Joy In Everyday Life | Hybrid

These classes teaches us practical methods to develop ongoing kindness toward ourselves and others. By training in virtue and compassion, we cultivate a gentle and fearless heart. With discipline, we discover joy. This retreat explores the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, as well as the Shambhala dignity of Perky and its qualities of cheerfulness, health, and freedom from doubt.

The Everyday Life classes are designed to be taken in conjunction with the Shambhala Training Levels. Students are encouraged, but not required, to have completed Contentment in Everyday Life before taking Joy in Everyday Life.

"The first step of awakening Buddha nature is friendship with ourselves."
—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

This retreat teaches us practical methods to develop ongoing kindness toward ourselves and others. By training in virtue and compassion, we cultivate a gentle and fearless heart. With discipline, we discover joy. This retreat explores the Mahayana Buddhist teachings, as well as the Shambhala dignity of Perky and its qualities of cheerfulness, health, and freedom from doubt.


Recommended texts:

Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa
Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Myth of Freedom by Chögyam Trungpa
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
The Sanity We are Born With by Chögyam Trungpa

Generosity Policy
We have a generosity policy to make our offerings available to all who wish to participate. If the program price is an obstacle for you, please consider what works for you, and offer as much of the program fee as you can. For those who can offer more than the program price, we have a "patron price." Your generosity in offering the patron price helps cover the cost for others who are not able to pay the full price.

Please email [email protected] with questions.