Promoting the goodness of human society

Dechen Chöling offers a range of meditation retreats and practices, contemplative arts, societal experimentations, and ecological transformation to provide a path that unifies personal and societal awakening. Dechen Chöling is part of the Shambhala network.

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  • September

    • Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony

      With: Barbara Märtens, John Rockwell

      Dechen Chöling offers a bodhisattva vow ceremony, with Barbara Märtens and John Rockwell. The ceremony will be in English.

       

    • Deeper Resources for Action: An Ecodharma Gathering – online

      With: Adam Lobel, Gee Guhyapati

      Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the Ecodharma Gathering at Dechen Chöling. The online gathering will still go ahead as planned.

       

      • Kado-Ikebana Instructor Training 2026

        With: Marcia Shibata

        This teacher’s training continues to cultivate a mind/heart that is always open. The programme is by invitation only.

         

      • October

        • Aikido and Meditation

          With: Ivan Tröscher, Jörg Kretzschmar

          In this program we bring together the living traditions of Aikido with the Shambhala “warrior” meditation tradition introduced in the West by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

           

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