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Community By practicing peaceful abiding together, we’re establishing a culture based on the foundation that each of us has the genes for enlightenment. The sense of trust and frankness in the sangha frightens a lot of people; nevertheless, genuine communication takes place. The sangha is made up of thousands of people who are alone together, working with their own loneliness, their own aloneness. Together they make an orchestra; you are able to dance with its music, and that is a very personal experience. You begin to join that particular energy, which allows individuality and spontaneity as well as nonaggression. Sangha is the Sanskrit term for "community of practitioners" - one of the three jewels of Buddhism. The Tamalpais Shambhala Meditation Group, like all of the other Shambhala Meditation Centers around the world, is home to a diverse community who share a connection to contemplative practice and the aspiration to realize a more wakeful, sane society. Friends and members of the Shambhala Center are always welcome to attend our celebrations, practice events, meetings and other gatherings. Shambhala was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is now headed by his eldest son, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The Shambhala Buddhist path, unique in the world of Buddhism, combines the teachings of the Kagyü and Nyingma traditions of Tibet with the Shambhala view of living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world.
In terms of what we are as a community, as practitioners of Shambhala buddhadharma and how we can help the world, I think that one of the important elements is that we can be inspiring to others. Obviously, we have many inspiring teachers. But what might be most effective is if individuals in the community can get together and live cohesively and enjoy each other's company. Obviously, the world is getting smaller. Shambhala vision is how we can work together.
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