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Sunday Open House
Our Sunday Open House program offers a friendly introduction to meditation, Shambhala Buddhist teachings and our community. This program is open to anyone, free of charge or by donation.
10:00 – 10:30 Tea: Connect with others who share your curiosity and interest.
10:30 – 11:30 Meditation Instruction and Practice: Introductory meditation instruction is available at 10:30.
11:30 – 12:00 Talk and Discussion: Introductory teachings are presented either as dharma talks and discussion or reading and discussion. When dharma talks are presented, the Open House usually concludes at about 12:15 pm.

The following series of Open House topics is based on the book
When Things Fall Apart, Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron
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August 10 (Special Topic) Rigden Shrine - Amy Conway
August 17 Curious About Existence - Charlotte Linde
August 24 Nonagression and the Four Maras - Fern LaRocca
August 31 Growing Up - Reading / Discussion
September 7 Widening the Circle of Compassion - Bruce Dal Santo
September 14 (Special Topic) The Practice of Dathun - John Osajima
September 21 *** Harvest of Peace Celebration ***
September 28 Servants of Peace - Reading / Discussion
October 5 Opinions - Amy Conway
October 12 Secret Oral Instructions - Reading / Discussion
October 19 Three Methods for Working With Chaos - Cheryl Woodard
October 26 *** No Open House - Shambhala Training ***
November 2 The Trick of Choicelessness - Reading / Discussion
November 9 Reversing the Wheel of Samsara - Speaker
November 16 *** No Open House - Sun of Wisdom program ***
November 23 The Path is the Goal - Reading / Discussion
November 30 Six Kinds of Loneliness - Speaker
December 7 Going Against the Grain - Reading / Discussion
December 14 The Love That Will Not Die - Speaker
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