Shambhala is a Buddhist tradition with its own unique view and approach.

Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make "me" happy.

Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often overlook compassion, seeing it as merely a pit stop on the way to more advanced practices. We want something more; we don't even know what. But that's just a trick of our mind. One of the greatest teachings is to practice compassion.

Every moment of our life is important.

Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy.