Shambhala Boston

12/04/2025

The Heart Sutra Weekend STARTS SATURDAY //
SATURDAY: "Long Live Emptiness" workshop (registration required)
SUNDAY: All-Day Nyinthun

"Emptiness" is at the heart of Buddhist understanding, yet the truth of emptiness cannot be understood conceptually. The message of the Heart Sutra is the ultimate freedom: No path, no goal, no attainment and no one to attain. The conceptual mind can grasp the idea, but the practice must work below concept to dissolve the conceptual self.

Part of our series on Walking the Buddhist Path in the 21st Century

11/13/2025

Join us this weekend for "From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors" at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston. Lama Rod will guide us in exploring how intentionally breaking our hearts open can help us step into the path of the spiritual warrior, rooted in courage, compassion, and care.

📖 His talk draws from his latest book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors, offering practical guidance for transforming heartbreak into action and liberation.

Saturday, November 15 · 2–4 pm

Register now on Eventbrite

Shambhala Meditation Center: 646 Brookline Ave: https://LamaRodWarriorsInPerson.eventbrite.com

11/12/2025

Join us on Saturday, November 15 - for "From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors" at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston. Lama Rod will guide us in exploring how intentionally breaking our hearts open can help us step into the path of the spiritual warrior, rooted in courage, compassion, and care.

📖 His talk draws from his latest book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors, offering practical guidance for transforming heartbreak into action and liberation.

Saturday, November 15 · 2–4 pm
Hybrid - Register now on Eventbrite
IN-PERSON at the Shambhala Meditation Center: 646 Brookline Ave: https://LamaRodWarriorsInPerson.eventbrite.com
ONLINE: https://LamaRodWarriorsOnline.eventbrite.com

11/07/2025

Join us for an afternoon with Lama Rod Owens as he explores what it means to become a spiritual warrior in our trying times.

From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors
Saturday, November 15 | 2-4pm
Boston Shambhala Center

Lama Rod: Buddhist minister, author, activist, and self-described "Black Buddhist Southern Queen" invites us to let our hearts break open as fuel for transformation. Drawing from his book The New Saints, he offers a vision of liberated spiritual practice that speaks directly to our moment.

This is about leaning into what we habitually run away from. About seeing things as they really are. About bringing healing to our broken hearts and our beautiful, broken world.

Hybrid event
Register to attend in-person: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-broken-hearts-to-spiritual-warriors-in-person-with-lama-rod-owens-tickets-1735396009179?aff=oddtdtcreator
Register to attend online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-broken-hearts-to-spiritual-warriors-online-with-lama-rod-owens-tickets-1819930213259?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/29/2025

“The status quo of our society is crumbling, and rightly so. But what future will emerge to replace it?” Lama Rod Owens

Join us on Saturday, November 15, for "From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors" at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston. Lama Rod will guide us in exploring how intentionally breaking our hearts open can help us step into the path of the spiritual warrior, rooted in courage, compassion, and care.

📖 His talk draws from his latest book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors, offering practical guidance for transforming heartbreak into action and liberation.

Saturday, November 15 · 2–4 pm
Hybrid - Register now on Eventbrite
IN-PERSON at the Shambhala Meditation Center: 646 Brookline Ave: https://LamaRodWarriorsInPerson.eventbrite.com
ONLINE: https://LamaRodWarriorsOnline.eventbrite.com

10/23/2025

“Systems of dominance have co-opted the work of goodness to keep people from disrupting systemic violence.” - Lama Rod Owens

The Shambhala view is that basic goodness is our foundation, and the foundation of our practice.

Lama Rod Owens invites us to take that goodness - both our tenderness and our toughness - and step into the path of the spiritual warrior. We can feel our broken hearts and engage with the world, disrupting systems of violence.

Join us:
Saturday, November 15 · 2–4 pm

Hybrid - Register now on Eventbrite
In-person at the Shambhala Meditation Center - 646 Brookline Ave: https://LamaRodWarriorsInPerson.eventbrite.com
Online: https://LamaRodWarriorsOnline.eventbrite.com

This is a rare opportunity to explore how compassion, courage, and action come together in our lives and communities.

10/10/2025

Human realm? Animal realm? Hell realm? Hungry Ghost realm? Demi-God realm? Where do you find yourself today?

The six realms are a traditional description of Samsara. Samsara isn't a distant myth, an esoteric philosophy. It's the endless, often frantic reality that we can't seem to step out of. Yet even in the whirlpool, there are openings to peace.

Join Kate King & Max Roberts-Zirker to explore:
- How samsara functions as a cycle of conditioned existence
- The six realms as mirrors for our inner and outer struggles
- How the sense of separateness fuels the whirlpool of suffering
- Practical ways to work with samsara as a path rather than a trap

Saturday, Oct 18, 10am-4pm
Register through link in bio

10/07/2025

🌞 Good Morning!

We’re thrilled to announce that Lama Rod Owens will be joining us at the Boston Shambhala Center for an afternoon talk and discussion on Saturday, November 15th.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now! Space is limited to 100 seats, so be sure to sign up early to reserve your spot.

This is a wonderful opportunity to be in community and hear directly from Lama Rod—a teacher, activist, and author whose teachings inspire, challenge, and open hearts.

👉https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-broken-hearts-to-spiritual-warriors-with-lama-rod-owens-tickets-1735396009179?aff=oddtdtcreator

We can’t wait to see you there! ✨

09/19/2025

Tomorrow we celebrate the Harvest of Peace, Shambhala's way of observing the Autumn Equinox.

This is not about pretending peace exists when it does not. This year, let’s consider: “what does it mean to harvest peace in a time of outrage, despair, and upheaval?” What can we cultivate together that is not just an escape, but a resource - something we can share, offer, and plant as seeds for a more wakeful future?

09/10/2025

This Saturday: Karma isn’t about reward or punishment — it’s the momentum of confusion. Join us Sept 13 to discover how meditation and reflection can interrupt that cycle and open the space of freedom.

Saturday, Sept 13
Registration Required - link in bio

09/10/2025