"Sangha" is the Sanskrit term for "community of practitioners" - one of the three jewels of Buddhism. This Shambhala Meditation Center is home to a wonderfully diverse community who share a genuine connection to contemplative practice and the aspiration to realize a more wakeful, sane society.
Noble Sangha
The world has defeated me.
I am a vanquished man.
I sit here numb, cold, stunned
At the suffering of the world.
Hail to the glorious sangha,
My gentle friends.
They make my life
Both better and worse,
Without them I couldn't go on.
- From "In the Moment" by Chicago Poet and Shambhalian Gary Hogrefe