Programs and Events

Have you completed Level III and already have experience in a staffing role at regular practice sittings, Shambhala Training Level weekends, or other programs at the Centre? Would you like to expand your skills from a staff member to a Co-ordinat Continue »

This three-day retreat, hosted by the Victoria Shambhala Centre, is open to all new and senior practitioners who wish to establish or deepen their meditation practice. Continue »

Communicating with the world gently and fearlessly, our awareness is sharpened and we find the open clear sky of mind. We learn to trust our nature enough to let go into the present moment. Prerequisite: Shambhala Training Level IV.Layth Matthews has been Continue »

Please join us for our Mid Summer's day celebration and potluck, everyone is welcome. Continue »

This weekend retreat introduces the view that certain turning points, or “bardos”, in our lives can be transformative if we know how to embrace fear with an open heart. It introduces Susan Gillis Chapman’s new book, Which Way Is Up? (available June 4, Continue »

About the Course Join an exploration of the profound path of Vajrayana that is open to all! This course is ideal for those who are longing to learn more about, inquire into, or refresh their connection to, the Vajrayana path. We will trace the map of key Continue »

Harvest of Peace is celebrated in near the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Continue »

Planting such a seed as the bodhisattva vow undermines ego and leads to a tremendous expansion of perspective. Such heroism, or bigness of mind, fills all of space completely, utterly, absolutely. Within such a vast perspective, nothing is claustrophobic Continue »