Shambhala Centre

Dublin Shambhala Center

Shambhala is an international community of practitioners of meditation in the Buddhist and Shambhala traditions. The Dublin Shambhala Centre offers meditation instruction, Buddhist and Shambhala teachings, and a place for community to gather. Pictured here is Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche who is the lineage holder of the Shambhala tradition

The Dublin Shambhala Meditation Centre is part of an international community of 165 meditation centers founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The Shambhala buddhist path, unique in the world of western buddhism, combines the teachings of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan buddhism with the Shambhala principles of living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world.

Programs and classes in buddhist teachings, meditation and other contemplative disciplines are offered as well as individual meditation instruction. The centre is home to a vibrant, diverse community of members and friends who provide ongoing volunteer work and support – creating a warm, genuine basis for the realizing the full potential of our authentic wisdom traditions.

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was one of the most dynamic teachers of Buddhism in the 20th Century. He was a pioneer in bringing the Buddhist teachings of Tibet to the West and is credited with introducing many Buddhist concepts into the English language and psyche in a fresh and new way.

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche the former supreme abbot of Surmang Monasteries in Tibet, is known as the foremost meditation master and teacher of Buddhism in the West. In the early 1970s, he founded Naropa University, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America, along with over 100 meditation centers worldwide. Rinpoche encouraged his students to join their experience of meditation with such disciplines as Japanese archery, calligraphy, flower arranging, tea ceremony, health care, dance, poetry, photography, theater, education, business and psychotherapy. Rinpoche authored two dozen books on meditation, poetry, art and founded the Shambhala path of warriorship. To learn more, please visit:www.shambhala.org

Meditation is a natural state of the human mind—at rest, open, alert. 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 teachings of Shambhala Buddhism emphasize the potential for enlightenment inherent in every situation or state of mind. Through discipline, gentleness and a sense of humor, the practitioner is invited to let go of conflicting emotions and wake up on the spot.

Mindfulness/awareness meditation is the foundation of all that we do at the Shambhala Meditation Center.This ancient practice of self-discovery is rooted in the simple but revolutionary premise that every human being has the ability to cultivate the mind’s inherent stability, clarity and strength in order to be more awake and to develop the compassion and insight necessary to care for oneself and the world genuinely.