day introductory workshop the cost is $75)

408 Franklin Street, Buffalo NY

Miksang means "good eye" in tibetan. This is the first in a series of weekend workshops, a two-day program introduces the basic teachings of Miksang Contemplative Photography. This introductory training includes instruction, assignments and image reviews. No previous photography experience necessary but you will need to bring a digital camera.

For more information about Miksang and this workshop, visit www.miksang.org or contact John

McQuade: dralaimage@gmail.com.

Please register in advance (space is limited)

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Contact Trudy Stern with questions and concerns at 716-445-4446 or stern2@aol.com

Madeline Conacher's Talk on Enlightened Society

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Listen to Talk

Way of Shambhala - Path of Study

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The Shambhala Path begins with a series of Shambhala Training programs suited for both beginning and experienced meditators. The simple and profound technique of mindfulness and awareness is the basis of a secular path of meditation, which can benefit people of any spiritual tradition and way of life.

Way of Shambhala

The Heart of Warriorship, a path of nonaggression born from the bravery and gentleness of meeting our world without bias or judgment. This path shows how to take the challenges of daily life in our modern society as opportunities for both contemplative practice and social action.

Shambhala Training Level I
The Art of Being Human: Discovering basic goodness in the world and ourselves (no pre-requisite)
takes place on a weekend, one evening plus one full day.

Meditation in Everyday Life (five-week course of two hours every week or two)--no pre-requisite.

Shambhala Training Level II
Birth of the Warrior: Cultivating the willingness to observe our cocoon of habitual fear and defense mechanisms (pre-requisite Level I).

Contentment in Everyday Life (five-week course of two hours every week)--no prerequisite

Shambhala Training Level III
Warrior in the World: Developing the bravery to step outside our cocoons (pre-requisite Level II).

Joy in Everyday Life (five-week course of two hours every week)--no pre-requisite.

Shambhala Training Level IV
Awakened Heart: Opening to increased awareness and inquisitiveness about the world, as it is
(pre-requisite Level III).

Fearlessness in Everyday Life (five-week course of two hours every week)--pre-requisites Meditation in Everyday Life, Contentment in Everyday Life and Joy in Everyday Life.

Shambhala Training Level V
Open Sky: Sharpening one’s awareness, one finds the open clear sky of mind—a delightful source of wisdom and uplifted energy. Trusting our nature enough to let go into the present moment (prerequisite ST I-IV).

Wisdom in Everyday Life (five-week course of two hours every week)--pre-requisite Fearlessness in Everyday Life.

Shambhala Training weekends consist of thorough instruction in meditation, the practice of sitting and walking meditation in a group setting, one-on-one interviews to clarify questions, discussion groups and talks by a senior teacher.

There are a more advanced set of courses called "Way of Shambhala II", for which Way of Shambhala is a prerequisite. After that, a student may decide to enter a formal Vajrayana Buddhist path within the Shambhala tradition, for which the Way of Shambhala programs are preparation. Or, a student may decide to continue taking a variety of courses without taking that step.

Other Shambhala groups and centers in our regional area offer a variety of programs. East Aurora is just thirty minutes away. Toronto and Mississauga are about two hours away. Cleveland is a three-hour drive. Please visit these sites to learn more about the variety of classes and programs they offer. A few upcoming programs of interest are:

Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo

Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo

Shambhala Meditation Group of East Aurora

Shambhala Meditation Group of East Aurora

Shambhala Meditation Group of Mississauga
Shambhala Meditation Group of Mississauga

Shambhala Meditation Centre of Toronto
Shambhala Meditation Centre of Toronto

Shambhala Meditation Center of Cleveland

Shambhala Meditation Center of Cleveland

Shambhala Land Centers

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In addition to daily meditation, group practice and Shambhala Training...visiting land centers is a way to experience the Shambhala vision in community, as all aspects of daily living become woven together in a beautiful natural setting.

There are three land centers that our members are able to drive to for special programs:

Juniper Hill Retreat Center is located less than four hours away in Ontario.

Sky Lake is about six hours away in the southeast area of our state.

Karma Choling is nine-ten hours away in Vermont. This was the first Shambhala Center and holds a great amount of history for the lineage.

What is Shambhala Meditation?

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Meditation is the practice of taming one's mind and developing the compassion and insight necessary to care for oneself and the world genuinely. The practice of meditation has been taught for over 2,500 years as a vehicle for realizing the beauty and magic of the ordinary world without aggression or manipulation.

The worldwide community of over 200 meditation centres on five continents provide meditation instruction and the opportunity to develop awareness and compassion in everyday life.

Shambhala International was founded during the early 1970s by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher who helped to bring Buddhism to the west. The international organization is now directed by son and heir of the Vidyadhara, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

The Shambhala teachings present a unique view that combines the practice of meditation and contemplative arts as a path to living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world.

Way of Shambhala is a series of programs designed to introduce the Shambhala teachings that were founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom does not belong to any one culture or religion. Rather, it is a tradition of human warriorship that has existed in many cultures at many times throughout history.

Shambhala is a secular meditation program which emphasizes both a deepening experience of meditation and an integration of that experience into daily life. By bringing the mindfulness cultivated through meditation into everyday experience, we are able to change our own lives and the world around us.

Our Buffalo Group

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Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo has evolved since 1999 and became an official member of Shambhala International in June 2009.

Our Buffalo group is bound by both Lake Erie and the Niagara River. The waterfront city is also just twenty miles from Niagara Falls and home to several colleges, universities, museums and parks...as well as a growing arts community.

We meet in the historic Allentown neighborhood at the The C.G. Jung Center in their victorian era home. This location is distinguished by a three hundred year old sycamore tree that is reported to be the oldest tree in Buffalo. We are happy to be a part of this rich and diverse community, including the network of other local buddhist meditation groups.