Shambhala Chicago Meditation Center

Shambhala Chicago Meditation Center Our mission is to inspire and awaken compassionate society through personal and collective transformation

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For almost 50 years, the Shambhala Chicago Meditation Center has offered Chicagoans the opportunity to work with their minds and hearts through mindfulness meditation. Our mission is to inspire and awaken compassionate society through personal and collective transformation. We offer public meditation classes, mindfulness training workshops, and a wide range of teachings from the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. View our weekly meditation schedule here: https://chicago.shambhala.org/online-public-meditation/

“Each of us may be nothing more than a moving wave of change, but we are waves able to know this fact. We rise and fall ...
03/23/2026

“Each of us may be nothing more than a moving wave of change, but we are waves able to know this fact. We rise and fall in an infinitely deep and timeless sea, upright and undisturbed. We share the vast dignity of awakening.”
- Sallie Jiko Tisdale

In addition to our Kado-Ikebana private workshop we are offering a free and open to the public Flower Arranging Demonstr...
03/21/2026

In addition to our Kado-Ikebana private workshop we are offering a free and open to the public Flower Arranging Demonstration on May 1st, 7-9pm at Chicago Shambhala in the West Loop

Learn more at the LINK IN BIO or at chicago.shambhala.org

Find your community at ***r Dharma, every Sunday at Shambhala Chicago at 5:30pm For more information, visit chicago.sha...
03/21/2026

Find your community at ***r Dharma, every Sunday at Shambhala Chicago at 5:30pm

For more information, visit chicago.shambhala.org or check the link in our bio 🏳️‍🌈

03/20/2026

Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center looks at the notion of bodhisattva-based, socially engaged, participatory community — and how it could make a real difference in our world today.

Here's what is coming up at Chicago Shambhala! More information is available at the links in our bio or at chicago.shamb...
03/18/2026

Here's what is coming up at Chicago Shambhala! More information is available at the links in our bio or at chicago.shambhala.org

🌙 SADHANA OF MAHAMUDRA ONLINE
April 30th 5:30-7pm

🪷 FLOWER ARRANGING DEMONSTRATION
May 1st 7-9p

🏳️‍🌈 Q***R DHARMA
Sundays at 5:30pm

03/16/2026

If we can look at and see the wildness of emotion, we can not only begin to befriend and soften toward ourselves, but we can also begin to befriend all human beings and indeed all living beings.

We are so grateful to have Marcia Shibata at Shambhala Chicago on May 2nd. The workshop is for both new and experienced ...
03/16/2026

We are so grateful to have Marcia Shibata at Shambhala Chicago on May 2nd.

The workshop is for both new and experienced students. All materials will be provided. Space is limited to 16 people so that each participant can receive personal instruction

Kado-Ikebana is a contemplative art practice that reveals the relationship between nature, space and our own life force, and is based on the practice of meditation. The ultimate goal of Kado-Ikebana is not to make beautiful flower arrangements, but to expand our heart/mind, to be present in each moment, work with our obstacles and to develop respect and appreciation for ourselves, others and all life.

**There will be a FREE flower arranging demonstration MAY 1 (more info to come)

WEEKLY SCHEDULE DROP! Learn more at the links in our bio or at chicago.shambhala.org
03/15/2026

WEEKLY SCHEDULE DROP!

Learn more at the links in our bio or at chicago.shambhala.org

Sunday meditation lineup: In Person- Meditation & Discussion 10am at 37 N. CarpenterOnline- Meditation & Discussion 10a...
03/14/2026

Sunday meditation lineup:

In Person- Meditation & Discussion 10am at 37 N. Carpenter
Online- Meditation & Discussion 10am
Online-Heart of Recovery 10:30am
In Person- Q***r Dharma 5:30pm

See you tomorrow!

Join us today for our last lunchtime meditation of the week! Register link in bio and at chicago.shambhala.org
03/13/2026

Join us today for our last lunchtime meditation of the week!

Register link in bio and at chicago.shambhala.org

📖 BOOK CLUB IS TOMORROW! We've been awaiting our 2nd book club discussion since last month when we started The Five Invi...
03/11/2026

📖 BOOK CLUB IS TOMORROW!

We've been awaiting our 2nd book club discussion since last month when we started The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, by Frank Ostaseski.

🙏🏽 Meditation Instructor Louse Hasty will be leading our discussions, along with Alice Dan and Armando Maggi. This is an ONLINE meetup

We meet on the second Thursday of the month to share our experience and reactions to reading. Readings for each session are recommended but not required to attend.

REGISTRATION LINK IN BIO

Address

37 N Carpenter Street
Chicago, IL
60607

Telephone

+17737438147

Website

https://linktr.ee/chicagoshambhala?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=f4117250-5df1-

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