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The Durham Shambhala Center is part of Shambhala International, a worldwide network of meditation and practice centers whose chief aspiration is to create enlightened society.  We offer weekly sitting meditation at our Thursday Open House from 7-9pm, at the Early Bird Special on Wednesdays from 7-8am, and Sunday meditation from 9am - noon every Sunday. We also have a practice intensive from 9am - 4pm on the fourth Sunday of every month.  All regular sessions are free and open to the public.  Free meditation instruction is also provided.

Additionally, we offer classes and programs on Buddhism as well as secular classes--Shambhala Training--that show us how to bring meditative awareness into our daily lives.  We aspire to make all of our programs available to all who wish to participate.  To that end, we abide by a generosity policy.

 
Contentment in Everyday Life
Five Wednesdays, beginning 2/15/12
Through 3/14/2012, 7-9pmm

Part of the Shambhala Buddhist curriculum, CIEL explores how acknowledging suffering helps us open to our inherent goodness and express ourselves through that. Open to all.

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Great Eastern Sun
Saturday, 1/28/2012, 8:30-6:00pm
Sunday, 1/29/12, 8:30-6:00

Great Eastern Sun, the first class of the Sacred Path, shows us how to overcome the setting sun mentality. Open to those who have completed Level V.

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Shambhala Day Celebration!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
From ~ 10a.m.- 'til...

Shambhala Day is the celebration of the first day of the Tibetan New Year. We are invited to express the richness of our spiritual culture. Details to follow. Open to all.

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Shambhala Level II
February 24 - 26, 2012
7-9pm on Friday
8:30-5:00 Saturday & Sunday

Level II explores how we limit ourselves through fear and shows us how to let go. Open to graduates of Level I.

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Shambhala Level III
April 13 - 15, 2012
7-9pm on Friday
8:30-5:00 Saturday & Sunday

Level III, aka, Warrior in the World, shows us how to combine courage and compassion to be of benefit to all. Open to graduates of Level II.

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Week-long Meditation Retreat
Opening Talk, Friday 6/22/12, 7-9pm
June 23-29, 8:30-5:00pm
Early registration deadline: 2/1/2012

Join us for a weekthun in June with Acharya Richard John. Retreats of this type are wonderful for deepening your practice and understanding of the path of meditation. Open to all.

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Durham Shambhala Center
733 Rutherford St., Durham,  NC 27705
Tel. 919 286 5508    Email:

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