Ongoing Offerings
Ongoing Public Offerings
The Asheville Center offers group sitting and walking mindfulness meditation several times each week. No affiliation with Shambhala or meditation experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome. By donation. Meditation instruction is offered and available.
Weekly Mindfulness Meditation Practice Times
- Sunday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
- Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.
from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. enjoy tea and conversation, followed by a Dharma reading and dialogue.
- Wednesday nights from 10:00 pm to midnight
Monthly
- Open House is the first Saturday of each month from 11 to 1 pm
- Nyithun – a full day for meditation practice on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Refuge Recovery
- Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Meetings are open to anyone interested in a Buddhist path to recovery from addictive behaviors.
The Asheville Shambhala Center provides the meeting space for Refuge Recovery
Introductory
Fearlessness In Everyday Life
with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
August 7th—September 4th
Learning to work with our anxiety, we are not blocked by fear. Continue »
Sadhana of Mahamudra - New Moon
August 21st—December 18th
The Sadhana of Mahamudra is a practice text composed by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The Sadhana consists of brief silent meditation, chanting, and mantra recitation. Open to everyone. Continue »
Saturday Open House
September 2nd—December 2nd
Find out more about the Shambhala Center in a relaxed atmosphere with light refreshments. Continue »
Learn to Meditate
with BJ Sharp
September 16th
This class highlights the Shambhala community's core practice - mindfulness-awareness meditation - and includes a gift of the book ''Turning the Mind Into An Ally'' Continue »
