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4worldlovers:
Shambhala is a global community. There are more than 170 centers and groups around the world, as well as thousands of individual members. Shambhala Meditation Centers offer courses in meditation and other contemplative arts and disciplines, and also host community gatherings, celebrations, and family events. In community life, we endeavor to put into practice the principles of courage and compassion. This helps us to experience daily life as a constant opportunity for spiritual practice and social service.

You are invited to join the meditation sessions on this site via Zoom. The event and the relevant Zoom link can be found on the Center’s monthly calendar. Occasionally a separate link is required as listed on the class details.

Shambhala is an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. More →

4worldlovers: All beings be happy. May they be joyous and live in safety. All living beings, whether weak or strong, tall or short, big or small, visible or not visible, near or far away, already born or yet to be born. May all beings be happy.


May no one deceive or look down on anyone anywhere, for any reason. Whether through feeling angry or through reacting to someone else, may no one want another to suffer. May all beings be happy.

Even in times of great suffering there is always a path to enlightenment

A Dharma Talk for August 8th, 2022, hosted by Sensei Lynn of Arizona

Additional Activities may be planned, schedule will continue to be updated.

Stay safe, wash your hands, relax, and try to work on that enlightenment thing you have been meaning to get to. Its always a good time to practice the Dharma.

The official podcast of the Arizona Buddhist Temple hosted on SoundCloud. The purpose of this cast is to spread the teachings of the Dharma and provide different insights into the teachings of the Buddha. Every cast is a brief introduction of Buddhist concepts, followed by a Dharma message written by one of the temple ministers.

Please join us for some quiet sitting, chanting, and guided meditation. Most sessions last from 10 to 20 minutes. Sit in one of our comfortable chairs, borrow one of our zafus or bring your own!


I’m open to suggestions on how to be a good uncle.

I have not read or found any books on what it means to be a passable uncle, let alone found a checklist that details what’s required of being a good uncle. There aren’t any flowcharts to follow and few standardized practices. Being a parents for the first time isn’t exactly easy either, as I have discovered over the last two years, but at the very least there are countless books, online forums and strangers coming out of the woodwork to give me unsolicited advice on everything from changing diapers with minimum splash back to finding the nebulous line between bribery and motivation when trying to ween child off of a diet that consists most of oranges. In other words, while being a father isn’t necessarily easy, it’s at least a somewhat defined role in which I can make, hopefully positive, decisions.

4worldlovers: Haku-un-ji Zen Center offers traditional Rinzai Zen Buddhist meditation and practice for beginners as well as experienced meditators. Our primary practice is zazen, or seated meditation. The form combines compassion and structure to help us focus and experience our heart and the world together. We also offer seated meditation(zazen), walking meditation (kinhin), retreats (zazenkais), chanting, book discussion groups and multi-day retreats with visiting teachers.

4worldlovers: Tashi Delek Dear Dharma students and friends. I read a beautiful message recently by the author T.S.Eliot.

‘For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.

I want to send my heartfelt thoughts and blessings as we come to the end of 2020, a worrisome pandemic year. I wish you and your loved ones happy and healthy. Please take extra steps to stay safe.

In April of this year, I started “Wednesday’s with Rinpoche”, sharing with the global Facebook community tools and techniques to develop and sustain inner strength. Each Wednesday, I’ve focused on aspects of how we can build inner strength to live happier more peacefully in the face of great difficulty. Each week many of you have asked questions generating good dharma discussions.

As we learned how to navigate live-streaming, we have been keeping in touch by offering programs via Zoom.

2021 is considered by Tibetan astrology as the year of the Iron Ox a fitting symbol of perseverance, energy, honesty and positivity. The Iron Ox is associated with carefulness, loyalty and effort. In 2021 I am looking to offer an in-depth series and life-stream workshops as we continue with stay-at-home while the world begins to heal from the pandemic.

From January 2021 through May of 2021 we will be establishing a matching funds campaign for funds to build a new Za Pang Thang nunnery. The old nunnery was closed this year when a main supporting wall crumbled and collapsed, making the nunnery unsafe and impossible to repair. I am thinking to launch this project mid-January and run through May when the building season resumes.

As we come to the end of this challenging year, we are moving into an encouraging New Year. If vaccine efforts worldwide go as planned, I hope we can emerge safely from our isolation.

I keep you and yours in my daily prayers. I look forward to easier days in 2021 with wishes I can see you in person, that our doors will open and we can join together as a spiritual family and dharma community.

Please join the Emaho Benefactor Circle by becoming an Emaho benefactor. In pledging whatever you can donate monthly, you help shoulder the financial responsibilities of Emaho Foundation. As a benefactor you join our growing Emaho family.

ZaChoeje Rinpoche has requested of us to recite Drupthop Thangtong Gyalpo's Vajra speech-A Prayer for Pacifying the Fear of Disease. Click on "Read more: A request from Rinpoche" below to see the entire prayer and to listen to the Geshes chanting this auspicious prayer in Tibetan.

4worldlovers: Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a Buddhist network linking more than 12 million people in 192 countries and territories to promote peace, culture and education.

For SGI members, Buddhism is a practical philosophy of individual empowerment and inner transformation that enables people to take responsibility for their lives, fulfill their potential, live with confidence, create value in any circumstances and contribute to the well-being of family, friends and community.

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