Let your mind calm down
Learn to meditate
What is meditation??
Meditation refers to a natural state of the human mind: resting within itself, open and awake.
Regular meditation practice helps, to relax the mind and to calm down. It leaves our innate qualities of stability, Clarity and mental strength emerge.
The meditation practice used in Shambhala is “Shamatha-Vipassyana” (Mindfulness Awareness Meditation). It develops our connection to gentleness, Kindness and courage and sets us on a path, to understand the nature of our minds and hearts.
From this stable base we exercise our innate dignity, Goodness, To combine wisdom and strength - so that we can use them personally, cultural and social development.
Basic meditation guide
If we practice meditation regularly, it allows us to calm down and discover our inner wisdom and happiness.
What we discover in meditation
In Shambhala we practice meditation as a personal way to explore ourselves and being human, as well as as a means to actively shape our lives and to appear positively in the world.
presence: The meditation connects you deeper with yourself, with others and with the world.
flexibility: A flexible spirit helps you, to deal with the challenges of life.
Appreciation: Meditation helps you, To close friendship with you and the world - so, like you are, so, as she is.
satisfaction: When your mind calms down and opens, you will find deeper relaxation, Inner calm and satisfaction.
compassion: Meditation nourishes your natural empathy and human desire, to help others.
growth: Meditation supports you on a spiritual journey of self -research.
We are here to support you on your individual path!
Develop your meditation practice
Meditation in community
Together it often meditates easier. Find open every Monday and Wednesday, Free meditation evenings take place, to which you can get there spontaneously.
If you have never been with us, Please come on a first Monday of the month (“Introduction to meditation”), Even if you already have meditation experience.
When you don't work on Monday evening, Get in touch with us and we are looking for something suitable together.
1:1 Conversation with meditation teachers
Monthly via Zoom or. by appointment (free donation)
Regular discussions with meditation teachers deepen your meditation practice and your understanding of your mind and how it works. They help, Less to walk in the wrong way and find out faster again.
Feel free to visit one of our public events or write us via email or contact form, to arrange a conversation.
Voices of meditators
“Thank you for the great meditation instruction! I liked it very much and did it well. I am motivated, to integrate meditation into my everyday life. You gave us good explanations, As a result, I now feel much closer to meditation! Thanks for this interesting experience :)“
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Frequently asked questions
Shambhala
What is Shambhala??
History of the organization
Our community - today called Shambhala - was founded in the 1970s by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and combines the teachings of the Kagyü- and Nyingma schools in Tibetan Buddhism with Japanese Zen and other contemplative traditions and art forms in a comprehensive studies- and practice of mindfulness-immensely meditation.
Shambhala brings people of all faiths, Phases of life and social classes together, to learn, to be kind to ourselves and others. We are committed to this, to create a society, that brings out the best in each of us.
Get to know
Can I come sniff?
Possibilities, Getting to know Shambhala Vienna
And! It is best to come on a first Monday of the month, to “Introduction to meditation“, to get to know Shambhala Vienna and our meditation technique.
If you don't fit on Monday evening, like to come on a weekend for a practice day or Get in touch with us and we are looking for something suitable for you together.
There are several places, Please always pay attention to the specified venue!
Religion
Can I learn meditation here, without becoming a Buddhist?
Shambhala was created with this goal in mind, To make meditation and the Buddhist teachings accessible to people of all faiths and walks of life.
The practice of mindfulness-immensely meditation is compatible with every spiritual tradition.
Many Shambhala members are also part of a religious community, others are without confession. In Shambhala each person decides for themselves, also, whether she wants to share it with others or keep it to herself.
Regular meditation
How do I do it?, establish a regular meditation practice?
If you at “Introduction to meditation” were, is it helpful, to practice meditation daily – in the morning or evening or both (as an integral part of your get-up- and bedtime rituals, like brushing your teeth).
You can use a very short unit of e.g.. Start just a minute, for which there is always time, to build the new habit. When this daily practice has become easy and almost automatic, you can gradually increase the duration. Feel free to come back at any time “Introduction to meditation” or another event, To exchange ideas with others or agree on a Meditation discussion, To reflect on your practice with a meditation teacher experienced.
Participation fees
what is, if an event is too expensive for me?
(But I would like to visit her?)
This is our goal, to make meditation and the Shambhala teachings accessible to all people.
Thanks to the generous support of our club members and donors, we are able to keep participation fees low and offer generous discounts. Even if the reduced price is too much for your current situation, Please contact us and we will find a solution!
If you are able, to pay more, we would be happy about your support, By self -chosen amount donated, to enable others to attend the event, or/and our commitment as Girlfriend regularly supported.
membership & friendship
I have to be a member or friend, To attend courses?
No, all courses are open to everyone.
Sometimes there are preconditions, That means you must have attended another course beforehand, if it is a constructive program.
Members of Shambhala volunteer to participate in the organization of the association and the events.
Become Girlfriend, to support our voluntary work through monthly donations and to become part of the community without obligation!
How can we support you on your individual path??
Feel free to register with questions or for a non -binding personal conversation.
to get started with the topic of meditation
Book recommendations
When everything collapses
Pema Chödrön
One of the basic tenets of Buddhism is:, that there are paths to contentment and lasting happiness for every person. The Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön shows very pragmatic options in her book, how to free yourself from your suffering. Her advice is sometimes provocatively direct and challenges the reader, to venture into the wide field of his difficulties full of curiosity.
Cutting through spiritual materialism
Chögyam Trungpa
Walking the spiritual path correctly is a very difficult undertaking. It contains countless wrong turns and dead ends, which becomes a distorted one, egocentric interpretation of spirituality. We can delude ourselves, that we develop spiritually, while instead we only strengthen our self-centeredness through spiritual techniques. Trungpa calls this fundamental error spiritual materialism. After this look at the dead ends, that spiritual seekers can get into, the author shows the basics of the true spiritual path.
The book of the meditative life
Chögyam Trungpa
The Shambhala teaching assumes this, that there is a deep human wisdom, with which the problems of the world can be overcome, actually exists. And this wisdom does not belong to any particular culture or religion, It still only comes from the West or the East. Rowohlt Tb., 1996
The myth of freedom and the path of meditation
Chögyam Trungpa
The myth of freedom, whose author Chögyam Trungpa is currently the most discussed Dharma master in the West, interprets the idea of freedom in the broader context of Tibetan Buddhism. By spanning the gap between the most esoteric teachings of the East and the everyday realities of the West, he shows us, like our behaviors, our prejudices and even our spiritual practices can become chains, that bind us to repeated disappointments and situations of despair.
Meditation for you, Your loved ones and society
Meditation = wegbeamen? No, look!
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