Shambhala imprint: 827 books
Natural Brilliance
A Buddhist System for Uncovering Your Strengths and Letting Them Shine
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This book presents an ancient system for understanding human dynamics that can help us navigate our complex, twenty-first-century lives. Traditionally called the five wisdoms, this system describes five forms of intelligence that are inherent in all of us and that we can draw upon at any time. These...
The 47 Ronin
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Here is the first historically accurate graphic-novel version of a legendary event in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot involving over two years of secrecy. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai all committed...
Bushido (Graphic Novel)
The Soul of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This graphic novel version of the cult classic Bushido brings the timeless secrets of the samurai to life. First published in the early 1900s, Bushido was the first book to introduce Westerners to the samurai ethos. Written by Inazo Nitobe, one of the foremost Japanese authors and educators of the...
by Sean Michael Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Over one hundred years ago, the writer and Japanophile Lafcadio Hearn gathered together a selection of kaidan, traditional Japanese ghost, myth, and mystery stories, and published them in English in over a dozen books. The kaidan feature vengeful ghosts and bewitching spirits that mete out karmic...
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts is a classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an eighteenth-century samurai. The stories, which feature demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that...
The Book of Five Rings
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a...
by Sean Michael Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary samurai, is known throughout the world as a master swordsman, a spiritual seeker, and the author of the classic Book of Five Rings. This graphic novel treatment of his amazing life is both a vivid account of a fascinating period in feudal Japan and a portrait of courageous,...
The Heroine's Journey
Woman's Quest for Wholeness
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 1990
This book describes contemporary woman's search for wholeness in a society in which she has been defined according to masculine values. Drawing upon cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for—and the reality of—feminine values in Western culture today.
Walk Like a Buddha
Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
How can I be the person I want to be when I’m stuck in a job I hate? How is it possible to stay present in an era of nearly constant distractions? Can I pick someone up at a bar or club and still call myself spiritual?
This nitty-gritty guide to life for the spiritual-but-not-necessarily-religious...
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine
A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 1995
The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the eighty-one chapters...
The Essence of Chi-Gung
A Handbook of Basic Forms for Daily Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The beneficial health effects of daily chi-gung practice have long been known in China, but in the West, chi-gung is becoming increasingly used for general well-being and to complement conventional medical treatment. The Essence of Chi-Gung is an easy-to-use workbook that teaches the fundamentals...
Painting Peace
Art in a Time of Global Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
A revered modern artist and Zen teacher offers an inspirational account of how his art has been the expression of a life of social activism.
“Awakening,” says Kazuaki Tanahashi, “is to realize the infinite value of each moment of your own life as well as of other beings, then to continue...
The Erotic Spirit
An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 1999
This extraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry from around the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginning with anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth century...
Zen Confidential
Confessions of a Wayward Monk
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
These hilarious essays on life inside and outside a Zen monastery make up the spiritual memoir of Shozan Jack Haubner, a Zen monk who didn’t really start out to be one. Raised in a conservative Catholic family, Shozan went on to study philosophy (becoming de-Catholicized in the process) and to pursue...