Shambhala imprint: 827 books
The Lion's Roar
An Introduction to Tantra
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
This book is based on two historic seminars of the 1970s, in which Chögyam Trungpa introduced the tantric teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to his Western students for the first time. Each seminar bore the title "The Nine Yanas." Yana, a Sanskrit word meaning "vehicle," refers to...
This Precious Life
Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Using the traditional Tibetan Buddhist framework of the Four Reminders—the preciousness of human birth, the truth of impermanence, the reality of suffering, and the inescapability of karma—Khandro Rinpoche explains why and how we could all better use this short life to pursue a spiritual path...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 5
Crazy Wisdom; Illusion's Game; The Life of Marpa (Excerpts); The Rain of Wisdom (Excerpts); The Sadhana of Mahamudra (Excerpts); Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of one of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teachers to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts,...
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
The Practice of Guru Yoga According to the Longchen Nyingthig Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1999
In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, devotion to one's guru or spiritual master is considered to be of the utmost importance in spiritual practice. The instructions of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, based upon the teachings of the great eighteenth-century saint and visionary Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa, focus on the devotional practices of Guru Yoga, "Merging with the Mind of the Guru."
Illusion's Game
The Life and Teaching of Naropa
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 1994
In what he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Chögyam Trungpa reveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning" process that draws us away from the comfort of conventional expectations and conceptual attitudes toward a naked encounter with reality. The tantric...
The Five Wisdom Energies
A Buddhust Way of Understanding Personalities, Emotions, and Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2002
This book invites us to celebrate our strengths and work with our weaknesses by learning to identify and utilize five basic personal styles or energies. Written in a playful and accessible way, this is the first general-audience book on a Tibetan Buddhist system known as "the five buddha families"—an...
Confusion Arises as Wisdom
Gampopa's Heart Advice on the Path of Mahamudra
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the freedom that comes from perceiving the emptiness of all phenomena—teachings known collectively by the name Mahamudra—are presented here with remarkable clarity through commentary on a twelfth-century text. The text is "Gampopa's Great Teachings to the...
by Herbert V. Guenther, Chogyam Trungpa
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Westerners wanting to know about tantra—particularly the Buddhist tantra of Tibet—often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has been shrouded in mystery, and "tantra" has been called upon to name every kind of esoteric fantasy. In The Dawn of Tantra the reader meets a Tibetan meditation...
Incarnation
The History and Mysticism of the Tulku Tradition of Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
A tulku is a fully enlightened one (buddha) or highly accomplished adept (siddha) who chooses to be reborn again and again for the benefit of all beings. Most tulkus, though, are the rebirths of well-trained masters who are engaged in spiritual training and serving others. Tibetan Buddhists have,...
Lady of the Lotus-Born
The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2002
The first Tibetan to attain complete enlightenment was in all probability the woman Yeshe Tsogyal, the closest disciple of Padmasambhava, the master who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century. This classical text is not only a biography but also an inspiring example of how the Buddha's teaching...
Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth
A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
Buddhism teaches that death can be a springboard to enlightenment—yet for all but the most advanced meditators, it will be the gateway to countless future lives of suffering in samsara. Tulku Thondup wrote this guide to help us heal our fear and confusion about death and strengthen our practice...
Gentle Bridges
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2001
What is the essence of the mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a historic meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists and the Dalai Lama. Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas.
Jamgon Mipam
His Life and Teachings
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Jamgön Mipam (1846–1912) is one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of Tibet. Monk, mystic, and brilliant philosopher, he shaped the trajectory of Tibetan Buddhism’s Nyingma school. This introduction provides a most concise entrée to this great luminary’s life and work. The first...
Things Pertaining to Bodhi
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list’s seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is actually a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise...