Shambhala imprint: 827 books
How to Cook Your Life
From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2005
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook. In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training,...
by Chogyam Trungpa
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Chögyam Trungpa describes "crazy wisdom" as an innocent state of mind that has the quality of early morning—fresh, sparkling, and completely awake. This fascinating book examines the life of Padmasambhava—the revered Indian teacher who brought Buddhism to Tibet—to illustrate the principle...
A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives. This practical, accessible guide to the fundamentals of Buddhist meditation introduces you to the practice, explains how it is approached in the main schools of Buddhism,...
No Self, No Problem
Awakening to Our True Nature
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
We can realize the highest truth in each moment when we learn to see through the illusion of the self. Anam Thubten, in remarkably easy-to-understand language, provides teachings for doing exactly that, based on the wisdom of the Buddhist traditions. He illuminates the path of going beyond the misconceptions...
The Relaxed Mind
A Seven-Step Method for Deepening Meditation Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
In the late 1990s, shortly after arriving in the United States, it became clear to Dza Kilung Rinpoche that his Western students responded to traditional meditation instructions differently from his students back in Asia. The Westerners didn’t know how to relax—our pressured, fast-paced lifestyles...
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume 4
Journey without Goal; The Lion's Roar; The Dawn of Tantra; An Interview with Cho gyam Trungpa
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa brings together in eight volumes the writings of the first and most influential and inspirational Tibetan teacher to present Buddhism in the West. Organized by theme, the collection includes full-length books as well as articles, seminar transcripts, poems,...
Sadness, Love, Openness
The Buddhist Path of Joy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
A direct, pithy, and accessible guide to the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism by one of the most beloved and respected contemporary lamas.
Accessible, playful, and genuine, this concise guide shows how we can incorporate our own daily experiences into our spiritual path and awaken to how things...
The Eight Gates of Zen
A Program of Zen Training
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
This accessible introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism includes a program of study that encompasses practically every aspect of life. The American Zen teacher John Daido Loori shows us that Zen practice should include not only meditation, the study of Zen literature and liturgy,...
The Experience of Insight
A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Here is a modern classic of unusually clear, practical instruction for the practice of Buddhist meditation: sitting and walking meditation, how one relates with the breath, feelings, thought, sense perceptions, consciousness, and everyday activities. Basic Buddhist topics such as the nature of karma,...
Minding Mind
A Course in Basic Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Some types of meditation are aimed at promoting a sense of confidence and well-being in everyday life, while other types focus on producing altered states of consciousness, transcending the world, or developing skills for serving other people. The instructions in this book focus on the highest type...
Make Peace before the Sun Goes Down
The Long Encounter of Thomas Merton and His Abbot, James Fox
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
In the 1950s and ’60s, Thomas Merton, a monk of the Trappist monastery of Gethsemani in Kentucky, published a string of books that are among the most influential spiritual books of the twentieth century—including the mega–best seller The Seven-Storey Mountain. He was something of a rock star...
Taoism
An Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
For the first time, the great depth and diversity of Taoist spirituality is introduced in a single, accessible manual.
Taoism, known widely today through the teachings of the classic Tao Te Ching and the practices of t'ai chi and feng-shui, is less known for its unique traditions of meditation,...
Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake
Teachings of Zen Master Seung San
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from "don’t-know mind." It is from...
Elegant Failure
A Guide to Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Zen koans are stories of exchanges between Zen masters and their disciples at the moment of enlightenment or near-enlightenment. These stories have long fascinated Western readers because of their wisdom, humor, and enigmatic quality. Drawing on over thirty years of practice and teaching, Richard...