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Shambhala International supports more than 150 Shambhala Centres and Groups, [2] which are meditation communities of varying sizes in cities and towns across North and South America, Europe, and Oceania. It also supports several retreat centers and other organizations.
Gateway to the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood in Central Los Angeles, California SRF Lake Shrine looking toward the golden lotus-topped Gandhi memorial on Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. Self-Realization Fellowship has over 600 temples and meditation centers located in 62 countries.
Shambhala partly derives from Chögyam Trungpa's Shambhala teachings, named after the mythical Tibetan Kingdom of Shambhala. Shambhala in its current form is a new religious movement, the advanced levels of which involve secret teachings and a vow of devotion to the guru, a position currently held by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
The 2.5-acre water body (10,000 m 2) [17] became known as Lake Santa Ynez; the only spring-fed lake within the City of Los Angeles. [18] [19] The property remained undeveloped for more than a decade, when the lake was used as a local swimming hole and cattails and reeds grew to screen most of it from view. [15]
Vajradhatu was the name of the umbrella organization of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, one of the first Tibetan Buddhist lamas to visit and teach in the West. It served as the vehicle for the promulgation of his teachings, and was also the name by which his community was known from 1973 until 1990.
The Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) Encinitas Hermitage and Meditation Gardens is a religious center and tourist attraction in Encinitas, California, United States, created by Paramahansa Yogananda in the 1930s. [2] [3] [4] Its Golden Lotus Tower rises above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.
2015 Serves as a health and wellness provider for the Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles. [10] 2015 Treats unhoused vets at the 2015 Los Angeles Veteran and Families Stand Down, the largest event of its kind in the United States. [11] 2022 Signs an academic affiliation agreement with the Greater Los Angeles VA.
The name is a corruption of Tasajera, a Spanish-American word derived from an indigenous Esselen word, which means "place where meat is hung to dry". [4] [5]The 126-acre mountain property surrounding the Tassajara Hot Springs was purchased by the San Francisco Zen Center in 1967 for the below-market price [6] of $300,000 [5] from Robert and Anna Beck. [7]